Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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First Publication | 1641 or earlier |
Genre Categories | Anthems; Religious works; For 4 voices; |
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Work Title | O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit |
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Composer | Tallis, Thomas |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ITT 10 |
Key | G minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
First Publication. | 1641 or earlier |
Librettist | Traditional? (Mass, translated?) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Renaissance |
Piece Style | Renaissance |
Instrumentation | 4 voices or Chorus (SATB) |
Manuscript Sources | GB-Lbl Add. 29289 (Ms. copy, ca.1629) GB-Y M. 1/5-8 (S) (copy of 1641 publication) GB-Ll MS 1 GB-Lbl Harley 7337 "An anthem in 4 parts, composed at first in Latin" (in which form the text, beginning Domine, Spiritum Sanctum Tuum in Cordibus Nostris, is very similar to that of part of the Agnus Dei) |
Published in 1641 (in "Barnard's The First Book of Selected Church Musick") if not earlier. All early copies are in G minor.