Choir SKU: ST.EC17
Composed by John Sheppard. Edited by David Chadd. Library Volumes. Edited by David Chadd. First published in 1977. Pages: 196. Format: Paperback. Dimensions (mm): 254 x 177 x 12. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #EC17. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.EC17). ISBN 9790220213748.
The music of John Sheppard, who was about ten years younger than Tallis, dates from the uncertain times of the Reformation and the reigns of Edward VI and Mary. Perhaps his most impressive work is to be found in his cantus firmus responds, which reflect the considerable musical importance that some choral foundations attached to Matins and Vespers on special feast-days in the last decades of the Sarum rite.