'To fill, Forebear, or Adorne'. The Organ Accompaniment of Restoration Sacred Music - Herissone, Rebecca (Aldershot, England Burlington, VT Royal Musical Association/Ashgate, 2006)
Introduction -- The comments of Roger North -- Organ books associated with London sacred institutions -- A note about anthems with strings -- The principal characteristics of Restoration organ books -- Doubling the inner parts -- Figuring -- Number of voices played -- Alteration and addition of material -- Adaptation of double vocal lines -- Independent material added to vocal sections -- Distinctions between different genres and sections -- Service settings, full anthems and verse anthems -- Choruses, ensemble verses and solos -- Ritornelli -- Incomplete right-hand parts and figured-bass parts -- The unusual case of Matthew Locke -- 'How doth the city sit solitary' -- Locke's style of accompaniment in context -- Conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-135) and index.
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Church music; Accompaniment; Organ music; Music history; United Kingdom