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The third song in a cycle by this composer concludes with a “flat three, flat two, one” progression in C major after the soloist repeats the phrase “To the full Godhead’s burning.” The final section of a choral work by this composer builds to a cataclysmic B minor seventh over C-sharp chord, followed by a tenor soloist crying “Take me away,” after the marking “For one moment, must every instrument exert its fullest force.” A. C. Benson added the words “God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet” to a melody by this composer. (10[1])This composer set the poem “In Haven (-5[1])(Capri)” by his wife Alice Roberts in his song cycle Sea Pictures. (10[2])A soul’s (10[2])journey (-5[1])to (10[1])Purgatory is depicted (10[1])in an oratorio by him, (-5[1])based on a (10[1])poem by Cardinal (-5[1])Newman. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])English composer of (10[1])“Land of Hope and Glory” and (10[2])The Dream (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])Gerontius. ■END■ (10[7]0[2])

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