Hamshire
An anthem for Good Friday
( He dies! He dies! The heav'nly lover dies )
Read, Daniel (1757-1836) [ USA ]
Arr.: Bennett, Lawrence
Edition
Published by
Broude Brothers Ltd.
[USA]
, 1976
Ref. :
WW19
(9 p.)
, "The Western Wind American Tune-Book"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Bennett, Lawrence
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
18th century
(1750-1799)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Anthem
Mood of the piece:
contrasted
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation:
Instruments (optional)
(4 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Colla parte
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
A major ; A minor
Duration:
3.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Good Friday ; Easter Day ; Lent
Musicological Sources:
first appeared in Read's collection "The Columbian Harmonist No. 3" (New Haven, 1795)
Source of text:
Horae Lyricae (London, 1706)
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # 1284 (64 copies)