Gloucester Service

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Gloucester Service is a celebrated choral setting of the Anglican canticles (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) composed by Herbert Howells for Gloucester Cathedral.

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Gloucester Service canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican canticle setting
choral composition
associatedWith Church of England
Gloucester Cathedral choir
cataloguedAs Howells’ Gloucester Service
composer Herbert Howells
composerNationality British
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dedicatedTo Gloucester Cathedral
genre choral music
sacred music
hasPart Magnificat in G (Gloucester Service)
Nunc Dimittis in G (Gloucester Service)
language English
liturgicalTextSource Book of Common Prayer
liturgicalUse Evensong
notableFor association with Gloucester Cathedral
expressive harmonic language
prominent organ accompaniment
partOf Herbert Howells
surface form: Herbert Howells’ Anglican service settings
performanceContext Anglican choral evensong
cathedral worship
period 20th century
placeOfFirstPerformance Gloucester Cathedral
religiousTradition Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
scoring SATB choir
choir and organ
style 20th-century English cathedral music
text Magnificat
Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
surface form: Nunc Dimittis
title Gloucester Service self-link
usesText Magnificat
surface form: Magnificat (Song of Mary)

Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
surface form: Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon)
writtenFor Gloucester Cathedral

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Herbert Howells notableWork Gloucester Service
Gloucester Service title Gloucester Service self-link