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Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Anthems, I, edited by Peter Horton. Musica Britannica, 57. London, Stainer and Bell, 1990. xxxiii + 237 pp. ISBN 0 85249 786 5; ISSN 0584–2954. - Maurice Greene, Ode on St Cecilia's Day, and Anthem. Hearken unto me, ye holy children, transcribed and edited by H. Diack Johnstone. Musica Britannica, 58. London, Stainer and Bell, 1991. xl + 139 pp. ISBN 0 85249 783 0; ISSN 0580–2954.

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Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Anthems, I, edited by Peter Horton. Musica Britannica, 57. London, Stainer and Bell, 1990. xxxiii + 237 pp. ISBN 0 85249 786 5; ISSN 0584–2954.
Maurice Greene, Ode on St Cecilia's Day, and Anthem. Hearken unto me, ye holy children, transcribed and edited by H. Diack Johnstone. Musica Britannica, 58. London, Stainer and Bell, 1991. xl + 139 pp. ISBN 0 85249 783 0; ISSN 0580–2954.

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Nicholas Temperley
Nicholas Temperley*
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Journal of the Royal Musical Association , Volume 117 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 304 - 308
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References

1 Duckies, Vincent, ‘Musicology’, Music in Britain The Romantic Age 1800–1914, ed Nicholas Temperley (London, 1981), 483–502 (p 484).Google Scholar

2 John Blow is the only other composer allotted a three-volume series so far Of course, composers such as Purcell whose complete works are published elsewhere are removed from any such ‘competition‘Google Scholar

3 The Worshipful Company of Musicians, An Illustrated Catalogue of the Music Loan Exhibition at Fishmonger's Hall, June and July 1904 (London, 1909), 333, cited in Horton's Introduction, p xxiGoogle Scholar

4 There are numerous examples from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Typical specimens were written by William Croft, others are to be found in the hymnbooks of the Foundling Hospital and the Asylum for Female OrphansGoogle Scholar

5 It seems more likely that this was actually the work of Glenn, who was at that time organist of Christ's Hospital and composed the annual Easter Psalms for the school See Jeans, Susi, ‘The Easter Psalms of Christ's Hospital’, Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 88 (1961–2), 45–60 (p 57)CrossRefGoogle Scholar

6 Page 24, bar 56, the g’ in the organ RH should be flattened, p. 82, bar 254, the organ bass G should be F#, p 89, bar 417, the C# in the organ bass should be an E, p. 99, bar 37, the cantoris tenor b should have a natural sign, p 158, bar 122, the second note for the voice should be a, not b, and surely, on p 4, bar 85, the minim in the right hand should be d’, not e’Google Scholar

7 Through the kindness of Dr Johnstone I have been able to listen to a tape recording of this delightful work in a performance conducted by himGoogle Scholar

8 The next example of this device known to me comes more than 80 years later in William Crotch's oratorio Palestine (1812), at the words ‘The voices of the dead, and songs of other years‘Google Scholar

9 Page 20, bar 16, vln 2 the First c“ should be sharpenedGoogle Scholar