Download or read book O Praise the Lord with One Consent (Chandos Anthem No.9), HWV 254 written by George Frideric Handel and published by Serenissima Music, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O Praise the Lord with One Consent was composed in 1718 while Handel was residing in Cannons Park. Like the other Chandos Anthems, it was comissioned by the Earl of Carnarvon James Brydges, subsequently named First Duke of Chandos. The anthem was first performed that year under the composer's direction ay St. Lawrence's Church in Cannons Park. The text is taken from Psalms 117, 135, and 148 in Nahum Tate and Nicolas Brady's 1696 New Versions of the Psalms. This complete vocal and pano score, edited by Max Seiffert with a piano reduction by Karl Pasler, is an unabridged reprint of the score first issued by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig ca.1900. Matching orchestral parts and full score are now also available from Serenissima Music (95139).