Church Music Society Publications

SSAATTBB unaccompanied In 1854 Pearsall arranged his madrigal Lay a garland to the text Tu es Petrus. Richard Shephard has taken up this idea and skilfully adapted Pearsall's fine eight-part piece Gre...

This setting of the Nunc Dimittis was written for Westminster Cathedral and first performed at Compline on Easter Day 1916. In concerts it could be contrasted with the Latin settings by Howells and Ho...

Written in 1844 in thanksgiving for the preservation of the life of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm after an unsuccessful assassination attempt, this is the original a cappella version of the well...

For SATB unaccompanied. The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the...

For SSATB unaccompanied. The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain th...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

The Church Music Society is proud to publish this mass setting by Anthony Caesar, written for St Paul's, K Street, Washington DC. The quieter sections are strongly influenced by plainsong, and the Glo...

William Turner was one of the most important composers writing at the time of the Restoration of the monarchy. This sprightly anthem, first performed at the coronation of Queen Anne, is well within th...

Written in 1911, this work is mainly homophonic. Tenors and basses sing four phrases in unison and a soprano solo takes the phrase 'He rememb'ring his mercy'. The Gloria returns to the music of the op...

For SATB and organ. The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Chu...

for SATB and organ

As the scholar John Stainer writes: 'There is in it a quaintness, not without tenderness and devotional feeling, which recalls the style of the composer's brother Henry, by whose brilliant career and...

This fine double choir setting, published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, uses the two choirs to great effect, with the Gloria starting with striding imitation between the...

ATB verses, SATB choir, and organ. The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

For SATB chorus, ATB verse and strings or organ. The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It stri...

The second of the Society's Restoration Canticles series, this new edition of Wise's much-loved setting incorporates the rests between sections which appear in some sources. These are shown as options...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

Peter Tranchell's setting of this Christmas poem by Dora Greenwell has echoes of the music of Peter Warlock. Some careful pitching is required, but the piece is richly rewarding and is sure to become...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Church's wonderful musi...

For SATB unaccompanied. The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the...