Now the Green Blade Riseth: Choral Music for Easter

Anglican church music is music written for Christian worship in Anglican services, forming part of the liturgy. It is predominantly choral, sung by cathedral, collegiate, and parish choirs either a cappella or accompanied by the pipe organ. Core forms include settings of the canticles (e.g., Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Evensong), Preces and Responses, service music for Holy Communion, anthems (full and verse), hymns, and psalmody (often to Anglican chant). Stylistically, it spans from Tudor polyphony through Baroque verse anthems to Romantic and modern idioms, but it consistently prioritizes clear text declamation, singable lines for treble voices, and an acoustic that favors blended choral sonority.