The Sacred Musical Offering (Purday, Charles Henry)

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