Chiltern West Gallery Quire

Repertoire

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The Quire's repertoire was initially drawn from the researches of other people around the country, but increasingly we are researching our own material.

Our main source of music so far has been a large hand-bound volume used at Meldreth, near Royston, in the early nineteenth century, but containing material from many earlier sources. We have also drawn on on collections from Great Milton, Ewelme, Marsh Baldon and Marsh Gibbon.

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Other sources include the "organist of North Mimms, Hertfordshire, of St George's, Bloomsbury London & musician to the Right Honourable the Ladies Capell", the author of The Buckingham Melodist, and last but far from least, Zerubbabel Wyvill of Hounslow.

Here is a list of most of the pieces sung by the Quire since our formation, based on an index by Linda Collins. There is also a list sorted by first line, and lists showing just the psalms and the Christmas music (see the Type column). The main list is available as a CSV file (18kB, last modified 05 November 2006), which can by read by databases and spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

Lists: by title(177), by first line(177), psalms(54), Christmas music(64).

Title Tune Composer First line Key Time Metre Source Notes Type
Amersham Amersham   My never ceasing songs       Dr Rippons Tune Book   -
Amersham Amersham Isaac Watts My never ceasing songs shall shew         Sheila Girling-Smith 1994 -
Angel's Song     While shepherds watched           C
Animation Animation George Groom Joy to the world the Lord is come Bb 2/2 CM Congregational Melodies 1841 tr Ian Cutts 2002 C
Anthem     Hear O heavens, and give ear O earth G 2/2   Hertfordshire Melody/J Ivery 1773 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Anthem     Tell ye the daughters of Jerusalem G 2/2   Hertfordshire Melody/J Ivery 1773 tr Ian Cutts 2001 -
Anthem   Clark Behold, behold God is my salvation Bb 2/2     Isaiah Chp 12 v2-6 -
Arise and Hail     Arise and hail the glorious star       Warmington's Cornish carols 1912   C
Arise and hail the glorious star     Arise and hail the glorious star D 4/4 LM The Cornish Song Book AD Townsend C
Arise and hail the joyful day     Arise and hail the joyful day D 4/4 CM   AD Townsend C
Arise and hail the sacred day   Joseph Stephenson Arise and hail the sacred day G 6/4 886886 The Musical Companion c1775 c Sally Drage 1993 C
As certain sheppards     As certain sheppards in the field F 6/8 CM Crockers/Saunders Ms Dorset tr Ian Cutts 1996 C
As pants the hart Martyrdom H Wilson As pants the hart G 3/4 CM     -
Awake and join the cheerful choir     Awake and join the cheerful choir D 2/2 CM     C
Awake, arise   W Eade Awake, arise rejoice and sing G 4/4 CM Cornish Carols, pub Heath 1889   C
Awake, awake, awake ye mortals all     Awake, awake, awake ye mortals all C 6/8 CM     C
Behold good news     Behold good news from heaven is come Bb 6/8 CM Crockers/Saunders Ms Dorset tr Ian Cutts C
Behold the morning star     Behold, behold the morning star C 6/8 6686 Crockers/Saunders Ms Dorset tr Ian Cutts C
Berkshire Berkshire S Wesley To us a child of royal birth A 4/2 LM The Methodist Hymn-book   C
Biggleswade Biggleswade DE Ford On Jordan's stormy banks I stand C 2/4 CM Congregation Psalmody c1855 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Blackburn Blackburn Ralph Harrison Thy Kingdom come - on bended knee Cm 3/2 CM Sacred Harmony 1784   -
Bridgewater Bridgewater Isaac Watts From all that dwell below the skies         Shapenote -
Bridgewater Bridgewater Isaac Watts From all that dwell below the skies       Northern Harmony Shapenote -
Bright Angels     Bright angels whose melodious sound C 2/2 LM   Madding Crowd 1991 C
Carol, A   J Brown See heaven's high portals open wide C 6/8 CM Melbury Osmond Ms 1835 tr Ian Cutts 1998 C
Charming Theme Charming Theme Cornelius Ward Jesus I love thy charming name G 2/4 CM Buckinghamshire Melodist 1844 tr Ian Cutts 2004 -
Chelsea Chelsea William Bird Blow ye the trumpet blow C 2/2 SM Original Psalmody 1829 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Christmas Hymn Christmas Hymn Clark Arise and hail the happy day G 3/4 886886     C
Christmas Hymn Christmas Hymn J T Birch Hark! Hark! The herald angels sing G 2/2 LM Congregational Singing   C
Christmas Ode   T Jarman Awake, awake, awake C 2/4       C
Collect for Easter Day     Almighty God, when thro thine only … Bb 4/4       -
Collect for Whitsunday     God who as at this time did teach G 2/2       -
Come celebrate th'auspicious morn   Joseph Key Come celebrate th'auspicious morn G 2/2 LM   Blaise Compton 1995 C
Diadem Diadem Cornelius Ward All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name Bb 3/4 CM Buckinghamshire Melodist 1844 tr Ian Cutts 2004 -
Evening hymn     Glory to thee my God this night G 2/2 LM   c Madding Crowd 1991 -
Evening hymn Great Milton   Glory to thee my God this night       Mss, Gt Milton parish records c AD Townsend 1993 -
Evening hymn Magdalen   Glory to thee my God this night         from Totteridge Village -
Evening hymn Tallis Cannon Thomas Tallis Glory to thee my God this night G 4/4 LM     -
Gibraltar Gibraltar   To us a child of royal birth           C
Gibraltar Gibraltar W J White Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears A 2/4 LM New Sacred Melodies 182?   -
Gibraltar Gibralter Charles Wesley To us a child of royal birth G 2/4 LM Richard Herring Mss/J Williams c Vital Spark -
Gibraltar Gibralter Isaac Watts Jesus shall reign wher'er the sun       Richard Herring Mss/J Williams c Vital Spark -
Glad tidings   A Linwood Hark! Hark! What news the angels bring D 4/4 LM Four Christmas Carols tr Ian Cutts 2000 C
Glory to God on high     Glory to God on high G 2/4   Bridgeman Ms tr John H Edwards 1993 -
Greenhead Greenhead   Lo! Unto us a child is born G 2/2 CM Aylesbury   C
Hail, sacred day Hail, sacred day T N Warmington Hail, sacred day auspicious morn F 4/4 LM     C
Hark hark what news   William Sandys 1833 Hark hark what news the angels bring G 2/2 LM Christmas Carols A & M tr Ian Cutts 1998 C
Hark hear the heavenly angels sing     Hark hear the heavenly angels sing Bb 2/2 CM Crockers/Saunders Ms Dorset tr Ian Cutts C
Hark hear you not a cheerful noise     Hark hear you not a cheerful noise C 2/4 LM     C
Hark shepherds how the angels sing     Hark shepherds how the angels sing       Collection of Dorset carols 1926 tr Ian Cutts 1999 C
Hark shepherds how the angels sing     Hark shepherds how the angels sing Bb 2/2 CM Melbury Osmond Ms 1835 tr Ian Cutts 1999 C
Hark the glad sound Bristol Philip Doddridge Hark the glad sound, the Saviour comes G 4/2 CM Ravenscroft's Psalter 1621   C
Hark the herald angels Newton/St Pauls Charles Wesley Hark the herald angels sing F 2/4 7777 Martin Mss, Poole 1836 c AD Townsend 1992 C
Hark the herald angels sing     Hark the herald angels sing F 4/4 7777     C
Hark the Herald Angels sing Reconciliation WJ White, St Albans Hark the herald angels sing D 3/4   Sacred Minstrel 1825 ed Ian Cutts C
Hark what celestial sounds     Hark what celestial sounds G 2/2   Moses Heap Ms tr Jean Seymour 1996 C
Hark! what music fills creation     Hark! what music fills creation G 4/4 CM     C
Hymn for Christmas Day   Rev C Danbery Let Christians all with one accord G 3/2 CM     C
Hymn for Christmas Day   W Jackson While shepherds watched A 4/4 CM Psalter 1820 Totteridge Chapel tr Ian Cutts 1996 C
Hymn for Christmas Day, An   William Knapp Hark hear you not a cheerful noise G 3/4   pub Elizabeth Wilkins tr Ian Cutts 2000 C
Hymn for Easter Day Milford   If angels sung a saviour's birth A 2/2 CM Richard Herring Mss/J Williams c Vital Spark1994 -
Hymn for Good Friday     Mourn, mourn ye saints that once did see Bb 3/2 LM The Hertfordshire Melody   -
Hymn for Whitsunday     He's come, let every knee be bent G 3/2       -
Immortal Glory     Immortal glory give to God F 2/4 CM Crockers/Saunders Ms Dorset tr Ian Cutts 1995 C
Joyful Advent Joyful Advent F W Saunders Joy to the world D 2/2 CM The Oxfordshire Melodist 1844   C
Joy to the world   A Linwood Joy to the world, the Lord is come Eb 4/4 CM Four Christmas Carols tr Ian Cutts 2000 C
Joy to the world   Isaac Watts Joy to the world, the Lord is come C 2/4 CM Melbury Osmond Ms 1835 tr Ian Cutts 1998 C
Joy to the world The Advent John Jarvis, Chinnor Joy to the world, the Lord is come G 2/4 CM Zion's Harmonist 1844 tr Ian Cutts 2002 C
Jubelate Deo     O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands A 3/4   Hertfordshire Melody/J Ivery 1773 tr Ian Cutts 1999 -
Knaresborough Knaresborough Samuel Wesley Behold the saviour of mankind G 4/4 CM Richard Herring Mss/J Williams c Vital Spark -
Luton Luton DE Ford Jehovah speaks, let Israel hear C 3/4 LM Congregation Psalmody c1855 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Magnificat   William Jackson My soul doth magnify the Lord Eb 3/4     c Madding Crowd 1991 -
Magnificat Clapham WJ White My soul and spirit filled with joy D 2/2 CM The Sacred Herald (1820) tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Magnificat Pentonville   My soul and spirit filled with joy A 2/2 CM Catsfield Choir book c Sussex Harmony -
Messiah's Reign   John Ingram Cobbin Jesus shall reign where'er the sun C 4/4 LM The Union Harmonist ed Thomas Clark 1841, tr Ian Cutts 2003 -
Moira Moira WJ White O God of love with cheering ray Eb 3/2 LM     -
Mortality Mortality Joseph Crook And must this body die? Am 4/4 CM New Sacred Music 1839 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Nativity   T Jarman Mortals awake with angels join G 2/4 CM Sacred Music 1803 tr Sally Drage 1998 C
Nativity Nativity H Searle Hark, hark, the bright seraphic choir C 2/4 7777 A set of psalms and hymn tunes 1827?   C
New Britain New Britain John Newton 1779 Amazing grace         Shapenote -
Newbury Newbury   I will regard and think upon the working Gm 2/2 CM Melbury Osmond choir book tr Ian Cutts 1999 -
New Jerusalem New Jerusalem Isaac Watts/Jeremiah Ingalls Lo what a glorious sight appears           -
Nunc Dimittis     Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart Am 4/4   Colby Ms c Francis Roads -
Nunc Dimittis     Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart C 3/2   Mss Dorset County Museum c AD Townsend -
Nunc Dimittis   John Chetham Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart       The Psalm Singer's Assistant 1778 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Nunc Dimittis   William Jackson Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart         c Madding Crowd 1991 -
Oh what unbounded goodness Lord     Oh what unbounded goodness Lord D 6/8 CM     C
Old Hundredth     All people that on earth do dwell       Genevan Psalter   -
Once more behold     Once more behold the glorious day Eb 6/8 LM Crocker/Saunders Ms Dorset tr Ian Cutts 1995 C
On Christmas Day On Christmas Day Caleb Simper In glad acclaim this joyful day D 4/4 8787 The Nativity of Christ 1896   C
Original harvest hymn, An   WJ White Ye sons of Britain join and swell A 2/2 666688 Sacred Herald (BrLib) 1820 Sheila Girling-Smith 1994 -
Proclamation Proclamation W J White Lift up your heads in joyful hope Bb 2/4 CM The Sacred Herald tr Ian Cutts 2003 C
Psalm 003   att. Joseph Stephenson O Lord how are my foes increased Gm 2/2   Hertfordshire Melody tr Ian Cutts 2001 P
Psalm 008 Otford John Harrott O thou to whom all creatures bow G 3/2 CM Rutland Harmony   P
Psalm 009   John Harrott With heart and voice to thee O Lord D 2/2 CM Rutland Harmony   P
Psalm 009 Darking Tune John Ivery With heart and mouth to thee O Lord G 3/2 CM Hertforshire Melody 1773 tr Ian Cutts 2004 P
Psalm 011 NV Creekmoor   Since I have plac'd my trust in God Gm 3/2 CM Elizabeth Wilkins 1775 tr Ian Cutts 2000 P
Psalm 015   Mr Costall Within thy tabernacle Lord G 3/4 CM Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts P
Psalm 016 Dorchester   I set the Lord still in my sight G 3/2 CM The Hertfordshire Melody   P
Psalm 018     In my trouble I called Gm 3/2   Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1996 P
Psalm 018   John Rodgers The Lord descended from above G 3/2   Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1999 P
Psalm 019   Dr Harrott How perfect is the law of God G 2/2 CM Meldreth Ms   P
Psalm 021   Thomas Clark The King O Lord with songs of praise F 2/2 CM Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1995 P
Psalm 021   William Knapp The King O Lord with songs of praise G 2/2 CM Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1995 P
Psalm 023 Wigan Ralph Harrison The Lord my shepherd is Am 2/2 SM Sacred Harmony 1784   P
Psalm 027 NV Liverpool   Whom should I fear since God to me Bb 2/2 CM Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1999 P
Psalm 031 OV John Harrott O Lord I put my trust in thee Gm 2/2 CM     P
Psalm 034     Through all the changing scenes of life       Northern Harmony Shapenote P
Psalm 034   Tate & Brady/J Stephenson Through all the changing scenes of life           P
Psalm 034 Quordon John Harrott 1769 Through all the changing scenes of life       Rutland Harmony tr Ian Cutts 1997 P
Psalm 035 OV John Harrott Lord plead my cause against my foes G 3/2 CM   tr Ian Cutts 2000 P
Psalm 039 Great Milton   Lord number out my life and days Cm 2/2 CM     P
Psalm 042     As pants the hart Dm 3/2 CM William Gay's book 1776 c AD Townsend P
Psalm 042 Martyrdom arr T Williams 1830 As pants the hart Bb 3/2 CM   c Madding Crowd 1991 P
Psalm 047 Clapham/Magnificat James Merrick Arise ye people, clap the hand       The Sacred Herald 1822 tr Ian Cutts 2002 P
Psalm 048   Matthew Cooke Great is the Lord and with great praise G 4/4 DCM Twelve Psalm Tunes, N.Mimms c1790 tr Ian Cutts 1999 P
Psalm 081   Anthem VI Sing we merrily G 3/4   Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts P
Psalm 081 OV   Be light and glad in God rejoice F 2/2 CM Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1999 P
Psalm 084 Dunstable New Dr Watts Great God attend while Zion sings C 2/2 LM The Devotional Melodist 1840 tr Ian Cutts 2002 P
Psalm 089 Amersham John Moreton My never ceasing songs shall shew D 2/2 CM     P
Psalm 092 Kempton   It is a thing both good and meet G 3/4 CM The Hertfordshire Melody   P
Psalm 095   Thomas Clark O come loud anthems let us sing G 2/2 LM Marsh Baldon Ms c AD Townsend P
Psalm 095 NV Bethsaida WJ White O come loud praises let us sing F 2/2 LM New Sacred Melodies tr Ian Cutts 2002 P
Psalm 096   Thomas Clark Fall down and worship ye the Lord F 3/4 CM Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 2000 P
Psalm 096 OV   Sing ye with praise unto the Lord G 3/2 CM Madding Crowd Rollo Woods 1981,1992 P
Psalm 096 OV Pentonville Sing ye with praise unto the Lord A 2/2 CM Catsfield Choir Book 1846 Sussex Harmony P
Psalm 098 OV Pentonville O sing ye now unto the Lord     CM The Singing Seat   P
Psalm 100 OV   All people that on earth do dwell A 2/2 LM   c Madding Crowd 1991 P
Psalm 101 NV John Harrott O mercy's never failing spring Gm 2/2 LM     P
Psalm 104 OV Hanover   My soul praise the Lord G 3/2   The Hertfordshire Melody tr Ian Cutts 2002 P
Psalm 105     Give praises unto God the Lord G 3/4       P
Psalm 105   Matthew Cooke Give praises unto God the Lord G 3/4 DCM Twelve Psalm Tunes, N.Mimms c1790 tr Ian Cutts 2002 P
Psalm 106 NV John Harrott O render thanks to God above Gm 2/2 LM Rutland Harmony 1769 tr Ian Cutts 1997 P
Psalm 108 NV Great Milton Michael Broome O God my heart is fully bent G 2/2   Collection of Church Music 1725 tr Ian Cutts 2000 P
Psalm 113 NV Mr Wyvill Ye saints and servants of the Lord C 2/4   Marsh Baldon Ms tr Ian Cutts 1998 P
Psalm 117 NV Thomas Clark With cheerful notes let all the earth D 2/2 CM   tr Ian Cutts 2003 P
Psalm 119   Mr Hill The wonders which God's laws contain D 2/2 CM Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1999 P
Psalm 121 NV   To Sion's hill I lift my eyes Eb 2/2 CM Marsh Baldon Ms tr Ian Cutts 1998 P
Psalm 127 Hymn for Whitsunday   We build with fruitless cost       Tate & Brady   P
Psalm 127 Wiltshire Sir G Smart In vain we build, unless the Lord Bb 3/2 CM Church Psalmody 1849   P
Psalm 133 Yarmouth John Ivery O what a happy thing it is       The Hertfordshire Melody 1773 tr Ian Cutts 2002 P
Psalm 139   John Harrott 1769 The Lord by strictest search       Rutland Harmony tr Ian Cutts 1997 P
Psalm 145   J Harrott Thee I will bless my God and King       Rutland Harmony 1769 tr Ian Cutts 1997 P
Psalm 148 Majesty Majesty Awake our drowsy souls C 2/2   Boxmoor Ms 1830s tr Ian Cutts 2002 P
Psalm 148 NV Thomas Clark Ye boundless realms of joy D 2/2 666688 Meldreth Ms tr Ian Cutts 1998 P
Psalm 150 St Ann's Dr Croft O God, our help in ages past C 2/2 CM The Union Tune Book 1850   P
Psalm 23   Matthew Cooke The Lord is only my support Bb 4/4 CM Twelve Psalm Tunes, N.Mimms c1790   P
Rapture   A Linwood When Jordan hushed its waters still C 3/4 LM Four Christmas Carols tr Ian Cutts 2000 C
Rejoice ye tenants   W Gifford/S Petherton Rejoice ye tenants of the earth Cm 2/4 886886   Madding Crowd 1978/1991 C
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Rolling Seasons Rolling Seasons Caleb Simper The King of Love my Shepherd is C 4/4 8787 1897   -
Russia Russia Isaac Watts 1719 My spirit looks to God alone         Shapenote -
Sabbeth Eve   Cornelius Ward The light of Sabbeth eve G 3/4 SM The Buckinghamshire Melodist 1820 tr Ian Cutts 1999 -
Salem   Matthew Peacock 1837 How charming is the place G 3/4 6686   tr Ian Cutts 2003 -
See seraphic throngs descending     See seraphic throngs descending Bb 4/4 CM Melbury Osmond Ms 1835 tr Ian Cutts 1998 C
Seraphic Tidings Seraphic Tidings Cornelius Ward Angelic messenger repeat Bb 4/4     tr Ian Cutts2003 C
Serious Thoughts   FW Saunders My soul come meditate the day Gm 4/4 CM Oxfordshire Melodist 1844 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Shepherds arise     Shepherds arise, be not afraid Bb 2/2 CM Puddletown & Zelston Ms Madding Crowd 1991 C
Shepherds rejoice     Shepherds rejoice, lift up your eyes F 6/8 CM Crockers/Saunders Ms Dorset tr Ian Cutts C
Sound, sound   WB Ninnis Sound sound your instruments of joy D 2/2 CM Old Cornish Carols 1927 tr Ian Cutts 2000 C
St James St James R Courteville 1697 The race that long in darkness pined Bb 2/2 CM St James's Westminster tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
St Thomas St Thomas Isaac Watts 1719 Come sound his praise abroad         Shapenote -
Stutgard Stutgard C F Witt Come, thou long-expected Jesus G 4/4 CM Old Church Psalmody 1849   C
Unto us a child is born   William Knapp / John Ivery Unto us a child is born G 2/2   The Hertfordshire Melody 1773   C
Wakefield Wakefield WJ White Welcome sweet day of rest D 2/4   The Sacred Herald (1820) tr Ian Cutts 2001 -
Walton Walton WJ White High let us swell our tuneful notes C 2/4 CM The Sacred Herald 1820 tr Ian Cutts 2001 C
Ware Ware David Everard Ford Awake my heart, arise my tongue C 2/2 CM Congregational Psalmody tr Ian Cutts 2004 -
Wareham Wareham William Knapp Jesus, wher'er thy people meet C 3/2 LM Widdecombe Ms c Madding Crowd 1991 -
Warrington Warrington Ralph Harrison We sing the praise of him who died Dm 3/2 LM The Sacred Harmony 1784 tr Ian Cutts 2002 -
Warwick Warwick Samuel Stanley Hark the glad sound! D 2/2 CM Twenty-four tunes in four parts 1819 tr Ian Cutts 2003 C
Whetstone Whetstone Isaac Watts/WJ White Begin my tongue some heavenly theme D 2/2 CM The Sacred Herald 1820   -
While shepherds watched     While shepherds watched       Warmington's Cornish carols 1912   C
While shepherds watched   A Linwood While shepherds watched G 4/4 CM Four Christmas Carols tr Ian Cutts 2000 C
While shepherds watched   Matthew Cooke While shepherds watched A 4/4 CM Twelve Psalm Tunes, N.Mimms c1790 c Blaise Compton C
While shepherds watched   William Knapp While shepherds watched G 4/4 CM New Church Melody 1751 c Blaise Compton C
While shepherds watched Cranbrook   While shepherds watched         c Blaise Compton C
Wilton Wilton S Stanley O thou who camest from above A 4/4 LM     -
Yorkshire Yorkshire John Wainwright/Caleb Ashworth Christians awake, salute the happy Morn C 2/2 XXXXXX 1766/1765 tr Ian Cutts 2003 C
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Lists: by title(177), by first line(177), psalms(54), Christmas music(64).