Collected Works


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This volume brings together, for the first time in a critical edition, the complete works of the English composer Walter Porter (ca. 1587/ca. 1595–1659). One of a small number of English composers from the first half of the seventeenth century who embraced “progressive” Italianate methods of composition, Porter is further worthy of mention in histories of music for two reasons: he was the composer of the last book of English madrigals, and he claimed to have been the pupil of Claudio Monteverdi. His works survive primarily in two printed collections: Madrigales and Ayres (1632) and Mottets of Two Voyces (1657). Six of the 1657 Mottets also appear in York Minster Library, MS M. 5/1–3(S). One strophic song and three catches may also be attributed to Walter Porter and are included in an appendix.




An English Medieval and Renaissance Song Book


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"An elegant anthology. The specialist will not miss the quiet sophistication with which the music has been selected and prepared. Some of it is printed here for the first time, and much of it has been edited anew." "Notes" This treasury of 47 vocal works edited by Noah Greenberg, founder and former director of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua will delight all lovers of medieval and Renaissance music. Containing a wealth of both religious and secular music from the 12th to the 17th centuries, the collection covers a broad range of moods, from the hearty "Blow Thy Horne Thou Jolly Hunter" by William Cornysh to the reflective and elegiac "Cease Mine Eyes" by Thomas Morley. Of the religious works, nine were written for church services, including "Sanctus" by Henry IV and "Angus Dei" from a beautiful four-part mass by Thomas Tallis. Other religious songs in the collection come from England's rich tradition of popular religious lyric poetry, and include William Byrd's "Susanna Farye," the anonymously written "Deo Gracias Anglia" (The Agincort Carol), and Thomas Ravenscroft's "O Lord, Turne Now Away Thy Face" and "Remember O Thou Man." Approximately half of the songs are secular, some from the popular tradition and others from the courtly poets and musicians surrounding such musically inclined monarchs as Henry VIII who himself is represented in this collection with two charming songs, "With Owt Dyscorde" and "O My Hart." Among the notable composers of Tudor and Elizabethan England represented here are Orlando Gibbons, John Dowland, and Thomas Weelkes. "







52 Sacred Songs You Like to Sing


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(Vocal Collection). Contents: Cantique de Noel (Adam) * One sweetly solemn thought (Ambrose) * My heart ever faithful (Bach) * O Lord, be merciful (Bartlett) * The voice that breathed o'er Eden (Bartlett) * Out of the deep have I called unto Thee (Bedell) * Come to me (Beethoven) * The Worship of God in Nature (Beethoven) * Lamb of God (Bizet) * Crossing the Bar (Buck) * Christ be with me! (Chopin) * Hold Thou my hand (Curran) * When Jesus walked on Galilee (Edwards) * Crucifix (Faure) * The Palms (Faure) * Trusting in Thee (Fichthorn) * The Lord's Prayer (Forsyth) * Gaul (Holy City): Eye hath not seen (Forsyth) * My soul is athirst for God (Forsyth) * These are they which came (Forsyth) * O Saviour, hear me! (Gluck) * O, divine Redeemer! (Gounod) * Ring out, wild bells (Gounod) * There is a green hill far away (Gounod) * Hosanna! (Granier) * Arm, arm, ye brave (Handel) * He shall feed His flock (Handel) * Honor and Arms (Handel) * I know that my Redeemer liveth (Handel) * I heard the voice of Jesus say (Harriss) * Suffer the little children (Hausman) * Be near me still! (Hiller) * Arise, O Lord (Hiffmeister) * Because of Thy great bounty (Hiffmeister) * I'm a Pilgrim (Johnson) * If with all your hearts (Mendelssohn) * It is enough (Mendelssohn) * O rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) * Jerusalem! Thou that killest the Prophets (Mendelssohn) * O Lord on High (Mozart) * Art Thou the Christ? (O'Hara) * Thanks (O'Hara) * Communion Hymn (Opie) * God shall wipe away all tears (Peery) * Lead, kindly Light (Pinsuti) * Calvary (Rodney) * He that keepeth Isael (Schlosser) * Ave Maria (Schubert) * Evening and Morning (Spicker) * My hope is in the everlasting (Stainer) * And God shall wipe away all tears (Sullivan) * The Lord is my shepherd (Tchaikovsky).







English Sacred Music


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The sixteenth century was a time of religious upheaval in England. From Henry VIII's protestant reformation through Queen Mary's staunch but short-lived Catholic revival to the return of Anglicanism in Elizabethan times, it would have required careful diplomacy for a Roman Catholic like Thomas Tallis simply to stay alive. In fact he became the most respected composer of his generation and is now recognised as one of the country's greatest composers. 2005 was the five hundredth anniversary of Thomas Tallis' birth and his genius is celebrated in this collection of English-texted sacred music, selected and edited by Jeremy Summerly to provide an invaluable source of introits and anthems for choirs. The volume contains: If You Love Me * Hear the Voice and Prayer * A New Commandment * O Lord, Give They Holy Spirit * I Call and Cry to Thee, O Lord * With All Our Heart * Discomfit Them, O Lord * Why Fumeth in Sight (the theme upon which Ralph Vaughan Williams based his Fantasia). If you are interested in this volume why not look at these other titles in the choral programme series: Fair Oriana (ed. Jeremy Summerly), Musicke's Praier (ed. Tim Brown) and Passetime with good company! (ed. Jeremy Summerley).




Sing Like a Catholic


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