Concordance

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John Marbeck, an English composer and organist, created a significant work titled Concordance. This was an alphabetical index of the principal words in the Bible, providing their immediate contexts. Marbeck's original Concordance was destroyed in 1544 after he was sentenced for heresy, though he was pardoned. He later reconstructed his work, and an abbreviated version was published in 1550. Marbeck also published a musical setting of the Anglican liturgy, Booke of Common Praier Noted, in the same year.12

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…Marbeck’s “greate worke,” his English Concordance to the Bible, was taken from him and destroyed. On his release he began it again, and in 1550, under Edward VI, it was published in abbreviated form. In 1550 he also published his setting of plainchant for the Anglican liturgy, Booke of Common…
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…Marbeck’s “greate worke,” his English Concordance to the Bible, was taken from him and destroyed. On his release he began it again, and in 1550, under Edward VI, it was published in abbreviated form. In 1550 he also published his setting of plainchant for the Anglican liturgy, Booke of Common…
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