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Six Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Grace Williams · 1906–1977 · Welsh
For voice, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the voice part
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Hardest part
Voice
Form
Full work
Length
About 17 min
Composed
1958
Era
20th century · woman composer

Notes

Contralto and string sextet; written for the 1958 Cheltenham Festival

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