16. Preface of the Anthem
Chandos Anthem
The Chandos Anthems were written at a
time when the musical establishment at Cannons was still being expanded. The
scoring of the anthems varies, with strings predominating including first and
second violins (but only occasionally violas), cellos and basses. There is
usually a separate part for an oboe, and one for organ.[9] Bassoons occasionally join the
cellos and basses.
The number
of singers at Handel's disposition is unknown. Although Daniel Defoe referred to the duke having a "full choir"
at a slightly later period, [10] it seems that altos were missing from the choir at the start of Handel's
tenure at Cannons (see As pants the hart for details of the scoring of one
of the earlier anthems).
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