The new Church Anthem Book

'Every person involved in church music should own at least one volume for reference.' Creator
The definitive collection of 100 anthems, mostly for SATB voices, from Tudor times to the present day, including favourites from each period, and lesser-known pieces. Keyboard reductions are included for unaccompanied music, and organ accompaniments are always practical.

Zusatztext The print is OUP clarity itself throughout . . . Dr Dakers has performed an epoch-making task and the book is wholeheartedly to be commended . . . It represents a musical milestone . . . a thing of beauty as well as a fairly precise record of current taste. Informationen zum Autor Lionel Dakers was born in Rochester, Kent, in 1924, and died in 2003. He was Director of the Royal School of Church Music from 1972 until 1989 and enjoyed an international reputation as an ambassador for excellence in church music. He was also for more than 30 years an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music. He was awarded a Lambeth Doctorate in Music in 1979, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1980 and was appointed CBE in 1983. Klappentext The definitive collection of 100 anthems, mostly for SATB voices, from Tudor times to the present day, including favourites from each period, and lesser-known pieces. Keyboard reductions are included for unaccompanied music, and organ accompaniments are always practical.'Every person involved in church music should own at least one volume for reference.' Creator Zusammenfassung The definitive collection of 100 anthems! mostly for SATB voices! from Tudor times to the present day! including favourites from each period! and lesser-known pieces. Keyboard reductions are included for unaccompanied music! and organ accompaniments are always practical. Inhaltsverzeichnis Haec dies ; O Lord! my God! to thee ; So they gave their bodies ; Come! Holy Ghost ; Turn thy face from my sins ; Awake! thou wintry earth ; Jesu! joy of man's desiring ; Jesu! lead my footsteps ever ; King of glory! King of peace ; Subdue us by Thy goodness ; The day draws on with golden light ; Jesu! the very thought of thee ; Though I speak with the tongues of men ; O gladsome light! O grace ; Locus iste ; Ave verum corpus ; Sacerdotes Domini ; Mary's Magnificat ; O Lord! open thou our lips ; Comfort! O Lord! the soul of thy servant ; Round me falls the night ; When to the temple Mary went ; Ave verum corpus ; Call to remembrance ; Hide not thou thy face ; Lord! for thy tender mercy's sake ; Almighty God! which has me brought ; Evening Hymn ; Almighty and everlasting God ; Drop! drop! slow tears ; This is the record of John ; If we believe ; God so loved the world ; O Saviour of the world ; Thou visitest the earth ; Lord! I trust thee ; Zadok the Priest ; Come down! O Love divine ; Holy is the true light ; Turn back O Man ; Praise! O praise ; My eyes for beauty pine ; Crux fidelis ; O Lorde! the maker of al thing ; Super flumina Babylonis ; Solus ad victimam ; Lo! round the throne a glorious band ; The strife is o'er ; O Lord! increase our faith ; The souls of the righteous ; Salve regina ; Above all praise ; When Jesus! our Lord ; Antiphon ; A Palm Sunday Antiphon ; Nolo mortem peccatoris ; Ave verum corpus ; Let thy merciful ears! O Lord ; O Lord! the maker of all things ; My shepherd is Lord ; Adoramus te! Christe ; Salvator mundi ; My soul! there is a country ; Surgens Jesus ; O come! let us sing unto the Lord ; Cantate Domino ; Rejoice in the Lord alway ; Thou knowest! Lord ; A Gaelic Blessing ; God be in my head ; Panis angelicus ; Where Thou reignest ; Praise to thee! Lord Jesus ; The secret of Christ ; O Saviour of the world ; Pray that Jerusalem ; God is a spirit ; O that I knew where I might find him! ; If ye love me ; Holy! Holy! Holy ; Come! ye faithful ; O Holy Spirit! Lord of grace ; Let us now praise famous men ; O how amiable ; Jesu dulcis memoria ; O quam gloriosum ; Blest are the pure in heart ; God be in my head ; Blessed be the God and Father ; Lead me! Lord ; O Lord my God ; Thou judge of quick and dead ; Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace ; Wash me throughly ; Blessed is he that considereth ; Never weather-beaten sail ; O thou! the central orb ; Oculi omnium ...

Vorwort
'Every person involved in church music should own at least one volume for reference.' Creator

Autorentext
Lionel Dakers was born in Rochester, Kent, in 1924, and died in 2003. He was Director of the Royal School of Church Music from 1972 until 1989 and enjoyed an international reputation as an ambassador for excellence in church music. He was also for more than 30 years an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music. He was awarded a Lambeth Doctorate in Music in 1979, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1980 and was appointed CBE in 1983.

Klappentext

The definitive collection of 100 anthems, mostly for SATB voices, from Tudor times to the present day, including favourites from each period, and lesser-known pieces. Keyboard reductions are included for unaccompanied music, and organ accompaniments are always practical.

Zusammenfassung
The New Church Anthem Book is one of the finest collections of sacred music ever collected in one volume, and its use throughout the universal church will offer great hope for the future of church music well into the next century. Oxford University Press deserves the highest praise for this project. Every person involved in church music should own at least one volume for reference. Creator

Inhalt
Haec dies
O Lord, my God, to thee
So they gave their bodies
Come, Holy Ghost
Turn thy face from my sins
Awake, thou wintry earth
Jesu, joy of man's desiring
Jesu, lead my footsteps ever
King of glory, King of peace
Subdue us by Thy goodness
The day draws on with golden light
Jesu, the very thought of thee
Though I speak with the tongues of men
O gladsome light, O grace
Locus iste
Ave verum corpus
Sacerdotes Domini
Mary's Magnificat
O Lord, open thou our lips
Comfort, O Lord, the soul of thy servant
Round me falls the night
When to the temple Mary went
Ave verum corpus
Call to remembrance
Hide not thou thy face
Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake
Almighty God, which has me brought
Evening Hymn
Almighty and everlasting God
Drop, drop, slow tears
This is the record of John
If we believe
God so loved the world
O Saviour of the world
Thou visitest the earth
Lord, I trust thee
Zadok the Priest
Come down, O Love divine
Holy is the true light
Turn back O Man
Praise, O praise
My eyes for beauty pine
Crux fidelis
O Lorde, the maker of al thing
Super flumina Babylonis
Solus ad victimam
Lo, round the throne a glorious band
The strife is o'er
O Lord, increase our faith
The souls of the righteous
Salve regina
Above all praise
When Jesus, our Lord
Antiphon
A Palm Sunday Antiphon
Nolo mortem peccatoris
Ave verum corpus
Let thy merciful ears, O Lord
O Lord, the maker of all things
My shepherd is Lord
Adoramus te, Christe
Salvator mundi
My soul, there is a country
Surgens Jesus
O come, let us sing unto the Lord
Cantate Domino
Rejoice in the Lord alway
Thou knowest, Lord
A Gaelic Blessing
God be in my head
Panis angelicus
Where Thou reignest
Praise to thee, Lord Jesus
The secret of Christ
O Saviour of the world
Pray that