CHANT - CHORALE
HYMNE - EGLISE - SACRE

Composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Arranged by Hal H. Hopson. Hal Hopson Choral Series. Baroque. Octavo. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-6116).

Soli SAATBB, Coro SATB (auch SSAATB), 2 Bfl, 2 Ob, 2 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc - Grade 3

SKU: CA.1025000

Composed by Henry Purcell. Edited by Julia Rosemeyer. Carus digital: Extra digital products. Full Score. Composed 1692. Z 328. Duration 55 minutes. Carus Verlag #1025000. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1025000).

ISBN 9790007251826. Key: D major. English.

â??Hail! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!â? â?? this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcellâ??s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of music, the work is one of the undoubted masterpieces of English choral odes of that time. A resolution of the Musical Society of London in 1683 launched the great tradition of annual celebrations for St. Ceciliaâ??s Day (November 22), featuring a church service followed by performances of specially composed music. Over the years, Purcell wrote several odes for the occasion, of which this example from 1692 is one of the most popular. Four decades later, Handel would also contribute to the celebrations with his Alexanderâ??s Feast, HWV 75 (Carus 55.075), and his Ode for St. Ceciliaâ??s Day, HWV 76 (Carus 55.076).Purcellâ ??s magnificent music, which features a huge range of tonal color and form, offers delightful parts for a variety of solo, ensemble, and choral settings. With its richly expressive palette, the Ode to St. Cecilia is an extremely rewarding work by the â??Orpheus Britannicusâ?, as Purcell was admiringly called by contemporaries.- Festive, rousing ode to music- Highlight of the choral ode genre in the 17th century

SATB, Soloist, Piano Choral; Piano Accompaniment; Voice (SATB)

SKU: HL.49045955

SATB, Soloists, Piano or Organ. Composed by Henry Purcell. Edited by Joerg Abbing. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Choral. Classical, General Worship, Sacred. Softcover. 28 pages. Schott Music #ED22869. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045955).

ISBN 9790001167376. UPC: 888680925840. 9.0x12.0x0.078 inches. English.

Henry Purcell wrote several works in honor of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of church music. The best known of these works probably is Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692) the solo part of which was performed by Purcell himself at the world premiere. Welcome to all the pleasures was composed in 1683 on a text by Christopher Fishburn. The work is now published as piano reduction of the score published by Eulenburg (ETP 1062).

SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment - Beginning

SKU: GI.G-3115

Composed by Henry Purcell. Edited by Walter Ehret. Ars Antiqua Series. Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #3115. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-3115).

Text by Henry Purcell.

Choral

SKU: HL.14042246

SSAATTBB. Composed by Henry Purcell. Edited by Watkins Shaw. Music Sales America. General Worship, Sacred. Softcover. 7 pages. Music Sales #NOV292369. Published by Music Sales (HL.14042246).

ISBN 9781780382227. UPC: 884088922061. 6.5x9.75x0.045 inches.

This setting of the opening to Psalm 102 was composed in the early 1680s. Purcell, who was in his early twenties, had succeeded John Blow as organist of Westminster Abbey around the beginning of the decade and his star was in the ascendant as a court composer.

In this piece he pulls off a remarkable compositional coup: a single, gradual climax, lasting over two minutes and culminating on the final repetition of the word 'come', is achieved through a sublime, freely developing eight-part weave of the opening material. The harmonies that result from the chromatic inflections on the word 'crying' all serve the mounting tension in this extraordinary miniature.

Studyof the autograph manuscript suggest that this anthem was intended to be the opening part of a larger work which was never completed.

Anthem for Soloists (SATB), Chorus (SATB) and Instruments. By Henry Purcell. Edited by Herbert Just. For Violin 1. Chor-Archiv. Single Part. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA2901 74)

By Henry Purcell (1659-1695). For SATB choir. Sacred. Octavo. Published by Leslie Music Publications

SSATB. By Henry Purcell. Arranged by W Herrmann. (SSATB). Choral Large Works. Size 6.7x10.5 inches. 24 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.