| Work Title
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O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Tallis, Thomas
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ITT 10
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| Key
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G minor
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 anthem
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1570 or earlier
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| First Publication.
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1641 – John Barnard: The first Book of Selected Church Musick
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| Librettist
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"Lidley's Prayers", 1566
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Renaissance
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| Piece Style
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Renaissance
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| Instrumentation
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4 voices or chorus (SATB)
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| Manuscript Sources
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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)
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| Extra Information
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Earliest surviving complete manuscript source c.1620 (US-NYp Drexel MSS 4180-3)
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