Choir
SKU: ST.EC51
Composed by Various.
Edited by David Mateer.
Library Volumes.
Transcribed and Edited by
David Mateer. First
published in 2009. Pages:
280. Format: Hardback.
Dimensions (mm): 324 x
246 x 27. Choral Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#EC51. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.EC51).
ISBN
9790220222344.
This
volume, the second of two
devoted to the
16th-century 'Gyffard'
partbooks, typifies the
collection as a whole in
the wide variety of
liturgical types and
compositional procedures
on display. There are
Jesus Mass propers built
on plainsong cantus
firmi, Mass
ordinaries based on
'squares', Magnificat
settings freely composed
or using the canticle
tone or its faburden,
antiphons in honour of
Jesus and the Virgin
Mary, the setting of a
tract (virtually
unprecedented in the
history of English
polyphony), prayers, and
even office responds
masquerading as votive
antiphons. The composers
include Alcock, Bramston,
Hoskins, Johnson, Knyght,
Mundy, Sheppard, Henry?
Stoning, Tallis,
Whytbroke, Van Wilder,
Wright and Anon.
Individual titles
from this volume are
available as Adobe PDF
files...
Alcock
