Work Title
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The Sacred Musical Offering
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Alternative. Title
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The Sacred Musical Offering ... the Music by Adams, Beethoven, Carnaby, Mozart, Neukomm, Gluck, Spohr, Weber, &c. &c. Edited by Chas. H. Purday
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Composer
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Purday, Charles Henry
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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20
- Sigismund Neukomm: How Marv'lous Are Thy Works. God of Night, God of Day
- East John Westrop: When shall we meet again? My friend, an awful question thine
- Charles Henry Purday: Oh! read to me that sacred book
- William Carnaby: Oh! who is like the mighty one?
- Carl Maria von Weber: Joshua's Command. Day waned; the sun approach'd his destin'd goal
- Thomas Purday: Come see the place where Jesus lay
- Sigismund Neukomm: Hymn to the Deity. (Hymn to Night). Oh! God thy glorious majesty
- Louis Spohr: O Lord! Thy mercies, ever new
- William Henry Holmes: The Memories of the Past. The mem'ries of the past! how beautiful they are
- A Lady: Song to the Morning Lark. Feather'd lyric, warbling high
- East John Westrop: Spirit of Life and Love. Thou hearest the rustling amongst the trees
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. R. F. Elwin: Gracious Father [Ave Verum]. Gracious, gracious Father, hear our pray'r
- Henry Westrop: The Village Church. Dear is the hallow'd spot to me
- Ludwig van Beethoven: The Lord is my shepherd, no want shall I know
- Edwin John Nielson: The gloomiest day hath gleams of light
- Thomas Adams I: When spring unlocks the flowers
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Command thy blessing from above
- Thomas Bloomer Phipps: Answer me, burning stars of night
- Edwin John Nielson: The Harp of David. Oh! for the harp that David swept
- Charles Henry Purday: Morning and Evening Prayer. Lord, let my thoughts on angels wings
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First Publication.
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1833 ca.
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Librettist
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see below
- 1, 7-8 Carolus (probably C. H. Purday)
- 2. Caroline Bowles
- 3. Maurice Harcourt
- 4. Delta
- 5. Rev. J. Young
- 6, 14, 17. James Montgomery (1771–1854)
- 9. James Knox
- 10, Amelia Opie (1769–1853)
- 11. A Lady
- 12. R. F. Elwin
- 13. Rev. J. Cunningham (not John Cunningham the poet)
- 15, 18. Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)
- 16. Reginald Heber (1783–1826)
- 19. Bernard Barton (1784–1849)
- 20. Miss A. M. Porter
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Language
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English
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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1-4 voices, piano; 4 voices, organ; voice, mixed chorus, piano
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Extra Information
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Some songs have ornamented passages or ossias (notably No.18). Included in the category Vocal Ornamentation.
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