Ah, helpless wretch

( Have mercy, Lord, for Christ thy Son )

... [The] organ part [is] an alternative to the string parts. ...

Ravenscroft, Thomas (1592?-1635) [ England ]

Arr.: Shaw, Watkins (1911-1996) [ Great Britain ]

Edition
Published by Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 1971 ; in Two sacred pieces (12 p.)
Ref. : No. 3  (5 p.) , "Church Music Society reprints"
Editor or author of the restitution: Shaw, Watkins
Type of material: Full score
ISMN/ISBN : 0193952637
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 17th century
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Hymn (sacred)
Mood of the piece: prayerful
Type of Choir: SSATB  (5 mixed voices )
Soloist(s): Soprano (1) / Alto (1)  (2 soloist(s))
Instrumentation: Keyboard OR Strings  (4 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Organ (1) ; Violin (2) ; Viola (1) ; Cello (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 1
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): A
Tonality: A major
Duration: 2.0 min.
Musicological Sources: 29373 (Altus), ff. 15, 16; also ADD MS 29472 (ff. 23, 25) ; 29374 (Tenor), ff. 15, 16 ; 29375 (Bassus), ff. 15, 16 ; 29376 (Quintus), ff. 3, 4 ; British museum ADD MSS 29372 (Cantus), ff. 15, 16 ; Thomas Myriell's manuscript compilation "Tristitiae Remedium" (1616)
 

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