Selected anthems and motet recompositions / Henry Aldrich ; edited by Robert Shay.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Aldrich, Henry, 1648-1710, composer.

Contributor:

Shay, Robert Stuart, editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 85.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 85

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Vocal music. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthems--England--17th century--Scores.

Anthems.

Motets--England--17th century--Scores.

Motets.

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ.

Genre:

Anthems.

Motets.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xiv, 120 pages, 5 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2020.

Summary:

"Henry Aldrich (1648-1710) produced some sixty anthems, four sets of service music, and various ceremonial pieces, having worked throughout as an amateur. His compositions circulated widely beyond Oxford and are prominently represented in the extant eighteenth-century partbooks from the Chapel Royal. An important facet of his output are his recompositions (about thirty-five of his anthems fall into this category), works which take as models motets of Byrd, Carissimi, Palestrina, and others. Those works are not merely contrafacta, since they are fitted with new English texts and are altered musically as well, sometimes substantially. In Restoration England, Aldrich was largely unparalleled in working in such a manner, though his procedures are closely related to the educational methods of his time, which had relied heavily on the translation of venerable models. Selected Anthems and Motet Recompositions, the first modern publication of Aldrich's works, includes a representative overview of his anthems, both original and recomposed, and features many of the works that circulated most widely in Aldrich's day. The seven original anthems included here are both full and verse anthems, and the six recompositions show Aldrich's ability to recast the music of Palestrina, Byrd, and Carissimi." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Anthems. Out of the deep ; O praise the Lord ; God is our hope and strength ; O give thanks ; I waited patiently ; Have mercy upon me ; Give the king thy judgments

Motet recompositions. We have heard with our ears ; My heart is fixed ; Be not wroth ; O Lord I will praise thee ; For Sion's sake ; I am well pleased.

Notes:

For mixed chorus or mixed chorus and continuo (unfigured bass) for organ.

Words also printed as text on pages xiii-xiv.

Edited from holographs in the library of Christ Church, Oxford (Mus. 16 and Mus. 19).

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed February 19, 2020).

OCLC:

1142447478

Publisher Number:

B085 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)