Gerald Finzi’s Lo, the full, final sacrifice

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Gerald Finzi’s *Lo, the full, final sacrifice* is a mid-20th-century English choral anthem for choir and organ that sets devotional texts by Richard Crashaw in a characteristically lyrical and contemplative style.

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instanceOf choral anthem
accompaniment organ
approximateDateOfComposition 1946
associatedComposer Gerald Finzi NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber Op. 26
composer Gerald Finzi NERFINISHED
composerStylePeriod English 20th-century tonal
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
denominationalContext Anglican NERFINISHED
duration approximately 15 minutes
firstPublicationYear 1947
genre Anglican church music
anthem
hasMovement sectional continuous form
influencedBy English choral tradition
Renaissance and Baroque sacred music
key G major
language English
liturgicalUse Eucharist NERFINISHED
notableCharacteristic expressive word-painting
extended, through-composed structure
rich harmonic language
period 20th century
placeInComposerOutput major sacred choral work by Gerald Finzi
publisher Boosey & Hawkes NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
scoring choir
organ
style contemplative
lyrical
subjectMatter Eucharistic sacrifice NERFINISHED
subjectOf recordings by English cathedral and collegiate choirs
textAuthor Richard Crashaw NERFINISHED
textSource Adoro te devote
Lauda Sion NERFINISHED
textSourceAuthor Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED
textType devotional poetry
typicalPerformanceContext church service
concert performance
vocalForces SATB choir
workTitle Lo, the full, final sacrifice NERFINISHED

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The Very Reverend Walter Hussey commissioned Gerald Finzi’s Lo, the full, final sacrifice
subject surface form: Walter Hussey