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He remarried in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1828, to Maria Hudson, and the couple moved to York. Etching of York Minster by William Martin, Jonathan's brother . A year later, Martin had another mental breakdown. On Sunday 1 February 1829, he became upset by a buzzing sound in the organ while attending evensong at York Minster. He hid in the ...
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
Evensong is a church service traditionally held near sunset focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles. It is loosely based on the canonical hours of vespers and compline . Old English speakers translated the Latin word vesperas as æfensang , which became 'evensong' in modern English.
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York Minster will become the first cathedral in England to have a carillon of bells with the arrival of a further twenty-four small bells on Friday 4th April. These will be added to the existing “Nelson Chime” that is played to announce Evensong around 5 pm each day, giving a carillon of 35 bells in total (3 chromatic octaves).
Evensong in York Minster, as seen from beside the main altar; notice the choir arrangement into decani or Dean's side (as seen here, the left side) and cantoris or Cantor's side (here, the right side). Stalls assigned to Decanus (left) and Praecentor (right) at Lincoln Cathedral's St Hugh's Choir.
A choir singing choral evensong in York Minster. Almost all Anglican church music is written for choir with or without organ accompaniment. Adult singers in a cathedral choir are often referred to as lay clerks, while children may be referred to as choristers or trebles. [8]
The Daily Office is a term used primarily by members of the Episcopal Church. In Anglican churches, the traditional canonical hours of daily services include Morning Prayer (also called Matins or Mattins, especially when chanted) and Evening Prayer (called Evensong, especially when celebrated chorally), usually following the Book of Common Prayer.