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Based on Wikipedia and only partly checked against the Purcell Society edition.
This sortable table of anthems by Henry Purcell is maintained by hand and not necessarily up-to-date.
Anthems
Z No. | PS vol. | Genre* | Incipit | Text source | Date | Accompaniment | Choral forces | Verse soloists | Comments | |
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I will love thee, O Lord | Psalm 18:1-6,16-18 | BC | SATB | Solo Bass | ||||||
1 | XIV | Verse | Awake, put on thy strength | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
2 | XXVIII | Verse | Behold, I bring you glad tidings | Luke 2:10-11,14 | 1687 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | ||
3 | XIIIa | Verse | Behold now, praise the Lord | c. 1680 | ||||||
4 | XXVIII | Verse | Be merciful unto me | Psalm 56:1-7,10-11 | before 1683 | BC | SATB | ATB | ||
5 | XXVIII | Verse | Blessed are they that fear the Lord | Psalm 128 | 1688 | 4-part strings | SATB | SSAB soli | ||
6 | XXVIII | Verse | Blessed be the Lord my strength | Psalm 144:1-8 | before 1679 | BC | SATB | ATB | ||
7 | XXVIII | Verse | Blessed is he that considereth the poor | Psalm 41:1-3 | c. 1688 | BC | SATB | ATB | SATB alleluia in some sources only | |
8 | XIIIa | Verse | Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven | [[Psalm | c. 1680–92 | |||||
9 | XIIIa | Verse | Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord | Psalm 112:1-5,9 | c. 1688 | BC | SATB | ATB | SATB in alternate versions | |
10 | XXVIII | Full | Blow up the trumpet in Sion | Joel 2:15-17 | before 1679 | organ | SSSAATTTBB | |||
11 | XIIIa | Verse | Bow down thine ear, O Lord | [[Psalm | c. 1680–82 | |||||
12 | XXXII | Verse | Give sentence with me, O Lord | [[Psalm | before 1681 | Incomplete | ||||
13A Z 13B |
XIIIa | Verse | Hear me, O Lord, and that soon | [[Psalm | c. 1680–82) | The 2 versions differ in the opening verse | ||||
14 | XXVIII | Verse | Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not | Psalm 55:1-2,4-8,16-17 | before 1683 | BC | SATB | ATB | Unfinished | |
15 | XXVIII | Full | Hear my prayer, O Lord and let my crying | Psalm 102:1 | before 1683) | organ | SSAATTBB | Unfinished | ||
16 | XIV | Verse | In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust | (c. 1682) | ||||||
17A | XIIIa | Full | In the midst of life | before 1682 | independent bc | SATB | See Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860 (Henry Purcell) | |||
17B | XXIX | There are 2 arrangements of this piece, Z 17A and Z 17B respectively | ||||||||
18 | XIV | Verse | It is a good thing to give thanks | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
19 | XIV | Verse | I was glad when they said unto me | Psalm 122:1,4-7 | c. 1682–83 | SSATB | ||||
20 | XVII | Verse | I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord | Psalm 138 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | SSATB | ||
21 | XXVIII | Verse | I will give thanks unto the Lord | Psalm 3:1-4,6-9 | c. 1680–82 | 2 violins & BC | SATB | TBB | ||
22 | XXVIII | Full | I will sing unto the Lord | Psalm 104:33-35 | before 1679 | BC | SSATB | |||
23 | XXVIII | Verse | Let God arise | Psalm 68:1-3,7-8 | before 1679? or 1683 | BC | SATB | TT | ||
24 | XXIX | Verse | Let mine eyes run down with tears | c. 1682 | ||||||
25 | XXIX | Full | Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry? | Psalm 79:5,8-9,14 | c. 1680–82 | SSATB | ||||
26 | XXIX | Verse | Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth? | c. 1677 | ||||||
27 | XXIX | Full | Man that is born of woman | c. 1680–82 | ||||||
28 | XIIIa | Verse | My beloved spake | Song of Solomon 2:10-13,16a | before 1677 | bc | SATB | ATBB | ||
29 | XIV | Verse | My heart is fixed, O God | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
30 | XVII | Verse | My heart is indicting | Psalm 45:1,9,13-15,10,16 Psalm 147:12 Isaiah 49:23 |
1685 | 4-part strings | SSAATBBB | SSAATB | ||
31 | XXIX | Verse | My song shall be always | 1690 | ||||||
32 | XXIX | Verse | O consider my adversity | Unknown | ||||||
33 | XXIX | Verse | O give thanks unto the Lord | Psalm 106:1-2,4-5,46 | 1693 | 2 treble & bc | SATB | Solo SATB | ||
34 | XXIX | Full | O God, the king of glory | before 1679 | ||||||
35 | XXIX | Full | O God, thou art my god | Psalm 63:1-5,8 | c. 1680–82 | BS | SATB | Source of the hymntune WESTMINISTER ABBEY | ||
36 | XXIX | Full | O God, thou has cast us out | c. 1680–82) | ||||||
37 | XXIX | Full | O Lord God of hosts | Psalm 80 vv. 4-7,18 | c. 1680–82 | basso seguente | SSAATTBB | |||
38 | XXIX | Verse | O Lord, grant the King a long life | 1685 | ||||||
39 | XXIX | Verse | O Lord, our governor | [[Psalm | before 1679 | |||||
40 | XXIX | Verse | O Lord, rebuke me not | [[Psalm | Unknown | |||||
41 | XXIX | Verse | O Lord, Thou art my God | c. 1680–82 | ||||||
42 | XIV | Verse | O praise God in his holiness | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
43 | XXXII | Verse | O praise the Lord, all ye heathen | before 1681 | ||||||
44 | XVII | Verse | O sing unto the Lord | Psalm 96:1-6,9-10 | 1688 | 4-part strings | SATB | SATB | ||
45 | XXXII | Verse | Out of the deep have I called | Psalm 130 | c. 1680) | bc | SAB | SATB | ||
46 | XVII | Verse | Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem | composite: Psalm 147:12, Isa. 49:23, Psalm 48:8, Psalm 21:13 | 1689 | 4-part strings | SSATB | SSATB | There is another Z 46, a fragment of a Verse, Praise the Lord, ye servants | |
47 | XIV | Verse | Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me | [[Psalm | c. 1682–85 | |||||
48 | XVII | Verse | Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God | [[Psalm | 1687 | 2 violins and BC | SATB | AB | Variant versions survive in organ score | |
49 | XIV | Verse | Rejoice in the Lord always | Philippians 4 vv. 4-7 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | ||
50 | XXXII | Full | Remember not, Lord, our offenses | c. 1680–82) | (basso seguente) | SSATB | ||||
51 | XIIIa | Full | Save me, O God | Psalm 54 | before 1681 | SSATB and SSATTB | ATB and SSA 'verses' | |||
52 | XXXII | Verse | Sing unto God | Psalm 68 vv. 32-35 | 1687 | organ | SATB | Solo Bass | ||
53 | XXXII | Verse | The Lord is king, be the people never so impatient | Unknown | ||||||
54 | XXXII | Verse | The Lord is King, the earth may be glad [thereof] | 1688 | organ | SATB | Solo Bass | |||
55 | XIV | Verse | The Lord is my light | [[Psalm | c. 1682–85 | |||||
56 | XXXII | Verse | The way of God is an undefiled way | 1694 | ||||||
57 | XXXII | Verse | They that go down to the sea in ships | [[Psalm | 1685 | |||||
58A | XIIIa | Verse | Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | before 1687 | one of three settings | |||||
58B | XXIX | Verse | Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | 1687 | version of Z58A | |||||
58C | XXXII | Full | Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | 1695 | independent BC | SATB | Funeral Music for Queen Mary | |||
59 | XXXII | Full | Thy righteousness, O God, is very high | [[Psalm | Unknown | incomplete | ||||
60 | XXXII | Verse | Thy way, O God, is holy | Psalm 77:13-18 | 1687 | bc | SATB | AB | ||
61 | XXXII | Verse | Thy word is a lantern unto my feet | Psalm 119:105-108,110-111 | Unknown | BC | SATB | ATB | ||
62 | XXXII | Verse | Turn thou us, O good Lord | Unknown | ||||||
63 | XVII | Verse | Unto Thee will I cry | Psalm 28:1-3,5-7 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | ||
64 | XIIIa | Verse | Who hath believed our report? | c. 1679–80 | ||||||
Z 65 | XVII | Verse | Why do the heathen so furiously rage together? | Psalm 2 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB |
- *. Verse Anthem or Full Anthem