Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in D - Vocal Score

About the author

Purcell was the outstanding musician and composer of his time in Britain. Like other seventeenth-century musicians, Purcell's career began in the church, first as a chorister at the Chapel Royal, then as organist at Westminster Abbey composing anthems. At court he enjoyed the favour of successive monarchs composing odes on special occasions, but his works for Mary II are the best known, composed when Purcell was reaching the height of his powers, just before his premature death.

Summary

for SSATB soloists, SSATB choir, 2 trumpets, strings and continuoWritten for St Cecilia's Day 1694, Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate in D was the first work of its kind to be scored for orchestra, and it became the model for future settings of the text by Blow, Croft, and Handel. Orchestral material is available on hire/rental.

Product details

• Authors: Robert King
• Assisted by: Robert King (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2012
• EAN: 9780193385894
• ISBN: 978-0-19-338589-4
• No. of pages: 40
• Series: Classic Choral Works
• Subject: Guides > Hobby, home > Singing, making music