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Based on Wikipedia and only partly checked against the Purcell Society edition.
Anthems
| Z No. | PS vol. | genre | incipit | text source | date | accompaniment | choral forces | verse soloists | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "I will love thee, O Lord" | Psalm 18:1-6,16-18 | BC | SATB | Solo Bass | |||||
| Z 1 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "Awake, put on thy strength" | c. 1682–85 | |||||
| Z 2 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "Behold, I bring you glad tidings" | Luke 2:10-11,14 | 1687 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | |
| Z 3 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "Behold now, praise the Lord" | c. 1680 | |||||
| Z 4 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "Be merciful unto me" | Psalm 56:1-7,10-11 | before 1683 | BC | SATB | ATB | |
| Z 5 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "Blessed are they that fear the Lord" | Psalm 128 | 1688 | 4-part strings | SATB | SSAB soli | |
| Z 6 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "Blessed be the Lord my strength" | Psalm 144:1-8 | before 1679 | BC | SATB | ATB | |
| Z 7 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "Blessed is he that considereth the poor" | Psalm 41:1-3 | c. 1688 | BC | (SATB alleluia in some sources only) | ATB | |
| Z 8 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven" | [[Psalm | c. 1680–92 | ||||
| Z 9 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord" | Psalm 112:1-5,9 | c. 1688 | BC | SATB (in alternate versions) | ATB | |
| Z 10 | XXVIII | Full Anthem | "Blow up the trumpet in Sion" | Joel 2:15-17 | before 1679 | organ | SSSAATTTBB | ||
| Z 11 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "Bow down thine ear, O Lord" | [[Psalm | c. 1680–82 | ||||
| Z 12 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "Give sentence with me, O Lord" | [[Psalm | before 1681 | (incomplete) | |||
| Z 13A Z 13B |
XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "Hear me, O Lord, and that soon" | [[Psalm | c. 1680–82) | the 2 versions differ in the opening verse | |||
| Z 14 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not" | Psalm 55:1-2,4-8,16-17 | before 1683 | BC | SATB | ATB | unfinished |
| Z 15 | XXVIII | Full Anthem | "Hear my prayer, O Lord and let my crying" | Psalm 102:1 | before 1683) | organ | SSAATTBB | unfinished | |
| Z 16 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust" | (c. 1682) | |||||
| Z 17A | XIIIa | Full Anthem | "In the midst of life" | before 1682 | |||||
| Z 17B | XXIX | [There are 2 arrangements of this piece, Z 17A and Z 17B respectively] | |||||||
| Z 18 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "It is a good thing to give thanks" | c. 1682–85 | |||||
| Z 19 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "I was glad when they said unto me" | Psalm 122:1,4-7 | c. 1682–83 | SSATB | |||
| Z 20 | XVII | Verse Anthem | "I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord" | Psalm 138 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | SSATB | |
| Z 21 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "I will give thanks unto the Lord" | Psalm 3:1-4,6-9 | c. 1680–82 | 2 violins & BC | SATB | TBB | |
| Z 22 | XXVIII | Full Anthem | "I will sing unto the Lord" | Psalm 104:33-35 | before 1679 | BC | SSATB | ||
| Z 23 | XXVIII | Verse Anthem | "Let God arise" | Psalm 68:1-3,7-8 | before 1679? or 1683 | BC | SATB | TT | |
| Z 24 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "Let mine eyes run down with tears" | c. 1682 | |||||
| Z 25 | XXIX | Full Anthem | "Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry?" | Psalm 79:5,8-9,14 | c. 1680–82 | SSATB | |||
| Z 26 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth?" | c. 1677 | |||||
| Z 27 | XXIX | Full Anthem | "Man that is born of woman" | c. 1680–82 | |||||
| Z 28 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "My beloved spake" | before 1677 | |||||
| Z 29 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "My heart is fixed, O God" | c. 1682–85 | |||||
| Z 30 | XVII | Verse Anthem | "My heart is inditing" | Psalm 45:1,9,13-15,10,16 Psalm 147:12 Isaiah 49:23 |
1685 | 4-part strings | SSAATBBB | SSAATB | |
| Z 31 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "My song shall be always" | 1690 | |||||
| Z 32 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "O consider my adversity" | Unknown | |||||
| Z 33 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "O give thanks unto the Lord" | [[Psalm | 1693 | ||||
| Z 34 | XXIX | Full Anthem | "O God, the king of glory" | before 1679 | |||||
| Z 35 | XXIX | Full Anthem | "O God, thou art my god" | Psalm 63:1-5,8 | c. 1680–82 | BS | SATB | Source of the hymntune WESTMINISTER ABBEY | |
| Z 36 | XXIX | Full Anthem | "O God, thou has cast us out" | c. 1680–82) | |||||
| Z 37 | XXIX | Full Anthem | "O Lord God of hosts" | c. 1680–82 | |||||
| Z 38 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "O Lord, grant the King a long life" | 1685 | |||||
| Z 39 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "O Lord, our governor" | [[Psalm | before 1679 | ||||
| Z 40 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "O Lord, rebuke me not" | [[Psalm | Unknown | ||||
| Z 41 | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "O Lord, Thou art my God" | c. 1680–82 | |||||
| Z 42 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "O praise God in his holiness" | c. 1682–85 | |||||
| Z 43 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "O praise the Lord, all ye heathen" | before 1681 | |||||
| Z 44 | XVII | Verse Anthem | "O sing unto the Lord" | Psalm 96:1-6,9-10 | 1688 | 4-part strings | SATB | SATB | |
| Z 45 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "Out of the deep have I called" | Psalm 130 | c. 1680) | ||||
| Z 46 | XVII | Verse Anthem | "Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem" | composite: Psalm 147:12, Isa. 49:23, Psalm 48:8, Psalm 21:13 | 1689 | 4-part strings | SSATB | SSATB | There is another Z 46, a fragment of a Verse Anthem, "Praise the Lord, ye servants" |
| Z 47 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me" | [[Psalm | c. 1682–85 | ||||
| Z 48 | XVII | Verse Anthem | "Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God" | [[Psalm | 1687 | 2 violins and BC | SATB | AB | Variant versions survive in organ score |
| Z 49 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "Rejoice in the Lord always" | Philippians 4 vv. 4-7 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | |
| Z 50 | XXXII | Full Anthem | "Remember not, O Lord, our offences" | c. 1680–82) | |||||
| Z 51 | XIIIa | Full Anthem | "Save me, O God" | before 1681 | |||||
| Z 52 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "Sing unto God" | [[Psalm | 1687 | organ | SATB | Solo Bass | |
| Z 53 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "The Lord is king, be the people never so impatient" | Unknown | |||||
| Z 54 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "The Lord is King, the earth may be glad [thereof]" | 1688 | organ | SATB | Solo Bass | ||
| Z 55 | XIV | Verse Anthem | "The Lord is my light" | [[Psalm | c. 1682–85 | ||||
| Z 56 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "The way of God is an undefiled way" | 1694 | |||||
| Z 57 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "They that go down to the sea in ships" | [[Psalm | 1685 | ||||
| Z 58A | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts" | before 1687 | |||||
| Z 58B | XXIX | Verse Anthem | "Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts" | 1687 | version of Z58A | ||||
| Z 58C | XXXII | Full Anthem | "Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts" | 1695 | |||||
| Z 59 | XXXII | Full Anthem | "Thy righteousness, O God, is very high" | [[Psalm | Unknown | incomplete | |||
| Z 60 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "Thy way, O God, is holy" | 1687 | |||||
| Z 61 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "Thy word is a lantern unto my feet" | Psalm 119:105-108,110-111 | Unknown | BC | SATB | ATB | |
| Z 62 | XXXII | Verse Anthem | "Turn thou us, O good Lord" | Unknown | |||||
| Z 63 | XVII | Verse Anthem | "Unto Thee will I cry" | Psalm 28:1-3,5-7 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB | |
| Z 64 | XIIIa | Verse Anthem | "Who hath believed our report?" | [[ | c. 1679–80 | ||||
| Z 65 | XVII | Verse Anthem | "Why do the heathen so furiously rage together?" | Psalm 2 | c. 1682–85 | 4-part strings | SATB | ATB |