The Treasury of English Church Music 1545-1650

The period covered by this volume is one of the most eventful and fruitful in the history of English music. This selection - embracing the motet festal psalm anthem canticle and devotional song - has been edited according to modern scholarly standards but with the needs of practical performance in mind. The choice of music gives a comprehensive picture of the period with many well-known works included as outstanding examples of their kind. Less familiar compositions are also featured and they fill important gaps in the available repertory - notably settings of the Nunc dimittis by Tye Robert Parsons and Thomas Tomkins a festal psalm by Tallis verse anthems by William Mundy and Walter Porter and full anthems by Amner Batten Thomas Tomkins and William Child. A general historical introduction and a calendar of events are supplied together with notes on each piece and a list of the sources used.