The compositions of Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) include works in virtually every genre of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Due to his sudden and early death, Gibbons' output was not as large as that of his older contemporary William Byrd, but he still managed to produce various secular and sacred polyphonic vocal works, including consort songs, services, more than 40 full anthems and verse anthems, a set of 20 madrigals as well as at least 20 keyboard works and various instrumental ensemble pieces including nearly 30 fantasies for viols. He is well known for the 5-part verse anthem This Is the Record of John, the 8-part full anthem O Clap Your Hands Together, 2 settings of Evensong and what is often thought to be the best known English madrigal: The Silver Swan.
List of compositions
Sacred Vocal works
Services
* Incomplete or lost work
Adaptations
Full Anthems
* Incomplete or lost work
Doubtful Attributions
Verse Anthems
* Incomplete or lost work
Adaptations
Various adaptations of Gibbons' Verse Anthems exist, two of which – O Thou the central orb and Great Lord of Lords – are especially common. Both of these versions were created for Sir Frederick Ouseley's 1873 edition of Gibbons' church music, with new words by Henry Ramsden Bramley.
Doubtful Attributions
Hymne tunes
George Withers' 'Hymnes and Songs of the Church', published 1623, contains 16 works by Gibbons in the original edition and adds a 17th in a later edition. All texts are by George Wither.
Secular Vocal works
The First Set of Madrigals and Motets
Consort songs
Keyboard works
Parthenia
Fantasies
Pavans and Galliards
Other pieces
Instrumental works
Fantasies of Three Parts
Fantasies of Three Parts dedicated to Edward Wraye.
Viol fantasias of two parts
Viol fantasias with double bass
Viol fantasias of six parts
* Incomplete or lost work
Viol In Nomines
Other pieces for viols
Notes
References
Sources
- Fellowes, Edmund H. (1951). Orlando Gibbons and His Family: The Last of the Tudor School of Musicians (2nd ed.). Hamden: Archon Books. ISBN 978-0-208-00848-0.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Harley, John (1999). Orlando Gibbons and the Gibbons Family of Musicians. London: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-1-840-14209-9.
External links
- Free scores by Orlando Gibbons at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- List of Works by Orlando Gibbons on Grove Music (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required)
- Index from Stainer & Bell of vocal works by Gibbons
