List of compositions by Orlando Gibbons

The compositions of Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) include works in virtually every genre of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Due to his sudden and early death, Gibbons' output was not as large as that of his older contemporary William Byrd,^[1] but he still managed to produce various secular and sacred polyphonic vocal works, including consort songs, services, more than 40 full anthems and verse anthems, a set of 20 madrigals as well as at least 20 keyboard works and various instrumental ensemble pieces including nearly 30 fantasies for viols. He is well known for the 5-part verse anthem This Is the Record of John, the 8-part full anthem O Clap Your Hands Together, 2 settings of Evensong and what is often thought to be the best known English madrigal: The Silver Swan.^[2]

Parthenia, the first collection of published English Keyboard music, of which Gibbons contributed 6 works

List of compositions

Sacred Vocal works

Services

  * Incomplete or lost work

Full Anthems

Title	Type	Voices	Instruments	Text	Occasion	Reference[3]
Short (First) Service in F[a]	Full	SATB	A cappella	Psalm 95, Te Deum, Benedictus Deus Israel, Credo, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis.	-	EECM CPDL
Second (Verse) Service in D minor[b]	Verse	SAATB	Organ[c]	Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis.	-	EECM
First Preces and Psalms	Verse	SAATB	A cappella	cxlv. 15–21[d]	Evensong on Whitsunday	EECM
First Preces and Psalm	Verse	SAATB	A cappella	lvii. 9–12 – cxviii. 19–24[e]	Evensong on Easter Day	EECM
Second Preces and Psalm	Full	SAATB	A cappella	cxlv. 1–14[f]	-	EECM CPDL

Adaptations

Adaptations

Title	Voices	Text	Reference[3]
Te Deum from Short (First) Service			EECM

Doubtful Attributions

Title	Voices	Author	Reference[4]
Te Deum		William Byrd	EECM

Full Anthems

  * Incomplete or lost work

Full Anthems

Title	Voices	Text	Reference[5]
Almighty and everlasting God	SATB	Collect for the Third Sunday after Epiphany	EECM 21/1 CPDL
Deliver us, O Lord[g]	SAATB	Psalm cvi.47–48	EECM 21/2 CPDL
Hosanna to the Son of David	SSAATTB	Matthew xxi.9, Mark xi.10 and Luke xix.38	EECM 21/3 CPDL
I am the resurrection	SAATB	John xi.25–26	EECM 21/4
Lift up your heads	SSAATB	Psalm 24. 7–8, 10	EECM 21/5CPDL
O clap your hands[h]	SSAATTBB	Psalm 47[i]	EECM 21/6CPDL
O Lord, how do my woes increase[j]	SATB	Psalm 3:1-2[k]	EECM 11/24 CPDL
O Lord, I lift my heart to thee[l]	AATTB	Psalm 25:1[k]	EECM 11/34CPDL
O Lord, in thee is all my Trust	SAATB	From The Whole Booke of Psalmes[m]	EECM 21/7 CPDL
O Lord, in thy wrath	SSAATB	Psalm vi.1–4	EECM 21/8CPDL

Doubtful Attributions

Doubtful Attributions

Title	Voices	Author	Reference[4]
Out of the deep	SSAATB	William Byrd	W. Byrd O. Gibbons[n]
O Lord, increase my faith	SATB	Henry Loosemore	H Loosemore O GibbonsCPDL
Why art thou so heavy, O my soul?	SATB	Henry Loosemore	H Loosemore O GibbonsCPDL

Verse Anthems

  * Incomplete or lost work

Verse Anthems

Title	Voices	Verse Solo(s)	Instruments	Text	Occasion	Reference[6]
Almighty God, which hast given*	SAATB		-	Second Communion Collect	Christmas Day	EECM 21/1
Almighty God, who by thy Son	SAATB		Organ version survives[o]	Collect for St Peter's Day	St. Peter's Day	EECM 3/1 CPDL
Behold, I bring you glad tidings	SSAATB		Organ version survives[o]	Luke ii. 10–11, 14	Christmas Day	EECM 3/2 CPDL
Behold, thou hast made my days	SAATB		Viol consort and Organ version survive	Psalm xxxix. 6–8, 13–15[p]	Funeral of Dean Maxey	EECM 21/3 CPDL
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord	AATTBB		Viol consort and Organ version survive	Psalm cxxviii. 1–4	Lord Somerset's wedding	EECM 3/4 CPDL
Glorious and powerful God	SAATB		Viol consort and Organ version survive	-	For the consecration of an unknown church or chapel[q]	EECM 3/5 CPDL
Grant, O Holy Trinity[r]	SAATB		Partial Organ version survives.[o]	The Royal Chapel word-books[s]	King's day[t]	EECM 3/6 CPDL
Great King of Gods[u]	SAATB	AAB	Viol consort and Organ version survive	Jehovah of Psalm 95	King James I 1617 visit to Scotland	EECM 3/7 CPDL [7]
If ye be risen again with Christ	SSATB		Organ version survives[o]	Colossians iii. 1–4	Easter Day	EECM 3/8 CPDL
Lord, grant grace	SAATB	SSAATTBB	Viol consort and Organ version survive	-	All Saints' Day	EECM 3/9 CPDL
Lord, we beseech thee*	SAATB		-	-	The Annunciation of Virgin Mary	EECM 21/2
O all true faithful hearts	SAATB	SSAATB	Viol consort and Organ version survive	-	Thanksgiving for the King's recovery	EECM 3/11 CPDL
O glorious God*	Only text survives		-	-	-	EECM 21/8
O God, the King of glory	SAATB	SAAT	Organ version survives[o]	Book of Common Prayer	The Sunday after Ascension Day	EECM 3/10 CPDL
Praise the Lord, O my soul*[v]	SSSAATB		-	-	-	EECM 21/3
See, see the Word is incarnate	SSAATB	SCCTB	Viol consort and Organ version survive	Words by Godfrey Goodman	-	EECM 3/12 CPDL
Sing unto the Lord	SAATB	BB, AA & AB	Viol consort and Organ version survive	Psalm xxx. 4–10	For Doctor Marshal	EECM 3/13 CPDL
So God loved the world*	SSATB		-	-	Whitsunday	EECM 21/4
Teach us by his example*	Only text survives		-	-	-	EECM 21/7
This is the day*	Only text survives		-	-	-	EECM 21/9
This is the record of John	SAATB		Viol consort and Organ version survive	John i. 19–23.	St. John's Baptist's Day	EECM 3/15 CPDL
Thou God of wisdom*	SSAATB		-	-	-	EECM 21/5
Unto thee, O Lord*[w]	SSAATB		-	-	-	EECM 21/6
We praise Thee, O Father	SAATB	SAB & SSAATT	Viol consort and Organ version survive	Proper preface for Easter Day	Easter Day	EECM 3/16 CPDL

Adaptations

Various adaptations of Gibbons' Verse Anthems exist, two of which – O Thou the central orb and Great Lord of Lords – are especially common. Both of these versions were created for Sir Frederick Ouseley's 1873 edition of Gibbons' church music, with new words by Henry Ramsden Bramley.^[8]

Adaptations

Title	Voices	Verse Solo(s)	Instruments	Text	Occasion	Reference[9]
O Thou the central orb	SAATB	SSAATB	Viol consort and Organ version survive	Bramley	For 1873 publication	EECM 3/7 CPDL
Great Lord of Lords	SAATB	AAB	Viol consort and Organ version survive	Bramley	For 1873 publication	EECM 3/7 CPDL

Doubtful Attributions

Doubtful Attributions

Title	Author	Reference[10]
Arise, O Lord God	By Leonard Woodeson	EECM L Woodeson EECM O Gibbons
Behold, the hour cometh	By Thomas Tomkins	T Tomkins EECM O Gibbons
God, which [who] as at this time	By Nathaniel Giles	N Giles O Gibbons
Have mercy upon me, O God	By William Byrd	W Byrd O Gibbons CPDL
Have pity upon me	By Christopher Gibbons	EECM C Gibbons EECM O Gibbons
The secret sins	Probably by William Mundy[x]	EECM 3/14 CPDL

Hymne tunes

George Withers' 'Hymnes and Songs of the Church', published 1623, contains 16 works by Gibbons in the original edition and adds a 17th in a later edition. All texts are by George Wither.^[11]

17 tunes for The Hymnes and Songs of the Church

No.	Title	Reference[12]
1	Now Shall the praises of the Lord be sung
3	Sing praises, Israel, to the Lord
4	Now in the Lord my heart doth pleasure
5	Thy beauty, Israel, is gone
9	Come kiss me with those lips
13	O my love, how comely
14	Arise, thou north wind
18	Who's this, that leaning on her friend
20	Lord, I will sing to thee
22	O Lord of hosts
24	How sad and solitary
31	Lord, thy answer I did hear
34	Thus angels sung
41	O all you creatures
44	Come Holy Ghost	CPDL
46	As on the night before this blessed morn	CPDL
47	A song of joy unto the Lord
67	When one among the twelve there was

Secular Vocal works

The First Set of Madrigals and Motets

The First Set of Madrigals and Motets

No.	Title	Voices	Reference[13]
1	The silver swan	SATTB	CPDL
2	O that the learned poets	SSTTB	CPDL
3	I weigh not fortune's frown	SSATB	CPDL
4	I tremble not at noise of war	SSATB	CPDL
5	I see ambition never pleased	SSATB	CPDL
6	I feign not friendship	SSATB	CPDL
7	How art thou thralled	SSTTB	CPDL
8	Farewell all joys	SSTTB	CPDL
9	Dainty fine bird	SSTTB	CPDL
10	Fair ladies that to love captivated are	SSATB	CPDL
11	'Mongst thousands good	SSATB	CPDL
12	Now each flowery bank	SATTB	CPDL
13	Lais now old	SATTB	CPDL
14	What is our life?	SAATB	CPDL
15	Ah dear heart	SATTB	CPDL
16	Fair is the rose	SSATB[y]	CPDL
17	Nay let me weep	SATTB	CPDL
18	Ne'er let the sun	SATTB	CPDL
19	Yet if that age	SATTB	CPDL
20	Trust not too much	SSTTB	CPDL

Consort songs

Consort songs

Title	Voices	Instruments	Text	Occasion	Reference[14]
Do not repine, fair sun	ATB Soli/SAATB	Viol Consort	Words attributed to Joseph Hall	King James I 1617 visit to Scotland
The cries of London	SATTB	Viol Consort			IMSLPCPDL

Keyboard works

Parthenia

Parthenia

No.	Title	Reference[15]
16	Galliard	MB 20/25
17	Fantasia of four parts	MB 20/12
18	The Lord of Salisbury his pavan	MB 20/18
19	Galliard [to the pavan]	MB 20/19
20	The Queen's command	MB 20/28
21	Prelude	MB 20/2

Fantasies

Keyboard Fantasies

Title	Reference[16]
Fantasy in C	MB 20/13
Fantasy in C	MB 20/14
Fantasy in C	MB 20/49
Fantasy in d	MB 20/6
Fantasy in d[z]	MB 20/7
Fantasy in d minor	MB 20/8
Fantasy in g minor	MB 20/9
Fantasy in a	MB 20/10
Fantasy in a	MB 20/11

Pavans and Galliards

Keyboard Pavans and Galliards

Title	Reference[17]
Pavan in d	MB 20/15
Pavan in g minor[aa]	MB 20/16
Pavan in a[ab]	MB 20/17
Galliard in d	MB 20/21
Galliard in d	MB 20/22
Galliard in d	MB 20/23
Galliard in d (Lady Hatton)	MB 20/20
Galliard in a[ac]	MB 20/24

Other pieces

Other keyboard pieces

Title	Reference[18]
French air	MB 20/32
Almain in C	MB 20/35
Almain in d	MB 20/33
Almain in d (French)[ad]	MB 20/41
Almain in G (The King's Jewel)	MB 20/36
Almain in G	MB 20/37
Almain in a[ae]	MB 20/34
Coranto in d (French)	MB 20/38
Coranto in d minor[af]	MB 20/39
Coranto in a[ag]	MB 20/40
The fairest nymph[ah]	MB 20/43
Ground in C (Italian)[ai]	MB 20/27
Ground in a	MB 20/26
The hunt's up (Peascod time)	MB 20/30
Lincoln's Inn mask[aj]	MB 20/44
A mask[ak]	MB 20/45
Prelude in a[al]	MB 20/1
Prelude in d minor[am]	MB 20/5

Instrumental works

Fantasies of Three Parts

Fantasies of Three Parts dedicated to Edward Wraye.

Fantasies of Three Parts

No	Title	Reference[19]
1	Fantasia in g minor	MB 48/7
2	Fantasia in g minor	MB 48/8
3	Fantasia in g minor	MB 48/9
4	Fantasia in d	MB 48/10
5	Fantasia in d	MB 48/11
6	Fantasia in d	MB 48/12
7	Fantasia in d	MB 48/13
8	Fantasia in d	MB 48/14
9	Fantasia in d	MB 48/15

Viol fantasias of two parts

Title	Reference[20]
Fantasia in F, a 2	MB 48/1
Fantasia in F, a 2	MB 48/2
Fantasia in C, a 2	MB 48/3
Fantasia in d, a 2	MB 48/4
Fantasia in G, a 2	MB 48/5
Fantasia in d minor, a 2	MB 48/6

Viol fantasias with double bass

Title	Parts	Reference[21]
Fantasia in g minor	a 3	MB 48/16
Fantasia in g minor	a 3	MB 48/17
Fantasia in d	a 3	MB 48/18
Fantasia in d	a 3	MB 48/19
Fantasia in C	a 4	MB 48/24
Fantasia in C	a 4	MB 48/25

Viol fantasias of six parts

  * Incomplete or lost work

Title	Reference[21]
Fantasia in g minor, a 6	MB 48/31
Fantasia in g minor, a 6	MB 48/32
Fantasia in d, a 6	MB 48/33
Fantasia in d, a 6	MB 48/34
Fantasia in a, a 6	MB 48/35
Fantasia in a, a 6	MB 48/36
Fantasia in g minor,[an] a 6	MB 48/37
Fantasia in g minor, a 6	MB 48/38
Fantasia in g minor, a 6	MB 48/39

Viol In Nomines

Title	Parts	Reference[21]
Nomine in d minor	a 4	MB 48/26
Nomine in d minor	a 5	MB 48/27
Nomine in g minor	a 5	MB 48/28
Nomine in g minor	a 5	MB 48/29

Other pieces for viols

Title	Parts	Reference[21]
Galliard in G	a 6	MB 48/52
Pavan (De le roye) in a and e	a 5?	MB 48/30
Pavan in G	a 6	MB 48/41
Go from my window	a 6	MB 48/40

Notes

1. With no formal name, this work is also often referred to as "Short (First) Service," "First Service in F" and "The Short Service."
2. With no formal name, this work is also often referred to as "Second (Verse Service" and "Verse (Second) Service."
3. Usually used, but likely not by Gibbons
4. "The eyes of all wait upon thee."
5. "Awake up, my glory – Open to me the gates."
6. "I will magnify thee, O God my king."
7. "Blessed be the Lord" is the second part.CPDL
8. "God is gone up" is the second part. CPDL
9. Omits the first half of verse 9.
10. Published in Sir William Leighton's 1614 publication: The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule.
11. Paraphrase on this Psalm.
12. Published in Sir William Leighton's 1614 publication: The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule.
13. A compilation of Psalms by Thomas Sternold and John Hopkins. The author of this Full Anthem's words is anonymous.
14. EECM 21/9
15. Probably once had a viol consort accompaniment version.
16. By the Bishops' Bible verse numbers, authorized version is 5–7, 12–13.
17. Possibly for festivities for Whitsunday instead.
18. Written in 1625; likely the last Verse Anthem Gibbons composed.
19. Specifically from Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson Poet. 23 and BL MS Additional 6346.
20. Perhaps written for the accession of King Charles I
21. Performed and written in 1617
22. Authenticity has been questioned.
23. Authenticity has been questioned.
24. Not widely accepted.
25. Or SATTB.
26. (for a double organ)
27. List as "two flats"
28. Previously mistitled as a "Fantasia."
29. Previously incorrectly attributed to Thomas Tomkins
30. Some sources refer to it as "a mask" or "Nan's mask."
31. Some sources refer to it as "a mask."
32. Some sources refer to it as "a mask."
33. Some sources refer to it as "a toy."
34. Some sources refer to it as a "Gray's Inn mask."
35. Some sources refer to it as an "Almain."
36. Sometimes known as "Tap up all your strong beer" and "The Prince's mask."
37. Sometimes known as "The Temple Mask."
38. Some sources refer to it as a "Fantasia" or "A running fantasia."
39. Some sources refer to it as a "Fantasia."
40. List as "two flats"

References

1. Fellowes 1951, p. 55.
2. Harley 1999, pp. 291–301.
3. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 71 and from Harley 1999, pp. 293–294 in addition to any listed sources.
4. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 71–72 and from Harley 1999, p. 299 in addition to any listed sources.
5. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 71–72 and from Harley 1999, p. 294 in addition to any listed sources.
6. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 72–73 and from Harley 1999, pp. 294–295, 298 in addition to any listed sources.
7. Timothy Dickey. "Great King of Gods (Lord of Lords), anthem for voices | Details | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
8. Harley 1999, pp. 294–295.
9. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 73 and from Harley 1999, pp. 295 in addition to any listed sources.
10. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 72–73 and from Harley 1999, pp. 298–299 in addition to any listed sources.
11. Fellowes 1951, p. 293
12. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 73 and from Harley 1999, p. 293 in addition to any listed sources.
13. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 87 and from Harley 1999, p. 291 in addition to any listed sources.
14. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 87 and from Harley 1999, p. 295 in addition to any listed sources.
15. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–103 and from Harley 1999, pp. 291–292 in addition to any listed sources.
16. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–103 and from Harley 1999, p. 296 in addition to any listed sources.
17. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–102 and from Harley 1999, pp. 296–297 in addition to any listed sources.
18. Information is from Fellowes 1951, pp. 101–103 and from Harley 1999, p. 297 in addition to any listed sources.
19. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 100 and from Harley 1999, p. 292 in addition to any listed sources.
20. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 100 and from Harley 1999, p. 295 in addition to any listed sources.
21. Information is from Fellowes 1951, p. 100 and from Harley 1999, p. 296 in addition to any listed sources.

Sources

• Fellowes, Edmund H. (1951). Orlando Gibbons and His Family: The Last of the Tudor School of Musicians (2nd ed.). Hamden: Archon Books. ISBN 978-0-208-00848-0.
• Harley, John (1999). Orlando Gibbons and the Gibbons Family of Musicians. London: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-1-840-14209-9.

External links

• Free scores by Orlando Gibbons at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• List of Works by Orlando Gibbons on Grove Music (subscription or UK public library membership required)
• Index from Stainer & Bell of vocal works by Gibbons