This album was recorded in All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London, on January 4 and 5, 1989.
Composer Biography
Tomkins studied with William Byrd, a prominent English composer, in London around 1594.
Compositional Technique
About half of the anthems in Musica Deo Sacra are 'verse anthems' or 'songs to the organ', where solo voices alternate with the full choir, featuring prominent organ accompaniments.
Composition History
The largest collection of Tomkins's church music is the posthumous collection Musica Deo Sacra, published by his son Nathaniel in 1668.
Composer Biography
Thomas Tomkins, born in 1572, received his early musical education at St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, where his father was Master of the Choir.
Composer Biography
Tomkins served Worcester Cathedral for fifty years, until the Civil War ended services in 1646.
Composition History
Musica Deo Sacra, containing ninety-four anthems, is the largest single source of early seventeenth-century English church music.
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