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Gallery Music: Sheet music
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English church and chapel music of the 1700s and early 1800s. All of the music scores in this section are available in Adobe Acrobat format. A few are also in Sibelius Scorch format. Psalm tunes published in 1745 by two Nottinghamshire composers, Thomas Green and Christopher Clark. Music from the publications of William East. Of Waltham, Leicestershire (singing teacher and music publisher active in the 1750s). Psalm tunes published by Jonas Pratt. Of Spalding in 1755. Two new pieces added January 2006.
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Gallery Music: MIDI & MP3
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English church and chapel music of the 1700s and early 1800s. William East, Voice of Melody (VOM), 1748) 2.37 Mb. Michael Beesly, c.1746; this version East, VOM 2, 1750) 2.76 Mb. Stamford tune (William East, VOM 2, 1750) 2.69 Mb. Jonas Pratt, 1755) 2.80 Mb. 1750) 2.21 Mb. Michael Beesly) 2.92 Mb. John Broderip, 1750) 2.34 Mb. VOM 2, 1750) 3.61 Mb. John Everett) 4.53 Mb. Is East now call'd away? Philip Riley, 2000) 3.41 Mb. William Knapp/William Seal) 3.12 Mb. William Seal, c1790) 3.70 Mb. According to Te...
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Gallery Music: Articles
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English church and chapel music of the 1700s and early 1800s. What is gallery music and psalmody? What is west gallery music? In this helpful overview, written specially for this website, psalmody researcher Sally Drage. Explores the origin of the phrase 'west gallery music', considers its various definitions, and summarises its history, musical influences and performance practice. Metrical psalms - the words. An introduction and some personal thoughts by Dru Brooke-Taylor. GP1; pdf format) NEW. Traces a...
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Gallery Music: Who was who
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English church and chapel music of the 1700s and early 1800s. This area provides access to brief notes about individuals (mostly composers) connected with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century psalmody. The intention is to add to it gradually. If anyone spots a gap and knows how to fill it, please let me know! Has set up a parallel resource on the WGMA website, a page of links to sites containing biographical details of hymn writers. Abbreviations, definitions and notes. FT - fuging tune. The 'P', 'D' etc&#...
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Gallery Music: Resources
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English church and chapel music of the 1700s and early 1800s. West Gallery Music Association. Is creating an expanding resource at www.wgma.org.uk/res.htm. This includes lists of music and recordings. Available from different publishers, and a cross-referenced collection of literary sources, including contemporary and fictional accounts of west-gallery quires and their music. Other resources on the site include a page of links to sites containing biographical details of hymn writers. Jim Ross organises a...
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Gallery Music: Library
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English church and chapel music of the 1700s and early 1800s. New for 2006 - an area with links to facsimiles of psalmody and gallery music books. Some may be downloaded free of charge. Others cost the same as it would to photocopy them in a physical library. Note that the facsimiles are reasonably high-resolution pdf files. As a result, each file is several megabytes in size. Something to consider if you are using a dial-up Internet connection. Metrical psalms: the words. 1819] (2.8 MB) FREE.
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Gallery Music
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English church and chapel music of the 1700s and early 1800s. Welcome to Gallery Music. An area on the Web that focuses on the music sung and played in churches and chapels in the 1700s and early 1800s. Whether you know the genre as west gallery music or Georgian psalmody or whatever, I hope you will enjoy exploring this site! Original scores and transcriptions that can be printed out, photocopied and used with your local choir or music group. General MIDI and mp3 files to give a flavour of the music.