[Lord Have Mercy Upon Us] (Merbecke 12323)

Composer: John Merbecke

John Marbeck, Merbeck or Merbecke (c. 1510 – c. 1585) was an English theological writer and musician who produced a standard setting of the Anglican liturgy. He is also known today for his setting of the Mass, Missa Per arma justitiae. Probably a native of Beverley in Yorkshire, Merbecke appears to have been a boy chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and was employed as an organist there from about 1541. Two years later he was convicted with four others of heresy and sentenced to be burnt at the stake, but received a pardon owing to the intervention of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. An English Concordance of the Bible which Merbecke had been preparing at the suggestion of Richard Turner, was however confiscated and destr… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Lord Have Mercy Upon Us] (Merbecke 12323)
Composer: John Merbecke (1549)
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 12323 21433 2321
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Each of the parts of the three-fold Kyrie may be sung three times.

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

Common Praise (1998) #678

Les Chants du Pèlerin #61a

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Rejoice in the Lord #564

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Small Church Music #1861g

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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #687

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The Book of Praise #547

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The Hymnal 1982 #S90

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The New Century Hymnal #749

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The New English Hymnal #542b

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #572

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The Worshiping Church #823

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