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Cantica sacra

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Dorian Mass setting by Wallace Hornady: scores and recordings

Interview with Thomas Forrest Kelly on the history of musical notation.

An abundance of recordings and commentary concerning the music of Advent is presented on this page.

“Resting in Love’s quiet watch” — Josef Gabriel Rheinberger’s name is well known among church organists. It should be better know among lovers of sacred choral music.

The recordings of hymns made in our “Choir in Quarantine” series are all available on this page.

“The Christian Singer from the Gospels to the Gothic Cathedrals” — a series of six lectures by Christopher Page.

“Music, Imagination, and Experience in the Medieval World” — a series of six lectures by Christopher Page.

Interview with Christopher Page on The Christian West and Its Singers: The First Thousand Years.

William Byrd’s setting of the Te Deum adorns this familiar text with a kaleidoscopic sequence of sound.

  • Psalms

    Psalm 65.
    Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion

    May 18, 2020 /

    On this page Plainchant setting from the Coverdale PsalterAnglican chant by William Henry Havergal (1793-1870)Anglican chant by James Turle (1802-1882)Anglican chant by Henry Thomas Smart (1813–1879)David Willcocks, Thou O God Art Praised in Sion Plainchant setting The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VII 5. Anglican chant by William Henry Havergal (1793-1870) Choir of Peterborough Cathedral, Andrew Reid, director, David Humphreys, organist Anglican chant by James Turle (1802-1882) Hereford Cathedral Choir, Roy Massey, director, Geraint Bowen, organist Anglican chant by Henry Thomas Smart (1813–1879) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge David Willcocks, Thou O God…

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 148.
    Laudate Dominum, de cælis

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VII 2.

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 146.
    Lauda, anima mea, Dominum

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone IV 6.

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 130.
    De profundis clamavi

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone IV 6.

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 143.
    Domine, exaudi orationem meam

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VII 1.

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 145.
    Exaltabo te, Deus meus rex

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone V 1.

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 132.
    Memento, Domine, David

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VI C.

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 135.
    Laudate Nomen Domini

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VII 2.

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    Ken Myers
  • Psalms

    Psalm 128.
    Beati omnes qui timent Dominum

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone III A 5.

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    Ken Myers
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    Psalm 121.
    Levavi oculos meos in montes

    May 18, 2020 /

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone I B 4.

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    Ken Myers
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About our hymns

“Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness” originally featured six stanzas that we don’t now sing . . .

Charles Wesley’s triumphant “Hail the day that sees him rise” is one of many triumphant hymns to celebrate the Ascension

This mid-19th-century hymn was written to defend the Creed’s claims about the Church

This hymn was written as musical partner for the reading of I Corinthians 13.

 

Singing Psalm 47

There are many references to the elements of music in this Psalm: clapping, singing, melody, a merry noise, and the sound of a trump(et). That proliferation of musical allusions may account for the large number of settings of this Psalm to music.

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The wonder of Thomas Tallis

One of the greatest composers in the early years of Anglicanism navigated the changes in ecclesiastical life with remarkable poise and creativity.

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William Byrd’s Te Deum

Our parish typically sings this great ancient hymn to Anglican chant. Most of the many settings of this text are in Latin, but one of the greatest in English is by William Byrd.

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