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Anthems

LC control no.sh 85005524
LC classificationM2020 M2101.5
Topical headingAnthems
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See alsoChoruses, Sacred
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Scope noteHere are entered collections of anthems for various mediums of performance. Individual anthems and collections for a specific medium of performance are assigned an additional heading for the medium of performance, e.g. 1. Anthems. 2. Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied; 1. Anthems. 2. Choruses, Sacred, with organ.
Subject example tracingNote under Part songs, Sacred
Found inNew Grove dict. of mus. online, Mar. 28, 2002 (a choral setting of a religious or moral text in English, generally designed for liturgical performance)
New Harvard dict. of mus. (a choral composition with a sacred or moralizing text in English, performed in a liturgical or ceremonial context)