Research Catalog

Title

Proposals for printing by Subscription, thirty select anthems in score, consisting of 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. and 8. parts, compos'd by Dr. William Croft, organist, and composer of musick for His Majesty's Chapel Royal.

Author

Croft, William, 1678-1727.

Publication

London [J. Walsh] 1724.

Details

Description

[1] l., score ([2] l.); 38 x 25 cm.

Alternative Title

Lord thou hast searched me out.

Subject

• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 3 parts) with organ
• Psalms (Music) > 139th Psalm

Note

• Advertisement ([1] p.) for subscribers to Croft's Musica sacra; followed by engraved score ([3] p.) to his setting of Psalm 139 (Lord thou hast searched me out), for ATB chorus and organ.
• At head of title: London, March 25, 1724.
• Reputed to be the first example of church music printed in score form. See Grove's dictionary, 5th ed., v. 2, p. 539.
• Subsequently resulting in Croft's collection of church anthems published as Musica sacra (London, J. Walsh, 1724. 2 v.).

Call Number

JOG 72-104

OCLC

NYPG724174420-C

Author

Croft, William, 1678-1727.

Title

Proposals for printing by Subscription, thirty select anthems in score, consisting of 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. and 8. parts, compos'd by Dr. William Croft, organist, and composer of musick for His Majesty's Chapel Royal.

Imprint

London [J. Walsh] 1724.

Added Author

Croft, William, 1678-1727. Musica sacra. Lord thou hast searched me out.

Added Title

Lord thou hast searched me out.

Research Call Number

JOG 72-104