Te lucis ante terminum (Gardiner)

Evening Hymn
"Te lucis ante terminum"
Anthem by H. Balfour Gardiner
Key D major
Text Compline hymn "Te lucis ante terminum"
Language
  • English
  • Latin
Published 1908 (1908):
Scoring SATB choir and organ

Evening Hymn, "Te lucis ante terminum" (To Thee, before the close of day) is an anthem composed by Henry Balfour Gardiner, a setting of the Latin compline hymn "Te lucis ante terminum" for four voices and organ, in both English and Latin. It was published in 1908.

History and music

Gardiner set the anthem in D major for four voices, sometimes divided, and organ. He set both an English text and the Latin version by Pope Urban VIII to the same music. It was published in 1908 by Novello.[1] Gardiner, a self-critical composer, destroyed many of his work, including symphonies, but not this anthem.[2]

The Latin text is the compline hymn ""Te lucis ante terminum" from the Roman Breviary. Gardiner set the three stanzas differently, with long organ prelude and interludes, following the mood of the text. The second stanza is written for unaccompanied voices.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Evening Hymn. Novello. 1908.
  2. ↑ Schaarwächter, Jürgen (2015). Two Centuries of British Symphonism. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 287. ISBN 978-3-48-715227-1.

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