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The burial service, chant, evening service, dirge, & anthems : appointed to be perform'd at the funeral of Lord Viscount Nelson [...] at St. Paul's cathedral on the 9th of January 1806

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Type of record: Book

Title: The burial service, chant, evening service, dirge, & anthems : appointed to be perform'd at the funeral of Lord Viscount Nelson [...] at St. Paul's cathedral on the 9th of January 1806

Level: Piece

Classmark: Large Music E-2/WAT

Related people: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Page, John; Handel, George Frideric; Croft, William

Publisher: Clementi & Co

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1806

Language: English

Size and medium: 1 score (40 p)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/345547

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991018683429705181

Description

For choir, unaccompanied and with organ continuo.


I am the resurrection and the life/ Croft - Lord let me know mine end/ Greene - Man that is born/ Croft - Thou knowest Lord/ Purcell - I heard a voice/ Croft - Magnificat & nunc dimittis/ Attwood - His body is buried in peace/ Handel - Grand chant/ Purcell - Dirge [for organ]/ Attwood

Additional description

W. Priestley's bookplate and seal attached inside front cover. Bound with three other works in volume with cover title: 'Lord Nelson's Burial Service &c.' Volume contents: 1. Watlen, J.: The glorious battle off Trafalgar. [1810?]. -- 2. Bowles, W.L.: Dirge for the death of Lord Nelson. [ca.1800]. -- 3. Clark, J.: On the death of Nelson... [18--?]. -- 4. Croft, W. [et al.]: Burial service, chant... [1806]

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Former owner: Halifax Parish Church / W. Priestley.

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