Sharp Service (William Child)
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- CPDL #23764:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2011-06-19). Score information: A4, 23 pages, 215 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback. Free registration at external website required for PDF download.
General Information
Title: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D
Composer: William Child
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Child's "Sharp Service" was reputedly the piece de resistance in St George's Chapel, Windsor in the first decade after the restauration. It was probably the service performed exclusively for the entertainment of Pepys and his wife upon their expedition to meet Child, 26th February, 1666. It is said that Child wrote this service to puzzle his choirmen, they having ridiculed some of his music because it was so easy.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Magnificat and Nunc dimittis.