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Sacred harmony in parts consisting of a choice collection of anthems, and other Church Services, Selected from the Works of Doctors Boyce, Croft, & Green, Messrs. Blake, Bond, Clark, Kent, King, Purcel, Travers &c. The Whole Judiciously Arranged and Adapted for the Use of Societys & Practitioners in General, By Robert Willoughby.
Date: [1799]
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Harmonia Cantica divina or the Kentish divine harmonist. being [sic] a new set of psalm tunes and anthems, all in four parts, for the use of country churches. to [sic] which is prefixed, a short introduction to singing. By John Barwick. ...
Date: [1783?]
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A select set of psalms and hymns with a choice collection of words and with proper tunes and basses as they are fitted to be sung in the Parish Church of Grantham By John Hutchinson Clerk of the Parish, 1756
Date: 1756]
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[The Psalm-singer's compleat tutor and divine companion. ... By Thomas Moore.]
Date: 1750
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A collection of anthems, as the same are now performed in the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Dublin. Published by the Direction of the Reverend the Dean and Chapter of the said Cathedral.
Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]
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The psalmist's new companion. Containing an introduction to the grounds of musick, in a plain and familiar method also forty one psalm tunes, and twenty-five anthems; some of them being suited to various Occasions, and most of them Composed of Solo's, Fugues, and Chorus's, after the Cathedral manner. To which is added a Funeral Hymn The Whole is Composed in Three and Four Parts, according to the most authentick Rules, and brought within Compass of the Voice, being cheifly intended for the Use of Country Choirs. The sixth edition set forth and corrected by Abraham Adams, at Shoreham in Kent
Date: [1760?]
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The oration, anthems & poems, spoken and sung at the performance of divine musick, at Stationers-Hall, for the month of May, 1702. Undertaken by Cavendish Weedon, Esq;
Date: 1702
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The compleat psalmodist: or the organist's, parish-clerk's and psalm-singer's companion. Containing I. A new and compleat introduction to the grounds of music, both Theoretical and Practical, ... Also the Art of Composition, made easy by plain and practical Rules, ... To which is added a new musical Dictionary, properly digested in alphabetical Order, explaining, almost to the meanest Capacity, all such Terms and Characters as generally occur in Music, derived from various Languages. II. A set of services, commonly called Chanting-Tunes; ... III. A set of grave and solemn psalm-tunes, both ancient and modern, containing near one Hundred different Tunes, ... with a great many new Tunes, composed by some of the most eminent Masters that ever existed. IV. A set of divine hymns, suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church of England; with several Canons of two, three, and four Parts in one. The Whole composed, according to the most authentic Rules, for one, two, three, four, and five Voices, and set in Score, in their proper Cliffs and Concert-Keys, with the Trillo's marked, and the Basses figured for the Organ: Principally published for the Use of all Churches and Chapels, in Cities and Towns corporate as well as in Country Villages and Parishes, throughout his Majesty's Dominions of Great Britain, Ireland, and Plantations abroad. The fifth edition, corrected, with large additions. By John Arnold, Philo-Musicae, Author of the Essex Harmony and Leicestershire Harmony.
Date: [1761]
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An anthem, performed at St. Paul's Cathedral, on Thursday, July 29, 1784, Being the day appointed for a general thanksgiving. Composed by Dr. Edmund Ayrton.
Ayrton, Edmund, 1734-1808.Date: 1784]
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A choice collection of twenty-four psalm-tunes, all in four parts, and fifteen anthems, ... with their names to each tune. Among which are included ten of the most solemn tunes now in common use. ... With the addition of nine psalm tunes, ...
Date: [1740?]
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Parochial music corrected: intended for the use of the several charity-schools in London, Westminster, &c. as well as for all congregations: Being plain and distinct rules for the more pleasing and correct performance of Psalmody, By the Children, &c. in their respective parish-churches. with psalms, hymns, and anthems, set to music, Which, being suitable to the Occasions of Charity-Sermons, may be sung on those Days. To which is added An easy Introduction to singing. The whole adapted, written, and composed, by H. Heron, Organist of St. Magnus, London-Bridge.
Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]
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Select hymns and anthems, on Religious Subjects, taken from David's psalms, and other passages of Holy Scripture; and sung at Tunbridge-Wells Chapel.
Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr (Tunbridge Wells, England)Date: [1790?]
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A sett of new psalms and anthems, in four parts: on various occasions, viz. I. For Christmas-Day. II. For the Martyrdom of the Blessed K. Charles I. III. For Easter-Day. IV. For Ascension-Day, or the Sunday after. V. For Whitsunday. VI. For the Happy Restoration of K. Charles II. Vii. For Gun-Powder-Treason. Viii. For the Use of the People of Blandford, on the Fourth of June, being the Day that the Town was destroy'd by Fire. IX. On a King or Queen's Accession to the Throne. X. For the Holy Sacrament. XI. For Weddings. XII. For Funerals, &c. And an introduction to psalmody, after a plain and familiar manner. By William Knapp. The fourth edition, corrected. To which is added, an anthem in six parts, by a very eminent master. Also, An Anthem composed by King Henry the Seventh; which has been performed with the greatest Applause in the King's Chapel, St. Paul's Cathedral, and Westminster-Abbey. Now first published from a Manuscript.
Date: [1750]
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An anthem selected from the psalms; And an ode written by Pope; set to music by William Jackson of Exeter. Opera Quinta.
Jackson, William, 1730-1803.Date: [1766]
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A collection of anthems, as the same are now performed in his Majesty's Chapels Royal, &c. Published by the Direction of the Reverend the Sub-Dean of his Majesty's said Chapels Royal.
Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]
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The words of such pieces as are most usually performed by the Academy of Ancient Music.
Date: M.DCC.LXI. [1761]
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A collection of psalm-tunes; with Great Variety of hymns and anthems Compos'd by the best Masters, in Three and Four Parts; The Treble, Contra, and Tenor being all set in the same Cliff. By James Green. With the Addition of many New Tunes, and such Directions for singing as are suited to the Capacities of Common Learners.
Date: 1718
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Psalms hymns and anthems for the Foundling Chapel.
Foundling Hospital (London, England)Date: 1796
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Psalms, hymns & anthems, used in the chapel of the Hospital for the maintenance & education of exposed & deserted young children.
Date: 1774]
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A book of psalmody. Containing variety of tunes, both for the common and particular measures; with chanting tunes for Te Deum, Jubilate Deo, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis; with several hymns, and thirteen anthems. All set in four parts. By Robert and John Barber.
Date: 1723
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New church melody: being a set of anthems, psalms, hymns, &c. on various occasions. In four parts with a great variety of other anthems, psalms, hymns, &c. composed after a Method entirely new, and never printed before. By William Knapp, Author of the first Book of Psalm Tunes and Anthems on various Occasions. With An Anthem on Psalm cxxvii. by one of the greatest Masters in Europe. Together with four excellent Hymns, and an Anthem for the Nativity. To which is added, An Imploration to the King of Kings. Wrote by King Charles I. during his Captivity in Carisbrook-Castle, in the Isle of Wight, Anno Domini, 1648. Together with An Anthem for the Martyrdom of that blessed Prince.
Date: [1764]
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An Anthem, (taken out of the 2d. chapter of St. Luke) to be sung after sermon, by a Company of Gentlemen, in the parish-church of St. Stephen-Walbrook, for the benefit of the society-children belonging to the said church, on Christmas-Day in the evening. The sermon to be preach'd by the Rev. Mr. Nicolls, lecturer of Christ-Church, Surry. Prayers to begin at a quarter after five o'clock. Behold, I bring you glad tydings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Duet. {For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Chorus. {And suddenly there was with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying Hallelujah. Glory to God in the highest. Amen. The grand chorus in the Messiah.
Date: 1760?]
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The psalm-Singer's devout exercise; containing I. A New and Compleat Introduction to the Grounds of Musick. II. A Select Collection of Church Musick; consisting of Forty Four Psalm-Tunes, fitted to all, or most, the different Measures in either Old or New Versions; which may be sung in either one, two, three, or four Parts with ease for the Voice. III. Two Chanting-Tunes; viz. Te Deum laudamus, and Magnificat. IV. Sixteen Anthems; The whole Collection being taken from the newest and best Authors, with the greatest Accuracy, all in Score. To which is added, An Alphabetical Glossary, explaining all such Latin, Greek, Italian, and French Words, as generally occur in Musick; so that the Learner need not be at a Loss when he finds any of those uncommon Words or Terms set near any Lesson of Musick, either Vocal or Instrumental, &c. By John Buckenham, of Bramfield, in the County of Suffolk, who teacheth the Same.
Date: M.DCC.XLI. [1741]
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The leicestershire harmony: containing a set of excellent psalm-tunes and anthems, composed, in modern taste, for Four Voices, By an Eminent Master of the County of Leicester. Published for the Use of Country Choirs. The second edition, with addtions. By John Arnold, Organist, Author of the Complete Psalmodist, Essex Harmony, Psalmist's Recreation, and Church Music Reformed.
Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]
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The psalm-Singer's companion. Containing, A New introduction, With such Directions for Singing, as is proper and necessary for Learners: and, The psalms of David new Tun'd, With such Musick, as will express the Words in their proper Sense. Also, Chanting-Tunes for Te Deum, Jubilate Deo, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, and Deus Misereatur. Likewise, nine anthems and six hymns. All being composed in Four Musical Parts, according to the most authentic Rules. The Third Edition. By Uriah Davenport, Teacher.
Date: MDCCLXXV. [1785]