These settings of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, the Jesuit poet, were written while Benjamin Britten was resident in America.
The title is a shorthand form of a pious inscription, AdMajoram Dei Gloriam, often placed at the head of a piece of work.
Benjamin Britten was a central figure of 20th century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music,orchestral and chamber pieces.
- ISBN: 9780571508167 (0571508162)
