tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post8846495628276447409..comments2024-02-29T15:52:40.963-05:00Comments on chantblog: Anglican Chant XVI: Psalm 138 Westminster Abbey - YouTubeblshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627725321531151309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-46364877459167574962011-10-04T12:30:33.658-04:002011-10-04T12:30:33.658-04:00A friend, Scott, writest that:
"I believe it...A friend, Scott, writest that:<br /><br />"<i>I believe it is a double chant in D by Henry George Ley (1887-1962), MA, DMus (Oxon), HonFRCO; Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1909-26; University Choragus, Oxford, 1923-26; Precentor of Eton College, 1926-45. Thanks to John Scott for his New St Paul's Cathedral Psalter and its indexes and information.</i>"blsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-5001333659726154112011-10-04T08:15:50.818-04:002011-10-04T08:15:50.818-04:00Don't know! At first, I thought it might have...Don't know! At first, I thought it might have been written by the guy who posted it at YouTube - he seems to be a contemporary composer, and posts a number of his own compositions.<br /><br />But I don't think that's it, in fact, because I think he'd make a much bigger deal out of it. It would be a huge honor to have your music sung by that choir on such an occasion! So you might very well be right.<br /><br />Several people who really know their chant come around occasionally, and I'm hoping one of them can spot it!blsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11760886.post-12434828500723295442011-10-04T00:12:21.233-04:002011-10-04T00:12:21.233-04:00Total shot in the dark: Bairstow?Total shot in the dark: Bairstow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com