Musica Sacra, Vol 2 (William Croft)

General information

Publication date and place: 1724 by John Walsh in London.

Editor: William Croft

Size: 38cm high × 21cm wide.

Pages: 160 with additional end papers.

A second edition (1740?) of this work exists, but with a different pagination. It cannot be matched with any work held in the British Library.

Contents

i

Title page

MUSICA SACRA :

OR

Select ANTHEMS

IN

SCORE,

Consisting of 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7 and 8 Parts:

To which is added,

The BURIAL-SERVICE, as it is now occasionally perform'd in Westminster-Abbey.

Compos'd by Dr. WILLIAM CROFT, Organist, Composer, and Master of the Children of His MAJESTY'S Chapel-Royal, and Organist of St. Peter's Westminster.

VOL. II.

LONDON.

Printed for and sold by John Walsh, Servant to His Majesty, at the Harp and Hautboy in Catherine-street in the Strand; and John and Joseph Hare, at the Viol and Flute in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange.

iii

Dedication

v

Contents

List of Works

No.	Page	Title	Voicing	Comments
1	1	Hear my prayer	SATB
2	12	I will alway give thanks	ATB
3	26	O Lord, grant the King	full
4	32	The Earth is the Lord's	B
5	37	The heav'ns declare	ATB
6	44	O Lord, I will praise thee	SSATB
7	58	Sing praises	full
8	63	O praise the Lord	ATBB
9	81	O Lord God of my salvation	SSAATB
10	86	I cryed unto the Lord	SATB
11	95	This is the day	SAATTBB
12	117	O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good	SATB	With 2 violins, viola, and organ; Psalm 118. not O give thanks unto the Lord, for SATB.SATB based on Psalm 105
13	133	Thou, O God, art praised	ATB
14	139	Blessed are all they	ATB
15	150	The Lord is King	T
16	155	Laudate Dominum	SATB

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	No.	Page	Lyricist	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Laudate Dominum	1724	16	155		Sacred	Canons	4	SATB