Magnificat and Nunc dimittis from The First Service (Thomas Tomkins)

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• (Posted 2018-10-20)  CPDL #51535:       

Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2018-10-20).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 207 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This performing edition is unabashedly non-scholarly: transposed up a minor third, with halved note values, as well as editorial accidentals and slurs added. Indications for decani and cantoris have been left out. The bare-bones organ part in Musica Deo sacra has been fleshed out (though it may be omitted altogether). Produced for St. Luke's Quartet (Dixon, Illinois).

General Information

Title: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (from The First Service)
Composer: Thomas Tomkins
Text: Luke 1:46-55, 2:29-31

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Organ
First published: 1668 in Musica Deo sacra, no.  
Description: Tomkins's First Service contains a complete set of the morning and evening canticles and communion settings. These are the evening canticles from that service.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Magnificat and Nunc dimittis.