The Problem of Handel's Latin Church Music

When I had the honour of an invitation to read a paper here this evening, the subject suggested to me was “Early English Church Music.” The idea conveyed to my mind by this title was that of a survey of English Church music of the polyphonic period, with an attempt perhaps to compare it with the contemporary Continental schools. It is hardly necessary for me to say that the data at my command are quite insufficient for carrying out any such ambitious scheme, even if it could be brought within the limits of a short paper. It occurred to me, however, that I might make some small contribution to the subject, which might be of assistance to its more adequate treatment in the future. With this view, I propose to confine myself this evening principally to Latin Church music—that is, to music written for the Catholic Liturgy during the 16th and 17th centuries; and to a few of the more representative composers.

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The Latin Church Music, Part 1

10.31022/r013 ◽

1972 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher Tye

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

Latin Church

Christopher Tye's Latin church music, which is on the artistic level of his celebrated English anthems, is presented complete in this edition.

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BYRD'S LATIN CHURCH MUSIC

Music and Letters ◽

10.1093/ml/iv.3.254 ◽

1923 ◽

Vol IV (3) ◽

pp. 254-260

Author(s):

H. B. COLLINS

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

Latin Church

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Publishing Music from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: The Work of Vincent Novello and Samuel Wesley in the 1820s

Journal of the Royal Musical Association ◽

10.1093/jrma/fki005 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 130 (1) ◽

pp. 38-73

Author(s):

Philip Olleson ◽

Fiona M. Palmer

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

University Of Cambridge ◽

Hymn Tunes ◽

Music Collection ◽

Latin Church ◽

The University

AbstractIn 1816, Richard Fitzwilliam died, bequeathing his important music collection to the University of Cambridge. In 1824 the University decided to allow selections from it to be published. The most important outcome was Vincent Novello's five-volume The Fitzwilliam Music (1825–7), containing Latin church music by Italian composers of the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, but there was also an edition by Samuel Wesley of three hymn tunes by Handel to words by his father, and Wesley also projected an edition of motets from Byrd's Gradualia which for financial reasons was never published. This article discusses Fitzwilliam's bequest, the involvement of Novello and Wesley, the two publications that resulted in the 1820s, and Wesley's unsuccessful Byrd project.

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J. C. Bach's Latin Church Music

The Musical Times ◽

10.2307/961611 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 123 (1677) ◽

pp. 781

Author(s):

Ernest Warburton

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

Latin Church

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Byrd's Latin church music

Music and Letters ◽

10.1093/ml/4.3.000-d ◽

1923 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

H. B. Collins

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

Latin Church

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Monsters and Messages: The Willmott and Braikenridge Manuscripts of Latin Tudor Church Music, 1591

The Antiquaries Journal ◽

10.1017/s0003581500073042 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 311-338 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Judith Blezzard

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

Roman Catholicism ◽

Latin Church

The Willmott and Braikenridge manuscripts (1591) are the survivors from five partbooks containing twenty-seven pieces of Latin church music. Nine composers, most of them English, are represented. The source transmits entire pieces rather than only particular sections. It follows no conventional copying scheme reflecting derivation from other sources, from liturgical or seasonal use, or from groupings by composer, text or number of voiceparts. There are numerous inscriptions and drawings. Their nature, together with the choice and order of the Latin texts, suggests that the source was a statement of allegiance to Roman Catholicism by the scribe, John Sadler, schoolmaster and Anglican priest, of Northamptonshire.

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Latin Church Music under Edward VI

The Musical Times ◽

10.2307/959422 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 116 (1587) ◽

pp. 477

Author(s):

Hugh Benham

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

Latin Church

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Bach the Teacher

Bach ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190936303.003.0013 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 284-331

Author(s):

David Schulenberg

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Church Music ◽

Professional Musicians ◽

Private Lessons ◽

Latin Church ◽

Vocal Works ◽

Italian Concerto ◽

Goldberg Variations

This chapter examines the works of Bach’s later years, including several published collections, in the context of his teaching. The latter, considered in its broadest sense, included not only instruction in the St. Thomas School but private lessons and mentorship for university students and younger professional musicians. To these activities Bach added the revision and publication of compositions that could serve as examples for study and emulation. Among the latter are the four volumes of Clavierübung, including the harpsichord partitas, Italian Concerto, and Goldberg Variations; the Schemelli Chorales and Canonic Variations for organ; and the Musical Offering and Art of Fugue. Also instructive, in a profound sense, are the great vocal works of these years: the passions, oratorios, and Latin church music, including the B-Minor Mass.

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