List of compositions by Orlando Gibbons

Parthenia, the first collection of published English Keyboard music, of which Gibbons contributed 6 works

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,[1] 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.[2]

List of compositions

Sacred Vocal works

Services

  * Incomplete or lost work

Full Anthems
Title Type Voices Instruments Text Occasion Reference[3]
Short (First) Service in F[a] Full SATB A cappella Psalm 95, Te Deum, Benedictus Deus Israel, Credo, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis. - EECM CPDL
Second (Verse) Service in D minor[b] Verse SAATB Organ[c] Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis. - EECM
First Preces and Psalms Verse SAATB A cappella cxlv. 15–21[d] Evensong on Whitsunday EECM
First Preces and Psalm Verse SAATB A cappella lvii. 9–12 – cxviii. 19–24[e] Evensong on Easter Day EECM
Second Preces and Psalm Full SAATB A cappella cxlv. 1–14[f] - EECM CPDL
Adaptations
Adaptations
Title Voices Text Reference[3]
Te Deum from Short (First) Service EECM
Doubtful Attributions
Title Voices Author Reference[4]
Te Deum William Byrd EECM

Full Anthems

  * Incomplete or lost work

Full Anthems
Title Voices Text Reference[5]
Almighty and everlasting God SATB Collect for the Third Sunday after Epiphany EECM 21/1 CPDL
Deliver us, O Lord[g] SAATB Psalm cvi.47–48 EECM 21/2 CPDL
Hosanna to the Son of David SSAATTB Matthew xxi.9, Mark xi.10 and Luke xix.38 EECM 21/3 CPDL
I am the resurrection SAATB John xi.25–26 EECM 21/4
Lift up your heads SSAATB Psalm 24. 7–8, 10 EECM 21/5CPDL
O clap your hands[h] SSAATTBB Psalm 47[i] EECM 21/6CPDL
O Lord, how do my woes increase[j] SATB Psalm 3:1-2[k] EECM 11/24 CPDL
O Lord, I lift my heart to thee[l] AATTB Psalm 25:1[k] EECM 11/34CPDL
O Lord, in thee is all my Trust SAATB From The Whole Booke of Psalmes[m] EECM 21/7 CPDL
O Lord, in thy wrath SSAATB Psalm vi.1–4 EECM 21/8CPDL
Doubtful Attributions
Doubtful Attributions
Title Voices Author Reference[4]
Out of the deep SSAATB William Byrd W. Byrd O. Gibbons[n]
O Lord, increase my faith SATB Henry Loosemore H Loosemore O GibbonsCPDL
Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? SATB Henry Loosemore H Loosemore O GibbonsCPDL

Verse Anthems

  * Incomplete or lost work

Verse Anthems
Title Voices Verse Solo(s) Instruments Text Occasion Reference[6]
Almighty God, which hast given* SAATB - Second Communion Collect Christmas Day EECM 21/1
Almighty God, who by thy Son SAATB Organ version survives[o] Collect for St Peter's Day St. Peter's Day EECM 3/1 CPDL
Behold, I bring you glad tidings SSAATB Organ version survives[o] Luke ii. 10–11, 14 Christmas Day EECM 3/2 CPDL
Behold, thou hast made my days SAATB Viol consort and Organ version survive Psalm xxxix. 6–8, 13–15[p] Funeral of Dean Maxey EECM 21/3 CPDL
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord AATTBB Viol consort and Organ version survive Psalm cxxviii. 1–4 Lord Somerset's wedding EECM 3/4 CPDL
Glorious and powerful God SAATB Viol consort and Organ version survive - For the consecration of an unknown church or chapel[q] EECM 3/5 CPDL
Grant, O Holy Trinity[r] SAATB Partial Organ version survives.[o] The Royal Chapel word-books[s] King's day[t] EECM 3/6 CPDL
Great King of Gods[u] SAATB AAB Viol consort and Organ version survive Jehovah of Psalm 95 King James I 1617 visit to Scotland EECM 3/7 CPDL [7]
If ye be risen again with Christ SSATB Organ version survives[o] Colossians iii. 1–4 Easter Day EECM 3/8 CPDL
Lord, grant grace SAATB SSAATTBB Viol consort and Organ version survive - All Saints' Day EECM 3/9 CPDL
Lord, we beseech thee* SAATB - - The Annunciation of Virgin Mary EECM 21/2
O all true faithful hearts SAATB SSAATB Viol consort and Organ version survive - Thanksgiving for the King's recovery EECM 3/11 CPDL
O glorious God* Only text survives - - - EECM 21/8
O God, the King of glory SAATB SAAT Organ version survives[o] Book of Common Prayer The Sunday after Ascension Day EECM 3/10 CPDL
Praise the Lord, O my soul*[v] SSSAATB - - - EECM 21/3
See, see the Word is incarnate SSAATB SCCTB Viol consort and Organ version survive Words by Godfrey Goodman - EECM 3/12 CPDL
Sing unto the Lord SAATB BB, AA & AB Viol consort and Organ version survive Psalm xxx. 4–10 For Doctor Marshal EECM 3/13 CPDL
So God loved the world* SSATB - - Whitsunday EECM 21/4
Teach us by his example* Only text survives - - - EECM 21/7
This is the day* Only text survives - - - EECM 21/9
This is the record of John SAATB Viol consort and Organ version survive John i. 19–23. St. John's Baptist's Day EECM 3/15 CPDL
Thou God of wisdom* SSAATB - - - EECM 21/5
Unto thee, O Lord*[w] SSAATB - - - EECM 21/6
We praise Thee, O Father SAATB SAB & SSAATT Viol consort and Organ version survive Proper preface for Easter Day Easter Day EECM 3/16 CPDL
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.[8]

Adaptations
Title Voices Verse Solo(s) Instruments Text Occasion Reference[9]
O Thou the central orb SAATB SSAATB Viol consort and Organ version survive Bramley For 1873 publication EECM 3/7 CPDL
Great Lord of Lords SAATB AAB Viol consort and Organ version survive Bramley For 1873 publication EECM 3/7 CPDL
Doubtful Attributions
Doubtful Attributions
Title Author Reference[10]
Arise, O Lord God By Leonard Woodeson EECM L Woodeson EECM O Gibbons
Behold, the hour cometh By Thomas Tomkins T Tomkins EECM O Gibbons
God, which [who] as at this time By Nathaniel Giles N Giles O Gibbons
Have mercy upon me, O God By William Byrd W Byrd O Gibbons CPDL
Have pity upon me By Christopher Gibbons EECM C Gibbons EECM O Gibbons
The secret sins Probably by William Mundy[x] EECM 3/14 CPDL

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.[11]

17 tunes for The Hymnes and Songs of the Church
No. Title Reference[12]
1 Now Shall the praises of the Lord be sung
3 Sing praises, Israel, to the Lord
4 Now in the Lord my heart doth pleasure
5 Thy beauty, Israel, is gone
9 Come kiss me with those lips
13 O my love, how comely
14 Arise, thou north wind
18 Who's this, that leaning on her friend
20 Lord, I will sing to thee
22 O Lord of hosts
24 How sad and solitary
31 Lord, thy answer I did hear
34 Thus angels sung
41 O all you creatures
44 Come Holy Ghost CPDL
46 As on the night before this blessed morn CPDL
47 A song of joy unto the Lord
67 When one among the twelve there was

Secular Vocal works

The First Set of Madrigals and Motets

The First Set of Madrigals and Motets
No. Title Voices Reference[13]
1 The silver swan SATTB CPDL
2 O that the learned poets SSTTB CPDL
3 I weigh not fortune's frown SSATB CPDL
4 I tremble not at noise of war SSATB CPDL
5 I see ambition never pleased SSATB CPDL
6 I feign not friendship SSATB CPDL
7 How art thou thralled SSTTB CPDL
8 Farewell all joys SSTTB CPDL
9 Dainty fine bird SSTTB CPDL
10 Fair ladies that to love captivated are SSATB CPDL
11 'Mongst thousands good SSATB CPDL
12 Now each flowery bank SATTB CPDL
13 Lais now old SATTB CPDL
14 What is our life? SAATB CPDL
15 Ah dear heart SATTB CPDL
16 Fair is the rose SSATB[y] CPDL
17 Nay let me weep SATTB CPDL
18 Ne'er let the sun SATTB CPDL
19 Yet if that age SATTB CPDL
20 Trust not too much SSTTB CPDL

Consort songs

Consort songs
Title Voices Instruments Text Occasion Reference[14]
Do not repine, fair sun ATB Soli/SAATB Viol Consort Words attributed to Joseph Hall King James I 1617 visit to Scotland
The cries of London SATTB Viol Consort IMSLPCPDL

Keyboard works

Parthenia

Parthenia
No. Title Reference[15]
16 Galliard MB 20/25
17 Fantasia of four parts MB 20/12
18 The Lord of Salisbury his pavan MB 20/18
19 Galliard [to the pavan] MB 20/19
20 The Queen's command MB 20/28
21 Prelude MB 20/2

Fantasies

Keyboard Fantasies
Title Reference[16]
Fantasy in C MB 20/13
Fantasy in C MB 20/14
Fantasy in C MB 20/49
Fantasy in d MB 20/6
Fantasy in d[z] MB 20/7
Fantasy in d minor MB 20/8
Fantasy in g minor MB 20/9
Fantasy in a MB 20/10
Fantasy in a MB 20/11

Pavans and Galliards

Keyboard Pavans and Galliards
Title Reference[17]
Pavan in d MB 20/15
Pavan in g minor[aa] MB 20/16
Pavan in a[ab] MB 20/17
Galliard in d MB 20/21
Galliard in d MB 20/22
Galliard in d MB 20/23
Galliard in d (Lady Hatton) MB 20/20
Galliard in a[ac] MB 20/24

Other pieces

Other keyboard pieces
Title Reference[18]
French air MB 20/32
Almain in C MB 20/35
Almain in d MB 20/33
Almain in d (French)[ad] MB 20/41
Almain in G (The King's Jewel) MB 20/36
Almain in G MB 20/37
Almain in a[ae] MB 20/34
Coranto in d (French) MB 20/38
Coranto in d minor[af] MB 20/39
Coranto in a[ag] MB 20/40
The fairest nymph[ah] MB 20/43
Ground in C (Italian)[ai] MB 20/27
Ground in a MB 20/26
The hunt's up (Peascod time) MB 20/30
Lincoln's Inn mask[aj] MB 20/44
A mask[ak] MB 20/45
Prelude in a[al] MB 20/1
Prelude in d minor[am] MB 20/5

Instrumental works

Fantasies of Three Parts

Fantasia à3, No.3 for Treble & Bass Viols with Great Bass by Orlando Gibbons
Recorded by Phillip W. Serna in July 2019
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Galliard à3 for Treble & Bass Viols with Great Bass by Orlando Gibbons
Recorded by Phillip W. Serna in July 2019
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Fantasies of Three Parts dedicated to Edward Wraye.

Fantasies of Three Parts
No Title Reference[19]
1 Fantasia in g minor MB 48/7
2 Fantasia in g minor MB 48/8
3 Fantasia in g minor MB 48/9
4 Fantasia in d MB 48/10
5 Fantasia in d MB 48/11
6 Fantasia in d MB 48/12
7 Fantasia in d MB 48/13
8 Fantasia in d MB 48/14
9 Fantasia in d MB 48/15

Viol fantasias of two parts

Fantasia à2, VdGS No.3 for 2 Treble Viols by Orlando Gibbons
Recorded by Phillip W. Serna in August 2019
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Fantasia à2, VdGS No.4 for 2 Treble Viols by Orlando Gibbons
Recorded by Phillip W. Serna in August 2019
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Title Reference[20]
Fantasia in F, a 2 MB 48/1
Fantasia in F, a 2 MB 48/2
Fantasia in C, a 2 MB 48/3
Fantasia in d, a 2 MB 48/4
Fantasia in G, a 2 MB 48/5
Fantasia in d minor, a 2 MB 48/6

Viol fantasias with double bass

Fantasia à4, No.1 for Treble, Tenor & Bass Viols with Great Bass by Orlando Gibbons
Recorded by Phillip W. Serna in July 2019
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Title Parts Reference[21]
Fantasia in g minor a 3 MB 48/16
Fantasia in g minor a 3 MB 48/17
Fantasia in d a 3 MB 48/18
Fantasia in d a 3 MB 48/19
Fantasia in C a 4 MB 48/24
Fantasia in C a 4 MB 48/25

Viol fantasias of six parts

  * Incomplete or lost work

Title Reference[21]
Fantasia in g minor, a 6 MB 48/31
Fantasia in g minor, a 6 MB 48/32
Fantasia in d, a 6 MB 48/33
Fantasia in d, a 6 MB 48/34
Fantasia in a, a 6 MB 48/35
Fantasia in a, a 6 MB 48/36
Fantasia in g minor,[an] a 6 MB 48/37
Fantasia in g minor, a 6 MB 48/38
Fantasia in g minor, a 6 MB 48/39

Viol In Nomines

Title Parts Reference[21]
Nomine in d minor a 4 MB 48/26
Nomine in d minor a 5 MB 48/27
Nomine in g minor a 5 MB 48/28
Nomine in g minor a 5 MB 48/29

Other pieces for viols

Title Parts Reference[21]
Galliard in G a 6 MB 48/52
Pavan (De le roye) in a and e a 5? MB 48/30
Pavan in G a 6 MB 48/41
Go from my window a 6 MB 48/40

Notes

  1. ^ With no formal name, this work is also often referred to as "Short (First) Service," "First Service in F" and "The Short Service."
  2. ^ With no formal name, this work is also often referred to as "Second (Verse Service" and "Verse (Second) Service."
  3. ^ Usually used, but likely not by Gibbons
  4. ^ "The eyes of all wait upon thee."
  5. ^ "Awake up, my glory – Open to me the gates."
  6. ^ "I will magnify thee, O God my king."
  7. ^ "Blessed be the Lord" is the second part.CPDL
  8. ^ "God is gone up" is the second part. CPDL
  9. ^ Omits the first half of verse 9.
  10. ^ Published in Sir William Leighton's 1614 publication: The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule.
  11. ^ a b Paraphrase on this Psalm.
  12. ^ Published in Sir William Leighton's 1614 publication: The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule.
  13. ^ A compilation of Psalms by Thomas Sternold and John Hopkins. The author of this Full Anthem's words is anonymous.
  14. ^ EECM 21/9
  15. ^ a b c d e Probably once had a viol consort accompaniment version.
  16. ^ By the Bishops' Bible verse numbers, authorized version is 5–7, 12–13.
  17. ^ Possibly for festivities for Whitsunday instead.
  18. ^ Written in 1625; likely the last Verse Anthem Gibbons composed.
  19. ^ Specifically from Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson Poet. 23 and BL MS Additional 6346.
  20. ^ Perhaps written for the accession of King Charles I
  21. ^ Performed and written in 1617
  22. ^ Authenticity has been questioned.
  23. ^ Authenticity has been questioned.
  24. ^ Not widely accepted.
  25. ^ Or SATTB.
  26. ^ (for a double organ)
  27. ^ List as "two flats"
  28. ^ Previously mistitled as a "Fantasia."
  29. ^ Previously incorrectly attributed to Thomas Tomkins
  30. ^ Some sources refer to it as "a mask" or "Nan's mask."
  31. ^ Some sources refer to it as "a mask."
  32. ^ Some sources refer to it as "a mask."
  33. ^ Some sources refer to it as "a toy."
  34. ^ Some sources refer to it as a "Gray's Inn mask."
  35. ^ Some sources refer to it as an "Almain."
  36. ^ Sometimes known as "Tap up all your strong beer" and "The Prince's mask."
  37. ^ Sometimes known as "The Temple Mask."
  38. ^ Some sources refer to it as a "Fantasia" or "A running fantasia."
  39. ^ Some sources refer to it as a "Fantasia."
  40. ^ List as "two flats"

References

  1. ^ Fellowes 1951, p. 55.
  2. ^ Harley 1999, pp. 291–301.
  3. ^ a b Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 71 and from Harley 1999, pp. 293–294 in addition to any listed sources.
  4. ^ a b Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 71–72 and from Harley 1999, p. 299 in addition to any listed sources.
  5. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 71–72 and from Harley 1999, p. 294 in addition to any listed sources.
  6. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 72–73 and from Harley 1999, pp. 294–295, 298 in addition to any listed sources.
  7. ^ Timothy Dickey. "Great King of Gods (Lord of Lords), anthem for voices | Details | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. ^ Harley 1999, pp. 294–295.
  9. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 73 and from Harley 1999, pp. 295 in addition to any listed sources.
  10. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 72–73 and from Harley 1999, pp. 298–299 in addition to any listed sources.
  11. ^ Fellowes 1951, p. 293
  12. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 73 and from Harley 1999, p. 293 in addition to any listed sources.
  13. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 87 and from Harley 1999, p. 291 in addition to any listed sources.
  14. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 87 and from Harley 1999, p. 295 in addition to any listed sources.
  15. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–103 and from Harley 1999, pp. 291–292 in addition to any listed sources.
  16. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–103 and from Harley 1999, p. 296 in addition to any listed sources.
  17. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–102 and from Harley 1999, pp. 296–297 in addition to any listed sources.
  18. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–103 and from Harley 1999, p. 297 in addition to any listed sources.
  19. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 100 and from Harley 1999, p. 292 in addition to any listed sources.
  20. ^ Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 100 and from Harley 1999, p. 295 in addition to any listed sources.
  21. ^ a b c d Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 100 and from Harley 1999, p. 296 in addition to any listed sources.

Sources