Linley, Jr.: Anthem: Let God Arise
Series: Classical Era Publisher: A-R Editions
Anthem: Let God Arise
Edited by Gwilym Beechey
C007 Linley, Jr.: Anthem: Let God Arise
978-0-89579-096-5
Full Score (1977)
9x12, ix + 100 pp.
$46.00
SKU
C007
Performance Parts (Available Separately)
C058R2
Rental Parts (2015)
Set of 16 parts: 0100 0000 33221 vocal score, errata
C007R
This splendid anthem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra was composed in 1773, when Linley was seventeen years old, and was modeled on Handel's Chandos anthems. Linley's gifts are most strikingly displayed in the choral movements, where his contrapuntal invention is especially deft.
Overture
Chorus: Let God arise
Air: But let the righteous
Chorus: O sing unto God
Chorus: Magnify Him
Duet: He is a father
Air: Give thanks O Israel
Chorus: Wonderful art thou
Calvin Bower, Notes, March 1971; H.C. Robbins Landon, Notes, June 1980; H. Diack Johnstone, Music & Letters, January 1979