Short Service (William Byrd)
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- Both canticles
- Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2026-01-30). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 979 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed up a minor 3rd. Note values halved.
- Editor: Clark Brydon (submitted 2024-04-18). Score information: A4, 22 pages, 723 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original key. Arranged for ATTB.ATBB.
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2000-09-28). Score information: Letter, 14 pages, 936 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Individual canticles also registered under CPDL #1425 & CPDL #1426.
Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Numerous errors, some serious. See the discussion page for full description.
- Magnificat
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2013-08-17). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A capella. reformatting of #1424, with corrections suggested on discussion page.
- Nunc dimittis
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2013-08-17). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 31 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A capella. reformatting of #1424, with corrections suggested on discussion page.
General Information
Title: Short Evening Service
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Sacred, Evening Canticles
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
Manuscript c. 1625-1640 in the Peterhouse Partbooks: Latter Caroline Set (John Cosin)
First published: 1773 in Cathedral Music, Volume 3, p. 25;30
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External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Magnificat and Nunc dimittis.

