Background
Born in London, the son of a clergyman, Greene became a choirboy at Street Paul"s Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King.
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Born in London, the son of a clergyman, Greene became a choirboy at Street Paul"s Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King.
He studied the organ under Richard Brind, and after Brind died, Greene became organist at Street Paul"son
With the death of William Croft in 1727, Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1730 he became Professor of Music at Cambridge University. In 1735 he was appointed Master of the King"s Musick. At his death, Greene was working on the compilation Cathedral Music, which his student and successor as Master of the King"s Musick, William Boyce, was to complete.
Many items from that collection are still used in Anglican services today.
He wrote very competent music in the Georgian style, particularly long Verse Anthems. His acknowledged masterpiece, Lord, let me know mine end, is a representative example.
Greene sets a text full of pathos using a polyphonic texture over a continuous instrumental walking bass, with a particularly effective treble duet in the middle of the work. Both this section and the end of the anthem contain superb examples of the Neapolitan sixth chord.
By Maurice Greene in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
by Maurice Greene at the International Music Score Library Project.
(A Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord (Complete Sco...)
(A Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord)