The Booke of Common Praier Noted

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The Booke of Common Praier Noted is a musical setting of the Anglican liturgy by John Marbeck, published in 1550. It was the first setting of the Anglican liturgy to plainchant. This work was created for the Book of Common Prayer, a liturgical book used by churches of the Anglican Communion. Marbeck's setting used the first seven psalm tones for the canticles and tone eight for the psalms. While superseded in 1552, it experienced a revival of interest in the late 19th century.1234

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When John Marbeck published The Booke of Common Praier Noted (1550), he used the first seven psalm tones for the canticles and tone eight for the psalms. Like Marbeck, various English composers used the psalm tones in their polyphonic (multipart) psalm settings, placing them in the tenor part “measured,”…
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When John Marbeck published The Booke of Common Praier Noted (1550), he used the first seven psalm tones for the canticles and tone eight for the psalms. Like Marbeck, various English composers used the psalm tones in their polyphonic (multipart) psalm settings, placing them in the tenor part “measured,”…
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John Marbeck
…plainchant for the Anglican liturgy, Booke of Common Praier Noted (i.e., set to musical notes). This setting was superseded in 1552, but interest in it revived during the Oxford Movement in the late 19th century, and it was printed in facsimile in 1939.
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…plainchant for the Anglican liturgy, Booke of Common Praier Noted (i.e., set to musical notes). This setting was superseded in 1552, but interest in it revived during the Oxford Movement in the late 19th century, and it was printed in facsimile in 1939.
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