Advance Democracy
# Advance Democracy

Advance Democracy is a 1938 piece for unaccompanied choir by British composer Benjamin Britten.

## History

In 1938, in reaction to the Munich Agreement and threat posed by the Axis against the liberal order in Europe, the London Co-operative Society commissioned a propaganda piece to promote democracy. Poet Randall Swingler wrote the lyrics.

## Music

The piece begins with text evoking the fascist menace, with a minor key and staccato. The call to advance democracy is underlined by a bright C major.

