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SSA Vocal Score & Organ Chorus; Organ Accompaniment (SSA Choir) SKU: HL.48022501 For Boys' Voices and Organ. Composed by Benjamin Britten. BH Large Choral. General Worship, Sacred. Octavo. 24 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051329816. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48022501). ISBN 9781480367746. UPC: 884088669744. 6.75x10.5x0.073 inches.Following a performance of his “Ceremony of Carols”, Benjamin Britten was moved to write this Missa Brevis for the boys of Westminister Cathedral Choir and their director George Malcolm. In order to have it completed before Mr. Malcolm retired, Britten created this short form Missa Brevis which he affectionately called his “mass in short trousers”.