Advance Democracy is a 1938 piece for unaccompanied choir by British composerBenjamin Britten.
In 1938, in reaction to theMunich Agreement and threat posed by the Axis against the liberal order in Europe, theLondon Co-operative Society commissioned a propaganda piece to promote democracy.[1][2] PoetRandall Swingler wrote the lyrics.[3]
The piece begins with text evoking the fascist menace, with a minor key and staccato.[1] The call to advance democracy is underlined by a bright C major.[3]
