An unaccompanied setting, in the style of Anglican chant, of Ogden Nash's "The Strange Case of Mr. Ormantude’s Bride", emended to [...Read More]

Copies of this pair of chants was kindly provided from the Gonville & Caius College Music Library. While the Cambridge University [...Read More]

A newspaper story paraphrased by Peter Tranchell in the style of a psalm, pointed to be sung to Anglican chants [...Read More]

Four versions of this quadruple chant are known. Three are found in the Cambridge University Library archive: 

• The earliest version (1970) is the quadruple chant for Psalm 12. ATBB & organ in C minor.
• Then we have quadruple chant for Psalm 12. SATB & organ in E minor and the version for Psalm 13 for SATB & organ in E flat minor. The SATB versions might be assumed to date from the period 1982-1989 when the Gonville & Caius College Choir added a soprano line.

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Two (and possibly three) versions of this triple chant are found in the Cambridge University Library archive: 

• The earliest version (197-?) appears to be the triple chant for Psalm 127. ATBB & organ in C major.
• Then we have MS.Tranchell.3.68, the version for SATB & organ in E flat major. This version might be assumed to date from the period 1982-1989 when the Gonville & Caius College Choir added a soprano line.
• The archive also records MS.Tranchell.3.67 "For ATBB & organ in E minor [sic]. Photocopy of MS.Tranchell.4.86 with holograph revisions". Cataloguing error seems possible here, but we have not had a chance to check.

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The Cambridge University Library Catologue entry for this chant records:

The For SATBrB & organ in E flat minor. Originally numbered '89D': this is a transposed copy of Chant 89C in D minor (see MS.Tranchell.4.88). With text of Psalm 142 pointed by P.A. Tranchell.

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Four versions of this double chant are known. Three are found in the Cambridge University Library archive: 

• The earliest version (undated) appears to be the double chant for Psalm 75. ATBB & organ in A major.
• Then we have double chant for Psalm 75. SATBrB & organ in D major and the version for SATBrB & organ in E flat major. These versions might be assumed to date from the period 1982-1989 when the Gonville & Caius College Choir added a soprano line.

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Peter Tranchell wrote this setting of Psalm 23 (The Lord is my shepherd) in 1962 for unison voices and organ, revised it in 1970 for two-part male-voices and organ, and again in 1976 for ATBrB choir and organ. The score published here has been arranged for SATB by Peter Marchbank.

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When PAT eventually bought a television he became obsessed with the Australian TV soap Neighbours (among other things!). He arranged the well-known theme tune (by Tony Hatch) as an Anglican chant - it was heard at least once in Caius chapel services, receiving the reaction ‘that seems faintly familiar...’ although the harmonisation is pure Tranchell. The composer's name is an anagram of "Neighbours", and the arranger "I'm astraan" i.e. Australian. The chant was probably written around 1987.

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A setting of verses 1-3 and 9 of Psalm 141 (Coverdale version), with the first half of verse 4 used [...Read More]

For unison voices & organ, in E major. With antiphon: Praise the Lord, Halleluia.

First composed in 1968, with versions [...Read More]