SKU: ST.MB91
Composed by William
Croft. Edited by Donald
Burrows. Library Volumes.
Edited by Donald Burrows.
First published in 2011..
Pages: 288. Format:
Hardback. Dimensions
(mm): 330 x 254 x 33.
Full Score. Stainer &
Bell Ltd. #MB91.
Published by Stainer &
Bell Ltd. (ST.MB91).
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.
Performing material
is available for
rental.