Sheppard, John: II – Masses

Edited by Nicholas Sandon
First published in 1976
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Dimensions (mm): 254 x 177 x 12

Taverner and Tye are the predominant influences in these works. The 6-part Mass Cantate is taken from the Oxford partbooks. The source for The Western Wind Mass, The Frences Mass, the Mass Be not afraid , and the Plainsong Mass for a Mean, all in four parts, is the so-called ‘Gyffard’ partbooks (British Library Add. MSS 17802-5), which are now known to have been copied after Elizabeth’s accession for a Catholic patron, Dr Philip Gyffard, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.

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