John Merbecke: Difference between revisions

In the first half of the 19th century, the [[Oxford Movement]] inspired renewed interest in liturgical music within the [[Church of England]]. [[John Jebb (priest)|John Jebb]] first drew attention to Merbecke's Prayer Book settings in 1841. In 1843, William Dyce published [[plainsong]] music for all the Anglican services, which included nearly all of Merbecke's settings, adapted for the [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']]. During the latter half of the 19th century, many different editions of Merbecke's settings were published, especially for the [[Communion service]], with arrangements by noted musicians such as Sir [[John Stainer]], [[Charles Villiers Stanford]] and [[Basil Harwood]], Merbecke's Communion setting was very widely sung by choirs and congregations throughout the [[Anglican Communion]] until the 1662 Book of Common Prayer began to be supplanted by more modern liturgy in the late 20th century.{{sfn|Hefling|Shattuck|2006|p=42}} Parts of his service, notably the Nicene Creed, have been adapted to "modern" wording. His setting has also been adapted for the liturgy of many other denominations; the [[Roman Catholic Church]] Churchdrew usedon it for the new English -language riteform of the [[Mass of Paul VI]] following the [[Second Vatican Council]] of 1962–65.{{sfn|Kim|2016|p=5}}