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Maurice Greene
Person · male · Kingdom of Great Britain · London · born 1696 · died 1755 · recording since 2003
English composer and organist
Also known as Maurice Green · モーリス・グリーン
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1690s
1750s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Select Anthems
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography360 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370775432
Biography
Maurice Greene (12 August 1696 [O.S.] – 1 December 1755 [N.S.]) was an English composer and organist. He was an admirer and friend of George Frideric Handel.
Biography and works
Greene was born in London, the son of cleric Thomas Green(e) (1648–1720), who was a chaplain of the Chapel Royal, and his wife Mary Shelton (d. 1722). He became a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King. He studied the organ under Richard Brind, and after Brind died, Greene became organist at St Paul's.
With the death of William Croft in 1727, Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1730, he became Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge. In 1735, he was appointed Master of the King's Musick. At his death, Greene was working on the compilation Cathedral Music, which his student and successor as Master of the King's Musick, William Boyce, was to complete. Many items from that collection are still used in Anglican services today.
Greene wrote in the prevailing Georgian England, particularly longer verse anthems, of which "Lord, Let Me Know Mine End", is a representative example. In it, Greene sets the text using a polyphonic texture over a continuous instrumental walking bass, with an effective treble duet in the middle of the work. Both this section and the end of the anthem contain examples of the Neapolitan sixth chord. His organ voluntaries—published only some years after his death—are closer to Thomas Roseingrave in style than, say, John Stanley or William Boyce, and are more contrapuntal than melodic. They do not specify manuals or stops, unlike later contemporaries such as John Bennett, Boyce, and Stanley. Instances of false relation can be heard frequently in these works. Chromaticism is also common in the voluntaries.
Greene died in 1755, aged 59, and was initially buried at St. Olave's Church, Old Jewry. Upon the church's demolition in 1887, he was reburied in St Paul's Cathedral.
General references
Johnstone, H. Diack. "Greene, Maurice", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 4 October 2004).
Free scores
Free scores by Maurice Greene in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by Maurice Greene at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -248 | 2.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:22
1Lord, Let Me Know Mine End6:182The King Shall Rejoice11:363How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, Lord?7:504Voluntary no. 1 in G major5:565God Is Our Hope and Strength8:246Have Mercy Upon Me, Lord11:547Voluntary no. 11 in B minor4:048Let God Arise8:319O Clap Your Hands Together3:3210Thou Visitest the Earth2:172014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:02:05
1Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 1 in D major: I. Allegro assai2:442Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 1 in D major: II. Andante1:293Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 1 in D major: III. Vivace1:314Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 2 in G major: I. [Con Spirito]1:125Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 2 in G major: II. Allegro - Andante2:586Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 2 in G major: III. Allegro1:287Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 3 in C major: I. [Con Spirito]1:248Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 3 in C major: II. Allegro assai2:209Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 3 in C major: III. Allegro ma non troppo1:3310Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 4 in E major: I. Con Spirito1:0111Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 4 in E major: II. Allegro2:0112Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 4 in E major: III. Moderato1:5213Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 4 in E major: IV. Allegro1:3414Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 5 in D major: I. Allegro2:3815Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 5 in D major: II. Andante vivace1:3616Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 5 in D major: III. Presto1:4717Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 6 in E-flat major: I. Con Spirito1:3218Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 6 in E-flat major: II. Allegro2:1119Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 6 in E-flat major: III. Moderato1:3820Six Overtures in Seven Parts, No. 6 in E-flat major: IV. Presto1:5921Pieces in C minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Allegro1:1022Pieces in C minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Gigue1:1923Pieces in C minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Presto1:2524Pieces in C minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Vivace1:0925Pieces in A minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Allegro2:2026Pieces in A minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Vivace1:1627Pieces in A minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Molto allegro1:3028Pieces in G minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Allegro1:4129Pieces in G minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Gavotta1:2630Pieces in G minor From "Lessons for the Harpsichord": Vivace2:1431Overture to Phoebe: Allegro4:5032Overture to Phoebe: Moderato1:3233Overture to St. Cecilia3:452025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 41 tracks · 1:38:52
Disc 11Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 1. Ouverture3:382Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 2. Ye Sons of Gilead, seek the Lord (Chorus)3:133Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 3. Jair, great Judge of Israel, is no more (First Elder, Second Elder)1:134Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 4. O mighty Leader, see, beneath thy Feet (First Elder)1:545Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 5. Where are your Gods, your Idol‐Train (Jephtha)5:136Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 6. Shameful Remembrance! with repentant Tears (First Elder)0:497Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 7. O think what Joy to him is giv’n’ (First Elder, Second Elder)2:218Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 8. Ill doth my native Land such Grace deserve (Jephtha, Second Elder)1:029Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 9. Against these new Alarms (Second Elder)3:3910Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 10. Hence, shameless Men! Compassion would be Guilt (Jephtha, Second Elder and All Elders)0:3811Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 11. Pity soothing melts the Soul (Jephtha)4:2912Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 12. Cherish that Pity, ’tis a Godlike Guest (First Elder)0:3613Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 13. Our Prayers with God Acceptance find (Chorus)1:2414Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 14. Thought I your vow’d Repentance were sincere (Jephtha, First Elder)0:4115Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 15. Thou, universal Lord (Chorus)3:2216Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 16. No more, with Joy I undertake your Cause (Jephtha)0:3717Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 17. God of Hosts, whom we adore (Jephtha)2:0118Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 18. There, what first shall meet my Eye (Jephtha)1:4119Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 19. God of Hosts, whom we adore (Chorus)2:02Disc 21Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 20. Symphony1:042Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 21. The Foes of Gilead are no more (Grand Chorus)2:133Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 22. ‘O God, we own Thy mighty Hand (Jephtha)2:094Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 23. ‘Be all the Fame (Chorus)0:225Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 24. Awake, awake each joyful Strain (Jephtha’s Daughter, Duet, Chorus)3:346Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 25. What do I see, O Heav’n? (Jephtha, Jephtha’s Daughter)1:197Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 26. Ah! my foreboding Fears (Jephtha’s Daughter)7:568Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 27. O Heav’n! with Pity view a Father’s Fondness (Jephtha)0:439Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 28. Thou Sweetest Joy by Heav’n Bestow’d (Jephtha)3:3810Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 29. O speak, disclose my Doom, I stand prepar’d (Jephtha’s Daughter, Jephtha)1:0111Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 30. If I thy Grief (Jephtha’s Daughter)7:2912Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 31. O blot me from thy Mind (Jephtha’s Daughter, Jephtha)0:4213Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 32. O Thou most Dear (Jephtha)4:3614Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 33. I vow’d, before I fought the War (Jephtha)1:2215Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 34. O God of Might! what Means this Stroke? (Chorus)1:3016Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 35. But oh! behold the princely Pair (First Elder)3:2717Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 36. ‘But see! the dreadful Conflict’s o’er (Chorus)1:3618Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 37. Can Heav’n delight in Guiltless Blood? (Jephtha, Jephtha’s Daughter and All)3:0519Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 38. Let me awhile defer my Fate (Jephtha’s Daughter)2:0420Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 39. Go, and with humble Tears, and ceaseless Prayers (Jephtha)1:0321Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 40. ‘Here let me hold Thee to my Heart (Jephtha, Jephtha’s Daughter and Chorus)2:1722Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 41. Israel’s Daughters, a fair Virgin Train (Grand Chorus)5:09
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Maurice Greene head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -248 | 2.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
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