The attached lists of
sources and anthems are based on my own research, some
carried out while working on my thesis and some since. I
started this data base mainly for my own use, and much
data that I have in longhand remains to be entered. It
occurred to me that it might be the basis of a more
general list, to which all WG researchers might
contribute, perhaps through a website. I submit it to
this meeting hoping for some opinions about the manner
in which I have set out the information, and whether it
can be improved. I do not guarantee total scholastic
accuracy, as the data base is still under construction.
Question marks show missing or doubtful data.
The Source List
lists the sources whose data have so far been entered on
the Anthem List.
No.
heads a column whose numbers are for identification
only. They have no significance other than representing
the order in which the sources’ data was entered. As set
out in the table, they correspond with the entry numbers
allocated by the software in the leftmost column.
However, when the records are set out in a different
order, (say alphabetically or by date) these numbers are
retained.
HTI
heads a column giving the Source Code as in Temperley’s
Hymn Tune Index (OUP, 1998) (HTI). Sources not
listed there are coded according to Temperley’s system,
the new codes being preceded by the degree sign º. A
full explanation of the system appears in the Index in
Volume I, pp. 79-81.
$
heads a column referring to an internal reference system
in my thesis. This column should be ignored.
Date
heads a column giving a known or estimated date of
publication, quoted from the Hymn Tune Index when given
there.
Compiler
gives the compiler’s surname in full, plus an initial
where two compilers share a surname.
Title
gives the source’s title. Lengthy titles are truncated,
and the following abbreviations are used:
A. |
Anthem(s) |
Coll. |
Collection |
Ch. |
Church |
Comp. |
Complete |
H. |
Hymn(s) |
Mus. |
Music |
P. |
Psalm(s) |
Pd. |
Psalmody |
Pt. |
Part |
T. |
Tune |
Sac. |
Sacred |
& |
and |
The Anthem List
lists all anthems which have been found in the sources
listed. An anthem is defined as a through-composed
setting of a sacred prose text. Set pieces
(through-composed settings of metrical texts) are
excluded, as are chanting tunes which are not
through-composed.
Numbers in the
leftmost column are allocated by the software. The
number of a given entry may change when new data is
added.
Text incipit
heads a column giving the opening text sung by the voice
bearing the air. Repeated text which appears once only
in the text’s source is enclosed in square brackets.
Such text is sometimes further abbreviated to initial
letters of words only.
Text
heads a column stating the Bible chapter or other source
of the text. Psalm texts may be from the Book of Common
Prayer. Liturgical texts are identified by their usual
names, except for canticles which are psalms, identified
by their psalm number.
Air incipit
describes the opening musical phrase(s) sung by the
air-bearing part. The initial number (2 or 3) identifies
the pulse of this phrase as duple or triple. The sign +
or - then indicates the major or minor mode
respectively. The sign (.) or & then indicates whether
the air begins on the downbeat or some other beat
respectively. Any leading rests or instrumental
symphonies are ignored for this purpose.
Where an anthem begins
with rests in the air-bearing part, the phrase in
another prominent part is given. The sign / shows where
the incipit given passes from one part to another.
Identifying the part which bears the air is sometimes a
matter of opinion. However, the totality of the data
provided should be enough to identify the anthem.
The letters which
follow indicate the pitches of the initial phrase,
according to the following system. The phrase is
transposed into C major or A minor, according to mode.
The lowest note in the phrase is described by an upper
case letter in the octave A-G. All other notes are
described in relation to this note, using lower case
letters a-g for the octave next above A-G, and further
lower case letters (h-m) for any notes from the third
octave. The Air Incipit of Anthem No. 2 (John Broderip’s
well known “Awake up my Glory”) illustrates all
aspects of the system used.
Sources/pages
heads a column showing in which of the listed sources
the anthem has been found, and on what page. Thus
Awake up my Glory appears from p. 72 onwards in
Source 3, from p. 21 of Source 7, and from p. 118 of
Source 19. An asterisk identifies Source 19 as the
earliest source of this anthem yet examined. Details of
these sources appear in the Source List.
|