Gibbons, Orlando

Composer Information

Orlando Gibbons (baptised 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was a leading composer in the England of his day. Gibbons was born in and christened at Oxford – thus appearing in Oxford church records. Between 1596 and 1598 he sang in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where his brother Edward Gibbons (1568–1650), eldest of the four sons of William Gibbons, was master of the choristers. The second brother Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603) was also a promising composer, but died young. Orlando entered the university in 1598 and achieved the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606.James I appointed him a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, where he served as an organist from at least 1615 until his death. In 1623 he became senior organist at the Chapel Royal, with Thomas Tomkins as junior organist. He also held positions as keyboard player in the privy chamber of the court of Prince Charles (later King Charles I), and organist at Westminster Abbey. He died at age 41 in Canterbury of apoplexy, and a monument to him was built inCanterbury Cathedral. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Magnificat (Short Service)
• O Lord, increase our [my] faith Work with conflicting attribution. - Ed. P.C. Buck and others, in Tudor Church Music, iv (1925)
• First Preces
• O God, The King of Glory
• First] Service 4vv 1641 - Ed. P.C. Buck and others, in Tudor Church Music, iv (1925)
• Jubilate
• Nunc Dimittis (Second Service)
• Te Deum
• Verse] Service of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 parts, to the organ verse, 1641 - Ed. P.C. Buck and others, in Tudor Church Music, iv (1925)
• The First Song Of Moses: Song 1 From George Wither's Hymnes & Songs Of The Church (1623)
• Veni Creator (Song 44)
• Psalm 145 - I Will Extol Thee My God, O King
• Anthem: See, See The Word Is Incarnate
• Verse Anthem: Glorious and Powerful God - Ed. P.C. Buck and others, in Tudor Church Music, iv (1925)
• Hosanna to the Son of David (1641) Anthem, 6vv - Ed. P.C. Buck and others, in Tudor Church Music, iv (1925)
• O Lord In Thy Wrath Rebuke Me Not (O Lord, Rebuke Me Not) Anthem, 6vv
• Anthem: Almighty and Everlasting God. 4vv, (1641)
• O clap your hands Anthem. 8vv - Ed. P.C. Buck and others, in Tudor Church Music, iv (1925)
• Voluntary I
• Voluntary II
• Voluntary III (A Fancy for Double Organ)
• Hymn: Oh my love, how comely now
• Thus Angels sung
• Madrigals and motets 1612
• Verse Anthem: This is the Record of John St. John, I, vv. 19-23
• Second Preces and Proper Psalm for Whitsunday (Ps. 145, vv.1-14) - Ed. P.C. Buck and others, in Tudor Church Music, iv (1925)
• The cries of London
• Drop Drop Slow Tears