With the death of William Croft in 1727, Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1730 he became Professor of Music at Cambridge University.[1] In 1735 he was appointed Master of the King's Musick. At his death, Greene was working on the compilation Cathedral Music, which his student and successor as Master of the King's Musick, William Boyce, was to complete. Many items from that collection are still used in Anglican services today.
He wrote very competent music in the style prevalent in Georgian England, particularly longer Verse Anthems. His acknowledged masterpiece, Lord, let me know mine end, is a representative example. Greene sets a text full of pathos using a polyphonic texture over a continuous instrumental walking bass, with a particularly effective treble duet in the middle of the work. Both this section and the end of the anthem contain superb examples of the Neapolitan sixth chord. His organ voluntaries - published only some years after his death - are closer to Thomas Roseingrave in style than, say, John Stanley or William Boyce, and are more contrapuntal than melodic. They display a more reflective and profound character, and do not specify manuals or stops unlike later contemporaries such as Bennett, Boyce and Stanley. Instances of 'false relation' can be heard frequently in these works.
maurice, greene, composer, maurice, greene, august, 1696, december, 1755, english, composer, organist, maurice, greene, contents, biography, works, references, external, links, free, scoresbiography, editborn, london, clergyman, greene, became, choirboy, paul,. Maurice Greene 12 August 1696 1 December 1755 was an English composer and organist Maurice Greene Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External links 5 Free scoresBiography EditBorn in London the son of a clergyman Greene became a choirboy at St Paul s Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King He studied the organ under Richard Brind and after Brind died Greene became organist at St Paul s With the death of William Croft in 1727 Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal and in 1730 he became Professor of Music at Cambridge University 1 In 1735 he was appointed Master of the King s Musick At his death Greene was working on the compilation Cathedral Music which his student and successor as Master of the King s Musick William Boyce was to complete Many items from that collection are still used in Anglican services today He wrote very competent music in the style prevalent in Georgian England particularly longer Verse Anthems His acknowledged masterpiece Lord let me know mine end is a representative example Greene sets a text full of pathos using a polyphonic texture over a continuous instrumental walking bass with a particularly effective treble duet in the middle of the work Both this section and the end of the anthem contain superb examples of the Neapolitan sixth chord His organ voluntaries published only some years after his death are closer to Thomas Roseingrave in style than say John Stanley or William Boyce and are more contrapuntal than melodic They display a more reflective and profound character and do not specify manuals or stops unlike later contemporaries such as Bennett Boyce and Stanley Instances of false relation can be heard frequently in these works He died in 1755 aged 59 and was initially buried at St Olave Old Jewry On the church s demolition in 1887 he was reburied in St Paul s Cathedral 2 Works EditGreene wrote a good deal of both sacred and secular vocal music including the anthem Hearken Unto Me Ye Holy Children 1728 the oratorio The Song of Deborah and Barak 1732 the oratorio Jephtha 1737 the opera Florimel 1734 settings of sonnets from Edmund Spenser s Amoretti 1739 a collection of anthems 1743 of which the best known is Lord let me know mine end the opera Phoebe completed 1747 He also published keyboard music including Choice Lessons for harpsichord or spinet London 1733 6 Overtures in Seven Parts arranged for harpsichord or spinet London 1745 A Collection of Lessons for harpsichord London 1750 Twelve Voluntarys for organ or harpsichord published posthumously by J Bland of Holborn London 1779 References Edit Greene Maurice GRN730M A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge Memorials of St Paul s Cathedral Sinclair W p 471 London Chapman amp Hall Ltd 1909 Johnstone H Diack Greene Maurice Grove Music Online ed L Macy Accessed 4 October 2004 External links EditChisholm Hugh ed 1911 Greene Maurice Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 12 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 538 Free scores EditFree scores by Maurice Greene in the Choral Public Domain Library ChoralWiki Free scores by Maurice Greene at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP Court officesPreceded byJohn Eccles Master of the King s Music1735 1755 Succeeded byWilliam BoyceCultural officesPreceded byWilliam Croft First Organist of the Chapel Royal1727 1755 Succeeded byJames NaresPreceded byRichard Brind Organist and Master of the Choristers of St Paul s Cathedral1718 1755 Succeeded byJohn JonesPreceded byThomas Tudway Professor of Music Cambridge University1730 1755 Succeeded byJohn Randall Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maurice Greene composer amp oldid 1179488013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
