Description
for SSAATTBB soli, SSAATTBB and organ This edition celebrates the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The distinguished Wesley scholar, Peter Horton, has worked from the original folio edition of 1844. It displays Wesley's adventurous harmony and use of wide-ranging keys in a similar way to the Evening Canticles in E.
About the Author
Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born in London, the son of the composer Samuel Wesley and grandson of Charles Wesley. After singing in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy, he embarked on a career as a musician, becoming organist of Hereford Cathedral in 1832. He moved to Exeter Cathedral three years later, and subsequently held appointments at Leeds Parish Church, Winchester Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral. Famous as an organist in his day, he composed almost exclusively for the church.
Reviews
Big gestures characterise the Jubilate, written for double choir with (in the doxology) one astonishing off-piste venture from E into C, carried through with great elan. * Matthew Greenall, The Singer, May 2011 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193950290
Author Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Page Count 20
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 68g
Dimensions(mm) 293mm * 209mm * 3mm
About the Author
Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born in London, the son of the composer Samuel Wesley and grandson of Charles Wesley. After singing in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy, he embarked on a career as a musician, becoming organist of Hereford Cathedral in 1832. He moved to Exeter Cathedral three years later, and subsequently held appointments at Leeds Parish Church, Winchester Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral. Famous as an organist in his day, he composed almost exclusively for the church.
Reviews
Big gestures characterise the Jubilate, written for double choir with (in the doxology) one astonishing off-piste venture from E into C, carried through with great elan. * Matthew Greenall, The Singer, May 2011 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193950290
Author Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Page Count 20
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 68g
Dimensions(mm) 293mm * 209mm * 3mm
