Containing a collection of liturgical music for morning and evening services, probably in the hand of James Kent. Contents include: Morning and Evening Services in A and E major by John Blow (1648-1708); a Morning and Evening Service by William Byrd ([1538]-1623); Morning and Evening Services in D major and a Morning Service in E major by William Child ([1606]-1697); a Morning and Evening Service by Richard Farrant (d. 1580); a Morning and Evening Service by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); Morning and Evening Services in B major by Henry Purcell ([1658]-1695); a Morning and Evening Service by Nathaniel Patrick (d.1595); Responses, Litany, and a Morning and Evening Service by Thomas Tallis ([1505]-1585).
Description:
Binder's blanks not scanned., Binding: Blue Morocco gilt with title., and On vellum.
Subject (Name):
Blow, John, d. 1708, Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623, Child, William, 1606?-1697, Farrant, Richard, d. 1580, Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625, Kent, James, 1700-1776, Patrick, Nathaniel, fl. ca. 1590, Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, and Tallis, Thomas, ca. 1505-1585
Subject (Topic):
Evening service music, Litanies (Music)--Scores, Morning service music, Responses (Music), and Sacred vocal music
Containing a collection of extracts of church music by various composers. 18th century vocal settings of biblical texts, anthems, and hymns, for solo voices and 4 part chorus in different settings. Most are written to be accompanied by continuo, but few are orchestrated. Contains pieces by Henry Aldrich (1647-1710), Henry Purcell ([1658/9]-1695), Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Alessandro Stradella (1642-1682), Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674), Matthew Lock (1621-1677), Charles King (1687-1748), Jeremiah Clarke (1669-1707), and John Weldon (1674-1736), whose anthem Let God Arise is apparently unpublished.
Description:
Anonymous musical MS., Binder's blanks omitted from scanning., and With index.