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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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral anthem
accompaniment organ
approximateDateOfComposition 1946
associatedComposer Gerald Finzi
catalogueNumber Op. 26
composer Gerald Finzi
composerStylePeriod English 20th-century tonal
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
denominationalContext Anglican
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
linked to: Holy Eucharist
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
religiousTradition Christianity
scoring choir
organ
style contemplative
lyrical
subjectMatter Eucharistic sacrifice
linked to: Holy Eucharist
subjectOf recordings by English cathedral and collegiate choirs
textAuthor Richard Crashaw
textSource Adoro te devote
Lauda Sion
textSourceAuthor Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
textType devotional poetry
typicalPerformanceContext church service
concert performance
vocalForces SATB choir
workTitle Lo, the full, final sacrifice

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