Category Archives: Anthems

Here is a list of all the anthems on my site, in alphabetical order of title.

Anthems are sacred pieces of music, usually no more that 5-7 minutes in length. Motets are similar, so they are also included in this list.

Longer sacred pieces are given the category Cantata.

Blessed are those that be undefiled (TallisT)

Blessed are those that be undefiled

SATTB Unaccompanied

Music: THOMAS TALLIS
Edited: JAMES GIBB
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Blessed be the God and Father (JarvisS)

Blessed be the God and Father

SATB+organ

Music: STEPHEN JARVIS
Edited: EDMUND GOOCH
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Blessed be the God and Father (WesleySS)

Blessed be the God and Father

SATB+organ

Music: SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY

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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel (BarnbyJ)

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel

SATB+organ

Music: JOSEPH BARNBY
Edited: JAMES GIBB
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Blessed be the man (SteggallC)

Blessed be the man

SATB+organ

Music: CHARLES STEGGALL
Edited: JAMES GIBB
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Blessed be thy name (TallisT)

Blessed be thy name

SATBB Unaccompanied

Music: THOMAS TALLIS

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Blessed City heavenly Salem (BairstowEC)

Blessed City, heavenly Salem

SATB(div.)+organ

Music: EDWARD C. BAIRSTOW
Words from parts of Hymn 396 A & M

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Blessed is He that considereth the poor (BillingsW)

Blessed is He that considereth the poor

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: WILLIAM BILLINGS
Edited: BARRY JOHNSTON
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Blessed is the man (BednallD)

Blessed is the man

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: DAVID BEDNALL

Oxford University Press, 2018

Blessed is the man (VedelA) ed. MannN

Blessed is the man

Blazhen muzh

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: ARTEM VEDEL
Edited: NOËLLE MANN

In: Russian Sacred Music for Choirs
Oxford University Press, 2013

Blessed is the man that hath not walked (BlowJ)

Blessed is the man that hath not walked

SATB+A.B. Solo+organ

Music: JOHN BLOW
Edited: BRUCE WOOD

The Musica Britannica Trust, 1984

Blessed is the nation (StainerJ)

Blessed is the nation

SATB+organ

Music: JOHN STAINER
Edited: JAMES GIBB
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Blessing (MealorP)

Blessing: May the road rise

SATB+piano

Music: PAUL MEALOR
Words: Gaelic blessing

Novello, 2013

Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving (BoyceW)

Blessing and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving

SATB+organ

Music:WILLIAM BOYCE
Edited: IAN HASLAM
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Blessing of light (SirettM)

The blessing of light

SATB+piano

Music: MARK SIRETT

Pavane Publishing, 2018

Blest pair of sirens (ParryCHH)

Blest pair of sirens

SSAATTBB+organ

Music: CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS PARRY
Words: JOHN MILTON

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Blest pair of sirens (ParryCHH) SATB

Blest pair of sirens

SATB+organ

Music: CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS PARRY
Words: JOHN MILTON
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Blow up the trumpet in Zion (PurcellH)

Blow up the trumpet in Zion

SSAATTBB+organ

Music: HENRY PURCELL
Edited: RAYMOND NAGEM
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Blow ye the trumpet (ClarkT)

Blow ye the trumpet, blow

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: THOMAS CLARK
Words: CHARLES WESLEY

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Blow ye the trumpet (MechemK)

Blow ye the trumpet

SATB+piano

Music: KIRKE MECHEM

G. Schirmer, 1991

blue true dream of sky (WeirJ)

a blue true dream of sky

SSATB+SAA solos Unaccompanied

Music: JUDITH WEIR
Words: e.e. cummings

Chester Music, 2007

Bogoroditse Devo (Frances-HoadC)

Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia

SATB(div.) Unaccompanied

Music: CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD

Chester, 2018

Bogoroditse Devo (KhvoshchinskyS)

Bogoroditse Devo

SATB(div.) Unaccompanied

Music: SERGEY KHVOSHCHINSKY

S. Khvoshchinsky, n.d.

Bogoroditse Devo (PartA)

Bogoróditse Djévo

(Mother of God and Virgin)

SATB(div.) Unaccompanied

Music: ARVO PÄRT

Universal Edition, 1990

Bogoroditse Devo (RachmaninovS)

Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria)

SSAATTBB Unaccompanied

Music: SERGEI RACHMANINOV

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Bone pastor (EslavaH)

Bone pastor

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: HILARIÓN ESLAVA
Edited: JOSÉ IGNACIO PÉREZ PURROY
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Bonus est Dominus (PalestrinaG)

Bonus est Dominus

SSA Unaccompanied

Music: GIUOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA

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Bow down thine ear O Lord (GreeneM)

Bow down thine ear, O Lord

SSATBB+organ

Music: MAURICE GREENE
Edited: CHRISTOPHER SHAW
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Bow down thine ear O Lord (PringJC)

Bow down thine ear, O Lord

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: JACOB CUBITT PRING
Edited: CHRISTOPHER SHAW
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Bow down thine ear O Lord (WoodC)

Bow down thine ear, O Lord

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: CHARLES WOOD
Edited: ANDREW SIMS
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Bow thine ear O Lord (ByrdW)

Bow thine ear, O Lord

SATTB Unaccompanied

Music: WILLIAM BYRD

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Bozhe velykyi yedynyi (LysenkoM)

Bozhe velykyi, yedynyi

God the great one (Prayer for the Ukraine)

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: MYKOLA LYSENKO
Edited: MARTIN DIETZE
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Braut (BrahmsJ) op44 no11

Die Braut (The bride) op. 44 no. 11

SSAA Unaccompanied

Music: JOHANNES BRAHMS
Words: WILHELM MÜLLER

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Bread of heaven (LLoydR)

Bread of heaven, on thee we feed

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: RICHARD LLOYD
Words: JOSIAH CONDER

Kevin Mayhew, 1999

Break forth into joy (BarnbyJ)

Break forth into joy

SATB+organ

Music: JOSEPH BARNBY
Edited: JAMES GIBB
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Break forth into joy (SteaneB)

Break forth into joy

SATB+organ

Music: BRUCE STEANE
Edited: JAMES GIBB
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Brightest and best (ArcherM)

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning

SATB+organ

Music: MALCOLM ARCHER
Words: REGINALD HEBER

Kevin Mayhew, 1990

Brightest and best (ThimanEH)

Brightest and best

SATB+organ

Music: ERIC H. THIMAN
Words: Bishop R. HEBER

Novello, 1934

Bring us O Lord God (HarrisWH)

Bring us, O Lord God

SATB;SATB Unaccompanied

Music: WILLIAM H. HARRIS
Words: JOHN DONNE

Novello, 1959, 1987

Bring us peace (HechtM)

Bring us peace

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: MICHELE HECHT

Michele Hecht, 2020

Brother Jamess air (BainJLM) arr. BullardA

Brother James’ air

The Lord’s my shepherd

SATB+organ

Music: JAMES LEITH MACBETH BAIN
Arranged: ALAN BULLARD

Oxford University Press, n.d.

Brother Jamess air (BainJLM) arr. JacobG

Brother James’s air

The Lord’s my shepherd (Psalm 23)

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: JAMES LEITH MACBETH BAIN
Arranged: GORDON JACOB

Oxford University Press, 1958 and 2002

Brother Jamess air (BainJLM) arr. WilbergM

Brother James’s air

SATB+piano

Music: JAMES LEITH MACBETH BAIN
Arranged: MACK WILBERG

Oxford University Press, 2010

Burial sentences (CroftW)

Burial Sentences

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: WILLIAM CROFT
Words from Book of Common Prayer

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Burial service (BoyceW)

Burial service

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: WILLIAM BOYCE
Edited: CHRISTOPHER SHAW
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By the waters of Babylon (BoyceW)

By the waters of Babylon

SATB+organ

Music: WILLIAM BOYCE

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By the waters of Babylon (HumfreyP)

By the waters of Babylon

SATB(div.)+Solos+orchestra

Music: PELHAM HUMFREY
Transcribed and edited: PETER DENNISON

The Musica Britannica Trust, 1972

Cailis De (ChearaPMG)

Cailís Dé

(God’s chalice)

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: PÁDRAIG MAC GIOLLA CHEARA

Mamusa Editions, 2002

Caligaverunt oculi mei (VictoriaTL)

Caligaverunt oculi mei

SATB Unaccompanied

Music: TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA

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Call (RandallG)

The call

SATB+S.solo Unaccompanied

Music: GAIL RANDALL

In: Multitude of Voyces’ Anthology of Sacred Music by Women Composers (2019)