The Great Service (William Byrd)
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Title: The Great Service
Composer: William Byrd
Language: English
Genre: Sacred
Description: William Byrd's Great Service for 10 voices consists of settings in English of the 3 Morning Canticles, the Creed & Kyrie, and the Evening Canticles. It partners a First 'Short' Service for 6vv, and Second and Third Services for 5vv. Note that since the editions by E. H. Fellowes and that in Tudor Church Music vol.2 were published, further sources have come to light supplying some of the missing voice parts that were of necesssity reconstructed in those early editions.
Movements in this work
- 1. Venite
- 2. Te Deum
- 3. Benedictus
- 4. Kyrie
- 5. Creed
- 6. Magnificat
- 7. Nunc Dimittis
External websites:
View the Wikipedia article on The Great Service (William Byrd).
- The Great Service (William Byrd) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)