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MOTET: The Great Litany

from Memoria by Scott Howard Eggert

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1914: The Dead – Rupert Brooke

These hearts were woven of human joys and cares,
Washed marvelously with sorrow, swift to mirth.
The years had given them kindness. Dawn was theirs,
And sunset, and the colours of the earth.
These had seen movement, and heard music; known
Slumber and waking; loved; gone proudly friended;
Felt the quick stir of wonder; sat alone;
Touched flowers and furs and cheeks. All this is ended.

There are waters blown by changing winds to laughter
And lit by the rich skies, all day. And after,
Frost, with a gesture, stays the waves that dance
And wandering loveliness. He leaves a white
Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance,
A width, a shining peace, under the night.

In Flanders Fields - John McCrae

(Verse 1, as above.)

A List of “Great War” Battles and Campaigns, with Casualty Numbers

1 - The Battle of Tannenberg:
One hundred and eighty thousand lost.

2 - The First Battle of the Marne:
Five hundred and thirteen thousand lost.
3 - The Gallipoli Campaign:
Five hundred and fifty-two thousand lost.

4 - The Battles of Artois and Champagne:
Six hundred and twenty-six thousand lost.

5 - The Serbian Campaign:
[Six hundred and thirty-three thousand lost.]

6 - The Battle of Verdun:
Nine hundred and seventy thousand lost.

7 - The Battles of Ypres (Passchendaele):
One million lost.

8 - The Battle of the Somme:
One million two hundred thousand lost.

9 - The Brusilov Offensive:
One million four hundred fifty thousand lost.

10 - The Spring Offensive:
[One million five hundred forty thousand lost.]

11 - The Hundred Days Offensive:
One million eight hundred fifty thousand lost

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from Memoria, released November 7, 2019
Composed by Scott Howard Eggert. Performed by The Pennsylvania State University Concert Choir and Chamber Ensemble. Conducted by Christopher Kiver

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