Humfrey/ Higginbottom - Symphony Anthems Fulfilled By AEC " Guitarist

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from lyrical to sweeping

Alfred Desenclos and Jean Langlais were both superlative composers of choral music

the barockwerk Hamburg ensemble very much wanted to discover more music by this wrongly neglected Hamburg composer

Humfrey/ Higginbottom - Symphony Anthems Fulfilled By AEC " GuitaristPelham Humfrey (1647 1674) was a genuine baroque pioneer in the word setting of English biblical texts, as well as applying elements of French and Italian styles to his work. By the age of seventeen his anthems were evidently in use. He later succeeded Henry Cooke (his father in law) as Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal and also became composer to the Court. Humfrey died at the age of 27, but along with Matthew Locke exerted a strong