This unique anthology features twenty anthems and canticles from this particularly fruitful era of the British choral heritage. Barry Rose has selected and edited a set of pieces by composers including Goss, Mendelssohn, Stanford and Sullivan, as well as several lesser-known composers of the period.

This book is a rich resource, suitable for services or concerts of all kinds. The huge variety of music on offer includes easily accessible anthems with simplefour-part harmonies and organ, or more complex and sonorous music for eight-part choirs.

1. Audivi Media Nocte [Tallis, Thomas]
2. Benedictus Qui Venit [Palestrina]
3. Deliver Us, O Lord Our God [Batten, Adrian]
4. Exsultate Justi [Viadana]
5. Holy Holy Holy [Palestrina]
6. Let My Complaint Come Before Thee [Batten, Adrian]
7. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates [Amner, John]
8. Lord, We Beseech Thee [Batten, Adrian]
9. Nolo Mortem Peccatoris [Morley, Thomas]
10. O God Be Merciful [Tye, Christopher]
11. O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit [Tallis, Thomas]
12. O Lord, The Maker Of All Thing
13. O Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem [Tomkins, Thomas]
14. O Sing Joyfully [Batten, Adrian]
15. Of The Glorious Body Telling [Victoria, T.L. De]

16. Rejoice In The Lord Alway
17. Sacerdotes Domini [Byrd, William]
18. Sing Unto The Lord [Tye, Christopher]
19. This Is The Day
20. When The Lord Turned Again [Batten, Adrian]