Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A (Charles King)
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CPDL #23894:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2011-07-14). Score information: A4, 22 pages, 255 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback. Free registration at external website required for PDF download.
General Information
Title: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A
Composer: Charles King
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Description: Charles King was a chorister at St Paul's, under Jeremiah Clarke, and subsequently his pupil and brother-in-law. In his turn he became a teacher to Boyce, Greene and Alcock. Although he attained a B.Mus. at Oxford (his exercise on that occasion being a setting of "The dialogue between Oliver Cromwell and Charon") he was badly trained. Prolific, melodious and forthright, his compositions are littered with technical infelicities, which prompted the comment from Greene that "Mr King was a very serviceable man".
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Magnificat and Nunc dimittis.