An Ode Sacred to Masonry (Hayes, William)

Sheet Music

Scores

PDF scanned by GB-Lbl
GaiusRomanus (2021/9/18)

Editor Social Harmony (1763)
Thomas Hale (?-fl.1763)
Publisher. Info. Liverpool: Hale & Son, 1763.
Copyright
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

Javascript is required to submit files.

General Information

Work Title An Ode Sacred to Masonry
Alternative. Title
Composer Hayes, William
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IWH 28
Key G major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Text Incipit Comus, away with all thy revel train
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1763
First Publication. 1763 in Social Harmony
Librettist Brother Jackson
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 4 voices (3 tenors, 1 bass), continuo ("harpsichord or violoncello")

Navigation etc.

According to Simon Heighes' biography on Hayes, "not only did William and his sons...subscribe to Thomas Hale's masonic song book Social Harmony in 1763, but William himself contributed one of the only specifically masonic pieces to the collection, an extended Ode Sacred to Masonry, possibly intended for the consecration of a lodge or some other such ceremonial occasion." One 1891 London Masonic periodical considered the work "an excellent piece of writing...[which] deserve[s] to be more widely known."