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'To fill, forbear, or adorne' : the organ accompaniment of Restoration sacred music
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'To fill, forbear, or adorne' : the organ accompaniment of Restoration sacred music

Rebecca Herissone

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Introduction
The comments of Roger North
Organ books associated with London sacred institutions
A note about anthems with strings
The principal characteristics of Restoration organ books
Doubling the inner parts
Figuring
Number of voices played
Alteration and addition of material
Adaptation of double vocal lines
Independent material added to vocal sections
Distinctions between different genres and sections
Service settings, full anthems and verse anthems
Choruses, ensemble verses and solos
Ritornelli
Incomplete right-hand parts and figured-bass parts
The unusual case of Matthew Locke
'How doth the city sit solitary'
Locke's style of accompaniment in context
Conclusions.

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'To fill, forbear, or adorne' : the organ accompaniment of Restoration sacred music by Rebecca Herissone. ISBN 0754641503. Published by Ashgate in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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