The Bell Anthem

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ISBN 9790220212758.

Set of Parts for String Orchestra (3.3.2.2.).

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ISBN 9790220206801.

Full anthems, fragmentary verse anthems, and 'The Hymns and Songs of the Church', a collection of religious verse and tunes compiled by George Wither and published in 1623, are to be found in this volume. It shows the variety of music written by a composer best known for the anthem Hosanna to the Son of David.

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ISBN 9790220222573.

The third and final volume devoted to the anthems of S. S. Wesley completes the canon with 23 original works written in the period between his departure from Exeter Cathedral to become organist of Leeds parish church in 1842 and 1874, the likely date of his final essays in the genre. Moving towards a greater simplicity of style, with less counterpoint and dissonance, but emphasising elements of colour, timbre and texture, these works are in general conceived on a more modest scale than earlier pieces such as The Wilderness. Even so, they show the composer continuing to experiment with the Anglican verse anthem, the evolution of which had been the cornerstone of a creative achievement without equal in the history of the English cathedral tradition between Purcell and Stanford.

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ISBN 9780852495315.

The form and style of the verse anthem were anticipated in the work of a number of 16th-century composers. However, it was only in the hands of Orlando Gibbons, one of the earliest musicians to write exclusively for the English rite, that it achieved new flexibility with the use of declamatory style in the verse sections. This first volume of his music contains 16 anthems, including See, see, the Word is incarnate and This is the record of John.

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ISBN 9790220218309.

This volume contains The Wilderness and Ascribe unto the Lord in versions for chorus and organ and chorus and orchestra. They form an unequalled testament to Wesley's genius as a choral composer who excelled in extending the limits of the multi-movement anthem.

CONTENTS
Ascribe unto the Lord (SATB and Organ)
Ascribe unto the Lord (SATB and Orchestra)
The Wilderness (SATB solos SSATTB and Organ)
The Wilderness (SATB solos SSATTB and Orchestra)
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ISBN 9790220207037.

Two pieces with a distinctly Cambridge connection, the Ode being composed for the opening of James Gibbs' University Senate House in 1730, the anthem intended for performance in King's College Chapel on 25th March - Founder's Day - 1728.

CONTENTS
Ode on St Cecilia's Day (Alexander Pope), 1730
Anthem: Hearken unto me, ye holy children, 1728

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ISBN 9790220222795.

This volume continues the reordering of the Society's edition of Purcell's anthems, under which all the large-scale verse anthems with strings will be found in Volumes 13 (in preparation) and 14 and 17 (already published); all the verse anthems with organ in Volumes 28 (in preparation) and 29; and the stile antico anthems and the Latin motets in Volume 32 (in preparation). All eleven pieces in the present volume were probably composed for the Chapel Royal, and all appear to belong to Purcell's later years. Four of them are explicitly dated - the earliest 1687 - in an authoritative source which was not available to previous editors of the music: a score-book in the hand of the celebrated bass singer John Gostling, whose cavernous low register Purcell exploited for its dramatic effect in some of his finest compositions for the Chapel.

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ISBN 9790220202926.

The composition of Anglican church music was never one of Byrd's priorities, but his anthems on English texts remained in favour long after his death, and for two centuries were the works by which his name was remembered. Full and verse anthems are included in this volume, with anthems from secular sources and fragmentary and doubtful works also collected.

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ISBN 9790220220340.

This fourth volume of choral music by John Blow completes the publication of his symphony anthems, also contained in volumes VII, L and LXIV, in the Musica Britannica edition. Besides the remaining Chapel Royal anthems, only two of which have previously appeared elsewhere, two occasional works, both hitherto unpublished, are also included.

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ISBN 9790220201295.

Seve n more anthems by this most influential of Restoration composers; five date from the closing years of Charles II's reign, and two from the reign of William III.

CONTENTS
Blessed is the man that hath not walked (SATB, Organ and Strings)
I was glad (SSAATTBB, Organ, Trumpet and Strings)
Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle (SATB, Recorders, Organ, Strings and Continuo)
O sing unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him (SSAATTBB, Organ and Strings)
O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth (SAATBB, Organ and Strings)
Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints (SATB)
Thy mercy, O Lord (SATB).

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ISBN 9790220201301.

Nine pieces are included in this third volume of anthems for voices and orchestra by John Blow. They were composed during his first decade as a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal and reveal both his indebtedness to the influence of Pelham Humfrey, and his rapid assertion of his own manner.

CONTENTS
Arise, O Lord (attb, TrATB and Strings)
Cry aloud, and spare not (ttb, TrATB and Strings)
I will hearken (ttb, TrATB and Strings)
O give thanks unto the Lord, (tratbb, TrATB and Strings)
O sing unto the Lord a new song: (attb, TrATB and Strings)
The kings of Tharsis (att, TrATB and Strings)
The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious (ttb, TrATB and Strings)
When Israel came out of Egypt (attb, TrATB and Strings)
When the Lord turned against the (atbarb, TrATB and Strings).

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ISBN 9790220216510.

Tall is's choral works with English texts were all written for the worship of God in the reformed Church of England, setting either the liturgy of the new Book of Common Prayer of 1549, or Coverdale's vernacular bible. They testify to his position, undisputed even in his lifetime, as 'the father of English church music'. This volume contains ten of the 11 anthems that can definitely be attributed to the composer, and five contrafacta anthems with Latin texts, which were published in Tallis and Byrd's Cantiones Sacrae of 1575.

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ISBN 9790220210433.

Lock e's tour de force, 'Be thou exalted Lord', much admired by Samuel Pepys, is included here with nine other English anthems and six Latin motets to make a complete edition of the composer's works on sacred texts for four or more voices. String parts for four of the motets are available through the Made-to-Order Service.

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ISBN 9790220206948.

A Worcester man, Nathaniel Giles (or Gyles) held posts at St George's, Windsor, and at the Chapel Royal until his death in 1633. His anthems were widely circulated during his lifetime, but largely forgotten thereafter. Their texts are taken from the Book of Common Prayer, the Bible and psalms, and from the metrical translations of Sternhold and Hopkins.

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ISBN 9790220218293.

11 anthems by this vigorous reformer of Victorian church music show Romantic harmony and Bachian counterpoint combined with imaginative structures. These works brought new life to a uniquely English genre that had fallen into neglect at the time of their composition.

CONTENTS
Blessed be the God and Father (S solo SATB and Organ)
Glory to God on high (SATB and Organ)
Let us lift up our heart (B solo SATB and Organ)
Man that is born of woman (SATB and Organ)
O give thanks unto the Lord (S solo SATB and Organ)
O God, whose nature and property (original version) (SATB and Organ)
O God, whose nature and property (revised version) (SATB and Organ)
O Lord, thou art my God (B solo SATB and Organ)
Tho' round thy radiant throne on high (SS and Organ)
To my request and earnest cry (B solo SSATB and Organ)
Trust ye in the Lord (S solo SATB and Organ)
Wash me throughly (S solo SATB and Organ)
Ye who the widdow's griefs have cheer'd (SS and Organ).

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ISBN 9790220211232.

Thom as Morley wrote verse and full anthems, preces and responses, a setting of the Burial Service (though of disputed authenticity), festal psalms and metrical psalm-tune harmonisations. This substantial and varied corpus of church music is a fascinating record of a most influential composer of the Elizabethan period.

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ISBN 9790220222726.

Will iam Croft's career as the leading native-born composer of English church music was established in the period between the death of Purcell and the arrival of Handel in London. His education took place among musicians from Purcell's circle, and his style was modified by the influence of Handel's 'Utrecht' Te Deum and Jubilate of 1713. All the music in this volume was composed for various royal church services that took place between 1709 and 1720, in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace and in St Paul's Cathedral. The contents include the Te Deum and Jubilate Deo, sung at the coronation of George I, and the anthems The Lord is a sun and a shield, O give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his name, O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, and Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

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ISBN 9790220224041.

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ISBN 9790220223471.

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ISBN 9790220225970.