Ivor [Sir] Atkins
Birth Year: | 1869 |
Death Year: | 1953 |
Notes: | Choirmaster and organist at Worcester Cathedral from 1897 to 1950. He is well known for editing Allegri's Miserere with the famous top-C part for the treble. He is also well known for The Three Kings, an arrangement of a song by Peter Cornelius as a choral work for Epiphany.He composed songs, church music, service settings and anthems. With Edward Elgar he prepared an edition of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. |
Arrangements:
Title | Composer(s) | Type | Arranged For | Publisher | |
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German Requiem | Brahms, Johannes | Vocal score | SATB, SBar soli and Piano reduction/Organ | Novello & Co. Ltd | |
Miserere | Allegri, Gregorio | Vocal score | SSATB, SSAB soli, a capella | Novello & Co, Ltd | |
Miserere | Allegri, Gregorio | Vocal score | SSATB, Organ | Novello & Co, Ltd | |
St. John's Passion | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Vocal score | SATB, SATB soli and orchestra | Novello & Co. Ltd | |
The Three Kings | Cornelius, Peter | Score | SSAATTBB, B solo, a capella | Oxford University Press |
Edited:
Title | Composer(s) | Type | Arranged For | Publisher | |
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Evening Service in B Minor | Blair, Hugh | Vocal score | SSAATTB and Organ | Novello & Co, Ltd | |
O Lord How Many Are Them That Hate Me | Purcell, Henry | Vocal score | SSATB, TB soli | Bayley & Ferguson | |
St. Matthew's Passion | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Vocal score | Double choir, SATTBB soli and orchestra | Novello & Co, Ltd | |
The Passion of Our Lord According to S. Matthew | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Vocal & piano | SATB, soli, orchestra | Novello & Co, Ltd |