Question: When was a choral composition by a man born 24 September 1945 first published?
Context: Gloria is a sacred choral composition by Karl Jenkins, completed in 2010.  It is an extended setting of the Gloria part of the mass in Latin, on the text of the Gloria in three movements, interpolated with two movements on other texts, Psalm 150 in Hebrew and a song derived from biblical verses in English.  Spoken passages from sacred text from four religious traditions are part of the composition.  It was published by Boosey & Hawkes in 2010.  "Gloria" is often performed together with the composer's "Te Deum". Choral (Chorale) is a short a cappella choral composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, who wrote both the words and music in 1950.  It was later given the number / in the composer's catalogue of works and lasts about four minutes in performance.  The score is dedicated to the composer's first wife, Doris Stockhausen, née Andreae. A Boy Was Born (published as A Boy was Born), Op.  3, is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten.  The "Choral variations for men's, women's and boys' voices, unaccompanied (organ ad lib)" was originally composed from 1932 to 1933.  It was first performed on 23 February 1934 as a BBC broadcast.  Britten revised the work in 1955.  The composer set different texts related to Christmas to music as theme and variations, scored for an a cappella choir with boys' voices. Katsuhiko Chikamori (born 24 September 1945) is a Japanese former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Vladimir Gligorov (Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic: Владимир Глигоров) (born 24 September 1945) is a prominent economist and was a founder of the Democratic Party in Serbia in December 1989.  He is the son of the first President of the Republic of Macedonia, Kiro Gligorov. Chen Kuan-tai born 24 September 1945 is a Chinese martial arts film star.  He has primarily appeared in Shaw Brothers productions, and was one of the first solid trained, martial arts stars employed by the company.  His first appearance in a Shaw work was in the 1969 film after high school "The Chinese Boxer", alongside Jimmy Wang Yu A Gaelic Blessing is choral composition by John Rutter, who set the text of an adapted ancient Gaelic rune for four vocal parts (SATB) and organ or orchestra.  It is also known by the beginning of the text, "Deep peace".  The work was commissioned by the Chancel Choir of First United Methodist Church, Omaha, Nebraska, for their conductor Mel Olson.  It was published first in 1978 by Hinshaw Music, by Oxford University Press and by the Royal School of Church Music, and has become a popular for baptisms, weddings and funerals. Roman Yakub (born 1958) is a composer who received his early musical training in Lviv, Ukraine.  He graduated from Lviv Conservatory in 1982 with a diploma in Music Composition.  In 1991, he moved to the United States, where he earned a master's degree in music composition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in composition at Boston University. , In 2006, he won First Prize in the Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition for "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod".  In 1997, Yakub became a runner-up in the ALEA III International Composition Competition. John Milford Rutter {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 24 September 1945) is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music. Lux Aurumque ("Light and Gold", sometimes "Light of Gold") is a choral composition in one movement by Eric Whitacre.  It is a Christmas piece based on a Latin poem of the same name, which translates as "Light, warm and heavy as pure gold, and the angels sing softly to the new born baby".  In 2000, Whitacre set a short Latin text for mixed choir a cappella.  In 2005, he wrote an arrangement for wind ensemble.  The choral version became known through Whitacre's project Virtual Choir in 2009.  The piece is also available for men's choir.  A performance takes about four minutes.
Answer: 1978