Thomas Tomkins

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Born: 1572

Died: 9 June 1656

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Sacred music

Services and service music

• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (The Second Service)   (2 editions available)
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (The Third Service)
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (The Fifth Service)   ( )
• Preces and Responses   ( Sibelius 7 )

Anthems

Above the stars my Saviour dwells   ( ) Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing   ( ) Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom     (2 editions available) Blessed is he   ( ) Christ rising again from the dead   ( ) Glory be to the Father   ( Finale 2011 ) Hear my prayer, O Lord   ( Sibelius ) Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears   ( ) I am the resurrection and the life     (2 editions available) I heard a voice from heaven     (3 editions available) I know that my Redeemer liveth   ( ) It is my well-beloved's voice     (2 editions available) My shepherd is the living Lord   (  ) O give thanks O God, the proud are risen     (2 editions available)

O Lord, let me know mine end   ( ) O pray for the peace of Jerusalem     (2 editions available) O sing unto the Lord a new song     (   Sibelius 2 ) Out of the deep   ( Finale 2011 ) Praise the Lord, O my soul   ( Sibelius ) Remember me, O Lord   ( Finale 2012 ) Sing unto God   ( ) Thou art my King, O God   ( ) Turn unto the Lord     (one edition available) We brought nothing into this world   ( ) When David heard     (3 editions available) Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness   ( Finale 2006 ) Woe is me   ( )

Secular music

Adieu, ye city pris'ning towers     (3 editions available) Cloris, whenas I woo   ( ) Come, Shepherds, sing with me   ( ) Fond men that do so highly prize   ( ) Fusca, in thy starry eyes   ( ) How great delight   ( ) Love, cease tormenting   ( ) Music divine     (4 editions available) No more I will thy love importune   ( ) O let me live for true love     (3 editions available) Oft did I marle   ( ) Our hasty life away doth post   ( )

Oyez! Has any found a lad     (3 editions available) Phyllis, now cease to move me   ( ) Phyllis, yet see him dying   ( ) See, see the shepherds' Queen     (4 editions available) Sure there is no God of love   ( ) The Fauns and Satyrs tripping     (3 editions available) To the shady woods     (2 editions available) Too much I once lamented     (4 editions available) Was ever wretch tormented     (2 editions available) Weep no more, thou sorry boy   ( ) When I observe   ( )

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Publications

• Songs of 3, 4, 5 and 6 parts (1622)
• Musica Deo sacra & ecclesiae Anglicanae (London: William Godbid, 1668)

External links

Early English Books Online (http://eebo.chadwyck.com - subscription required) has scans of "Musica Deo sacra & ecclisiae 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", published 1668, which contains all 6 services as well as other sacred music as well as "Songs of 3.4.5. and 6", published in 1622.