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Based on Wikipedia and only partly checked against the Purcell Society edition.
This sortable table of anthems by Henry Purcell is maintained by hand and not necessarily up-to-date.
Anthems
| Z No. | PS vol. | Genre | Incipit | Text source | Date | Accompaniment | Choral forces | Verse soloists | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will love thee, O Lord | Psalm 18:1-6,16-18 | BC | SATB | Solo Bass | ||||||
| Z 1 | XIV | Verse Anthem | Awake, put on thy strength | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
| Z 2 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | Behold, I bring you glad tidings | Luke 2:10-11,14 | 1687 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | ||
| Z 3 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | Behold now, praise the Lord | c. 1680 | ||||||
| Z 4 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | Be merciful unto me | Psalm 56:1-7,10-11 | before 1683 | BC | SATB | ATB | ||
| Z 5 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | Blessed are they that fear the Lord | Psalm 128 | 1688 | 4-part strings | SATB | SSAB soli | ||
| Z 6 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | Blessed be the Lord my strength | Psalm 144:1-8 | before 1679 | BC | SATB | ATB | ||
| Z 7 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | Blessed is he that considereth the poor | Psalm 41:1-3 | c. 1688 | BC | (SATB alleluia in some sources only) | ATB | ||
| Z 8 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven | [[Psalm | c. 1680–92 | |||||
| Z 9 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord | Psalm 112:1-5,9 | c. 1688 | BC | SATB (in alternate versions) | ATB | ||
| Z 10 | XXVIII | Full Anthem | Blow up the trumpet in Sion | Joel 2:15-17 | before 1679 | organ | SSSAATTTBB | |||
| Z 11 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | Bow down thine ear, O Lord | [[Psalm | c. 1680–82 | |||||
| Z 12 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | Give sentence with me, O Lord | [[Psalm | before 1681 | (incomplete) | ||||
| Z 13A Z 13B |
XIIIa | Verse Anthem | Hear me, O Lord, and that soon | [[Psalm | c. 1680–82) | The 2 versions differ in the opening verse | ||||
| Z 14 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not | Psalm 55:1-2,4-8,16-17 | before 1683 | BC | SATB | ATB | Unfinished | |
| Z 15 | XXVIII | Full Anthem | Hear my prayer, O Lord and let my crying | Psalm 102:1 | before 1683) | organ | SSAATTBB | Unfinished | ||
| Z 16 | XIV | Verse Anthem | In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust | (c. 1682) | ||||||
| Z 17A | XIIIa | Full Anthem | In the midst of life | before 1682 | independent bc | SATB | See Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860 (Henry Purcell) | |||
| Z 17B | XXIX | There are 2 arrangements of this piece, Z 17A and Z 17B respectively | ||||||||
| Z 18 | XIV | Verse Anthem | It is a good thing to give thanks | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
| Z 19 | XIV | Verse Anthem | I was glad when they said unto me | Psalm 122:1,4-7 | c. 1682–83 | SSATB | ||||
| Z 20 | XVII | Verse Anthem | I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord | Psalm 138 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | SSATB | ||
| Z 21 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | I will give thanks unto the Lord | Psalm 3:1-4,6-9 | c. 1680–82 | 2 violins & BC | SATB | TBB | ||
| Z 22 | XXVIII | Full Anthem | I will sing unto the Lord | Psalm 104:33-35 | before 1679 | BC | SSATB | |||
| Z 23 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | Let God arise | Psalm 68:1-3,7-8 | before 1679? or 1683 | BC | SATB | TT | ||
| Z 24 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | Let mine eyes run down with tears | c. 1682 | ||||||
| Z 25 | XXIX | Full Anthem | Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry? | Psalm 79:5,8-9,14 | c. 1680–82 | SSATB | ||||
| Z 26 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth? | c. 1677 | ||||||
| Z 27 | XXIX | Full Anthem | Man that is born of woman | c. 1680–82 | ||||||
| Z 28 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | My beloved spake | Song of Solomon 2:10-13,16a | before 1677 | bc | SATB | ATBB | ||
| Z 29 | XIV | Verse Anthem | My heart is fixed, O God | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
| Z 30 | XVII | Verse Anthem | My heart is indicting | Psalm 45:1,9,13-15,10,16 Psalm 147:12 Isaiah 49:23 |
1685 | 4-part strings | SSAATBBB | SSAATB | ||
| Z 31 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | My song shall be always | 1690 | ||||||
| Z 32 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | O consider my adversity | Unknown | ||||||
| Z 33 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | O give thanks unto the Lord | Psalm 106:1-2,4-5,46 | 1693 | 2 treble & bc | SATB | Solo SATB | ||
| Z 34 | XXIX | Full Anthem | O God, the king of glory | before 1679 | ||||||
| Z 35 | XXIX | Full Anthem | O God, thou art my god | Psalm 63:1-5,8 | c. 1680–82 | BS | SATB | Source of the hymntune WESTMINISTER ABBEY | ||
| Z 36 | XXIX | Full Anthem | O God, thou has cast us out | c. 1680–82) | ||||||
| Z 37 | XXIX | Full Anthem | O Lord God of hosts]] | Psalm 80 vv.4-7,18 | c. 1680–82 | basso seguente | SSAATTBB | |||
| Z 38 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | O Lord, grant the King a long life | 1685 | ||||||
| Z 39 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | O Lord, our governor | [[Psalm | before 1679 | |||||
| Z 40 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | O Lord, rebuke me not | [[Psalm | Unknown | |||||
| Z 41 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | O Lord, Thou art my God | c. 1680–82 | ||||||
| Z 42 | XIV | Verse Anthem | O praise God in his holiness | c. 1682–85 | ||||||
| Z 43 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | O praise the Lord, all ye heathen | before 1681 | ||||||
| Z 44 | XVII | Verse Anthem | O sing unto the Lord | Psalm 96:1-6,9-10 | 1688 | 4-part strings | SATB | SATB | ||
| Z 45 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | Out of the deep have I called | Psalm 130 | c. 1680) | bc | SAB | SATB | ||
| Z 46 | XVII | Verse Anthem | Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem | composite: Psalm 147:12, Isa. 49:23, Psalm 48:8, Psalm 21:13 | 1689 | 4-part strings | SSATB | SSATB | There is another Z 46, a fragment of a Verse Anthem, Praise the Lord, ye servants | |
| Z 47 | XIV | Verse Anthem | Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me | [[Psalm | c. 1682–85 | |||||
| Z 48 | XVII | Verse Anthem | Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God | [[Psalm | 1687 | 2 violins and BC | SATB | AB | Variant versions survive in organ score | |
| Z 49 | XIV | Verse Anthem | Rejoice in the Lord always | Philippians 4 vv. 4-7 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | ||
| Z 50 | XXXII | Full Anthem | Remember not, Lord, our offenses | c. 1680–82) | (basso seguente) | SSATB | ||||
| Z 51 | XIIIa | Full Anthem | Save me, O God | Psalm 54 | before 1681 | SSATB and SSATTB | ATB and SSA 'verses' | |||
| Z 52 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | Sing unto God | Psalm 68 vv.32-35 | 1687 | organ | SATB | Solo Bass | ||
| Z 53 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | The Lord is king, be the people never so impatient | Unknown | ||||||
| Z 54 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | The Lord is King, the earth may be glad [thereof] | 1688 | organ | SATB | Solo Bass | |||
| Z 55 | XIV | Verse Anthem | The Lord is my light | [[Psalm | c. 1682–85 | |||||
| Z 56 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | The way of God is an undefiled way | 1694 | ||||||
| Z 57 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | They that go down to the sea in ships | [[Psalm | 1685 | |||||
| Z 58A | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | before 1687 | one of three settings | |||||
| Z 58B | XXIX | Verse Anthem | Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | 1687 | version of Z58A | |||||
| Z 58C | XXXII | Full Anthem | Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | 1695 | independent BC | SATB | Funeral Music for Queen Mary | |||
| Z 59 | XXXII | Full Anthem | Thy righteousness, O God, is very high | [[Psalm | Unknown | incomplete | ||||
| Z 60 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | Thy way, O God, is holy | Psalm 77:13-18 | 1687 | bc | SATB | AB | ||
| Z 61 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | Thy word is a lantern unto my feet | Psalm 119:105-108,110-111 | Unknown | BC | SATB | ATB | ||
| Z 62 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | Turn thou us, O good Lord | Unknown | ||||||
| Z 63 | XVII | Verse Anthem | Unto Thee will I cry | Psalm 28:1-3,5-7 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | ||
| Z 64 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | Who hath believed our report? | c. 1679–80 | ||||||
| Z 65 | XVII | Verse Anthem | Why do the heathen so furiously rage together? | Psalm 2 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB |