Kenneth Leighton
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About Kenneth Leighton
Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. In 1947 he went to The Queen's College, Oxford on a Hastings Scholarship in Classics. In 1950, he graduated with both BA in Classics and in 1951 with a BMus (having studied with Bernard Rose).
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3 Carols, Op. 25: No. 2, Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
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Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
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Veris gratia, Op. 6: VII. Hymn to Cypris
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense"
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An Easter Sequence
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Hymn
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Lully, lulla
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Nunc Dimittis
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Violin Concerto, Op. 12: II. Intermezzo. Moderato con moto, sempre dolce
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A Hymn of the Nativity
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Coventry Carol
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Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
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The Coventry Carol
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Elegy for Cello & Piano, Op. 5
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Leighton: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"
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What love is this of thine?
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Give Me The Wings Of Faith
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Magnificat
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Gradual (for the First Sunday after Easter)
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A Hymn to the Trinity
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Paean
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Solus ad victimam
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service): Nunc Dimittis
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service): Magnificat
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Veni creator spiritus
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Introit (for the First Sundy after Easter)
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Of a rose is all my song
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Christ in his Passion
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Let all the World in Every Corner Sing
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Rockingham: Chorale Prelude on 'When I survey the wondrous Cross'
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The Second Service, Op. 62: I. Magnificat
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O Leave Your Sheep
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Three Carols, Op. 25: No. 2. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child (Coventry Carol) [Live]
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Missa Christi, Festival Mass: III. Sanctus and Benedictus
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Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Op. 25, No. 2, "Coventry Carol"
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Sortie (Antiphon at First Vespers of Ascension Day)
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Veris gratia, Op. 6: V. Eclogue
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Laudes animantium, Op. 61: No. 2, Scherzo. Calico Pie
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Solus ad victiman
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Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: IV. Hymn
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God's Grandeur
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Veris gratia, Op. 6: II. Aubade
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Aus der Tiefe
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Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense": I. Magnificat
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Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: Hymn
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Drop, Drop, Slow Tears (Live)
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Offertory (for the First Sunday after Easter)
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The Preces
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The Second Service, Op. 62: II. Nunc Dimittis
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Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: I. Christ in the Cradle
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