Musica Deo sacra (Thomas Tomkins)

Title: Musica Deo sacra & ecclesiae Anglicanae, or, Musick dedicated to the honor and service of God, and to the use of the cathedral and other churches of England, especially of the Chappel-Royal of King Charles the First

Composer: Thomas Tomkins

Description: Tomkins's Musica Deo sacra was published posthumously at London by William Godbid in 1668, under the supervision of the composer's son Nathaniel. A modern edition was published in Early English Church Music (vols. 5, 9, 14, 27, 37, & 39), edited by Bernard Rose.

Title	Text	Liturgical use / Theme	Voicing
First ("Short") Service: Venite Te Deum Benedictus Kyrie eleison Nicene Creed Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Venite Te Deum Benedictus Kyrie Creed Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Morning Prayer Holy Eucharist Evening Prayer	(4vv, organ)
Second Service: Venite Te Deum Benedictus Kyrie eleison Nicene Creed Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Venite Te Deum Benedictus Kyrie Creed Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Morning Prayer Holy Eucharist Evening Prayer	(4vv, organ)
Third ("Great") Service: Te Deum Jubilate Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Te Deum Jubilate Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Morning Prayer Evening Prayer	(6/10vv, organ)
Fourth (verse) Service: Te Deum Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Jubilate Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Morning Prayer Evening Prayer	(6/6vv, organ)
Fifth (verse) Service: Te Deum Jubilate Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Te Deum Jubilate Magnificat Nunc dimittis	Morning Prayer Evening Prayer	(5/5vv, organ)
O Lord, open thou our lips	Preces and Responses		(5vv)
O clap your hands together	Psalm 47
Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle	Psalm 15
Almighty God, who hast give		Christmas Day
Steven, being full of the Holy Ghost	Acts 7:55-56	St. Stephen
Merciful Lord, we beseech		St. John the Evangelist
Almighty God, whose praise		Holy Innocents
Almighty and everlasting God, we h		Purification
Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing	Collect for Ash Wednesday	Ash Wednesday	STBB
Christ rising again from the dead		Easter Day
Almighty God which hast in		St. Mark the Evangelist
O Lord, grant the King a long life		Coronation anthem
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness	Song of Solomon 3:6-8	St. George	SATTB, organ
God, who as upon this day		Whitsunday
Almighty God, which hast kn		All Saints
Burial sentences: I am the resurrection and the life I know that my Redeemer liveth We brought nothing into this world I heard a voice from heaven	John 11:25-26 Job 19:25-27 1 Timothy 6:7, Job 1:21 Revelation 14:13	Funeral anthem	SATB
Above the stars my Saviour dwells
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom	Fifth collect after Communion		SAATB
Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place	132:8-10		SAATB
Arise, O Lord God, life up thine hand	"A prayer"
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel	Psalm 106:46
Be strong and of a good courage			(7vv)
Behold, I bring you glad tidings			(10vv)
Behold, it is Christ
Behold, the hour cometh
Blessed is he that considers O Lord, graciously accept			(6vv)
Come let us go up to the m
Deliver me from mine enem
Give sentence with me O G
Great and marvellous	Revelation 15:3b-4		SAATB
Glory be to God on high	Gloria		(10vv)
Have mercy upon me, O God	Psalm 51:1
He that hath pity on the poor	Proverbs 19:17		SATTB
Hear my prayer, O Lord	Psalm 102:1-2		ATB
Hear my prayer, O Lord	Psalm 39:13-15		STTB or SATB
Hear me when I call			SSATB
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth			SSATB
I will lift up mine eyes
Leave, O my soul
Lord enter not into judgment / Non nobis Domine, non nobis	Psalm 143:2 / Vulgate Psalm 113:9		SAATB
My Shepherd is the living Lord	Psalm 23:1-2, 5		SATB
My beloved spake
Not in the merits of what I
O be favourable	Psalm 51:18
O God, the proud are risen up	Psalm 86:14-15		SSAATTBB
O God, wonderful art thou	Psalm 68:35		SAATB
Oh that the salvation
O Israel if thou return			(6vv)
O Lord God of hosts
O Lord graciously accept
O Lord I have loved	Psalm 26:8-9		SAATB
O Lord, let me know mine end	Psalm 39:5-8
O Lord thou hast dealt grac
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (with organ)
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem	Psalm 122:6		SSTB
O praise the Lord all ye heathen			(12vv)
O praise the Lord all ye heathen	Psalm 117		SSATB
Out of the deep
O sing unto the Lord a new song	Psalm 149:1-2		SSAATBB
Praise the Lord O my soul (to the organ)
Praise the Lord O my soul	Psalm 103:1-2		SSTB
Praise the Lord, O ye servants
Sing unto God all ye Kingdoms	Psalm 68:32-35		ATTBB, organ
The Lord even the most mi
Then David mourned	2 Samuel 1:17		(6vv)
Thou art my King O God	Psalm 44:5-9
Turn thou us, O good Lord	Last collect in the commination	Ash Wednesday
Turn thou us O good Lord (4 parts in one)
Who can tell how oft he offe
Why art thou so full of heaviness / Domine tu eruisti animam	Psalm 42:6-7 / after Isaiah 38:17		SSATB
Withdraw not thou thy mercy	Psalm 40:14-16		SAATB
When David heard	2 Samuel 18:33		SAATB or ATTBB
Who shall ascend the hill of God?			(6vv)
Give ear unto my words [first part]
My voice shalt thou hear [second part]
The heavens declare the gl
O Lord how manifold
Remember me, O Lord	Psalm 106:4		TTBB
O how amiable are thy dw
O give thanks unto the Lord
O Lord open thou our lips
Arise O Lord and have mercy
O Lord rebuke me not
Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven	Psalm 32:1-2		ATB
Put me not to rebuke
Have mercy upon me, O Lo			SAATB
Hear my prayer, O Lord
Out of the deep have I called	Psalm 130:1-2		ATB
Hear my prayer, O Lord
Whom have I in heaven
O Lord God of hosts
Thou healst the broken in he
I have gone astray
Glory be to the Father	Gloria Patri		ATB
O Lord do away as the night
O Lord how glorious
Awake up my glory
The hills stand about Jerusalem
Deal with me, O Lord

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