Maurice Greene

Life

Born: 12 August 1696

Died: 1 December 1755

Biography:

Greene held the post of Composer to the Chapel Royal. Burney's near-contemporary assessment of him was that he was "usually very correct in his harmony, but as to invention and design, he seldom soars above mediocrity". He composed 14 full, 44 verse, 21 solo, and 24 orchestral anthems; a complete service and 6 Te Deums; songs, ballads, oratorios & cantatas in addition to keyboard works.

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Maurice Greene compositions

• Behold I bring you glad tidings SS verse, SATB & bc (also arr. SATB)
• Bow down thine ear, O Lord full anthem SSATBB
• Honour and majesty are before him [excerpt?]
• How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord SSAATTBB
• I call with my whole heart SSATB
• I cried unto the Lord SSATB
• I've lost my mistress, horse and wife
• I will greatly rejoice in the Lord full anthem SATB [not in NG list]
• Let my complaint come before thee full anthem SSATB
  • Let my complaint come before thee (verse anthem) A, SATB bc
• The Lord is my shepherd verse anthem for AA, SATB (arr. ATB)
• Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry full anthem SSATB
• Lord, let me know mine end SATB (S divisi)
• Lord, we confess our numerous faults (William Tansur) SATB (an uncertain attribution)
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C SSAATB & SSAATTBB, respectively (from Service in C, also incl. Te Deum & Jubilate)
• Music, how powerful is thy charm
• O come hither AT duet w/ bc [not in NG list]
• Thou visitest the earth verse anthem T, SATB, bc

Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)

• On Princess Amelia

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Publications

• Forty Select Anthems (London, 1743)
• Six Solo Anthems (London, 1747)

External links

• Works by Maurice Greene in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)