The Church Music Society
Registered Charity No. 1200306
President: The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham
Lectures and Papers
This page contains links to most of the past lectures and papers issued by the Society since its foundation in 1906 in three groups:
A) Post-1980 lectures and papers by AUTHOR surname
B) Post-1980 lectures and papers by DATE
C) Archive of material from 1906 to 1979 by date.
For a check-list of all publications since 1906 click here.
A) Post-1980 Lectures and Papers by AUTHOR surname
Barrell, Bernard |
‘Much too simple for us…’ (Over-ambition in the selection of church music. Submitted Paper) |
Blezzard, Judith (1997) |
Music’s untrodden paths (The rewards of discovering forgotten masterpieces. Address given at Sarum College, Salisbury) |
Blezzard, Judith (1999) |
The Yattendon Hymnal: Hymns Ancient and Modernised? (A detailed survey of an editorial masterpiece. Submitted Paper) |
Blezzard, Judith (2008) |
Felix Mendelssohn's Church Music [PDF] (AGM Address) |
Burrows, Donald (1984) |
Handel and the English Chapel Royal [PDF] (AGM Address) |
Horton, Peter (2000) |
‘A clever thing, but not cathedral music’: the church music of SamuelSebastian Wesley (CMS Millennial Year Lecture: The Royal Hospital, Chelsea) |
Jackson, Francis (1986) |
Sir Edward Bairstow (An appreciation by a former Organist of York Minster to mark the Centenary of his predecessor. AGM Address) |
Jackson, Francis (1998) |
Adventures of a Hymn-Tune [East Acklam] (February CMS Newsletter) |
Kent, Christopher (1983) |
Elgar's Music for St George's Church Worcester (AGM address) |
Lindley, Simon (1990) |
Muse and the Mass: The Choral Repertory and the Service of Holy Communion in the Anglican Church - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [PDF] (AGM Address) |
Lindley, Simon (1998) |
Unity by inclusion? preservation and renewal in the Anglican choral tradition (AGM Address) |
Lindley, Simon (2001) |
Romanticism in Retrospect: An Overview of the music of Herbert Howells and its recent fortunes (AGM address) |
Lindley, Simon (2004) |
Quo vadis? [PDF] (AGM Address) |
Lindley, Simon (2018) |
Victoriana re-visited [PDF] (AGM Address) |
Lindley, Simon (2021) |
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Lloyd, Richard (1982) |
The Church Music of Herbert Howells (AGM Address) |
Reynolds, Gordon (1994) |
East Riding Church Music & Musicians between the Wars [PDF] (AGM Address) |
Shaw, H. Watkins (1981) |
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Shaw, H. Watkins (1988) |
The Services of John Blow: some aspects of late 17th-century English liturgical music [PDF] (Submitted Paper) |
Shaw, H. Watkins (1992) |
John Blow's Latin Sacred Music (Submitted Paper) |
Shaw, H. Watkins (1997) |
Vocation and Endeavour: Sydney Nicholson and the early years of the Royal School of Church Music (School of English Church Music) [PDF] (CMS Publication) |
Spicer, Paul (2013) |
Benjamin Britten: Too original for his own good? (CMS Lecture: Southern Cathedrals Festival, Chichester) |
Spink, Ian (2010) |
Thomas Tudway [PDF] (AGM Address 2009) |
Webber, Geoffrey (2020) |
Psalms and Hymns in the early nineteenth century: the collections of Jane Clarke and Theophania Cecil [PDF] (Submitted Paper) |
Webber, Geoffrey (2022) |
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Webber, Geoffrey (2025) |
"David's Mystery and Mary's History": The Alternative Canticles at Evensong (ii) 1660-1750 [PDF] Appendix [PDF] |
Webber, Geoffrey (2023) |
Music by women composers performed at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and Canterbury Cathedral during the 19th century [PDF] (Submitted Paper) |
Webber, Geoffrey (2023) |
‘For the King’s Day’: the royal anthems of Thomas Weelkes PDF (based on the CMS lecture given at the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Chichester, July 2023) |
Webster, Donald (1992) |
The Hymn Explosion and its Aftermath [PDF] (Address at Summer Seminar) |
Webster, Donald (1998) |
Faith, Intellect and the Numinous (February CMS Newsletter) |
Williamson, Magnus (2005) |
Before Byrd: the birth pangs of Anglican church music (AGM Address, concerning in particular the music of John Sheppard) |
Winkett, Lucy (2006) |
CMS Centenary Symposium Reflections [PDF] (CMS Address) |
B) Post-1980 Lectures and Papers by DATE
2025 Webber, Geoffrey
"David's Mystery and Mary's History": The Alternative Canticles at Evensong (ii) 1660-1750
2023 Webber, Geoffrey
Music by women composers performed at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and Canterbury Cathedral during the 19th century
2023 Webber, Geoffrey
‘For the King’s Day’: the royal anthems of Thomas Weelkes
2022 Webber, Geoffrey
"David's Mystery and Mary's History": The Alternative Canticles at Evensong, (i) From the Reformation to the Interregnum
2021 Lindley, Simon
Sir Ivor Atkins: Worcester and Beyond
2020 Webber, Geoffrey
Psalms and Hymns in the early nineteenth century: the collections of Jane Clarke and Theophania Cecil (Submitted Paper)
2018 Lindley, Simon
Victoriana re-visited (AGM Address)
2013 Spicer, Paul
Benjamin Britten: Too original for his own good?
(CMS Lecture: Southern Cathedrals Festival, Chichester)
2010 Spink, Ian
Thomas Tudway (AGM Address 2009)
2008 Blezzard, Judith
Felix Mendelssohn's Church Music (AGM Address)
2006 Winkett, Lucy
CMS Centenary Symposium Reflections
2005 Williamson, Magnus
Before Byrd: the birth pangs of Anglican church music
(AGM Address, concerning in particular the music of John Sheppard)
2004 Lindley, Simon
Quo vadis? (AGM Address)
2001 Lindley, Simon
Romanticism in Retrospect: An Overview of the music of Herbert Howells and its recent fortunes (AGM address)
2000 Horton, Peter
‘A clever thing, but not cathedral music’: the church music of Samuel Sebastian Wesley
(CMS Millennial Year Lecture: The Royal Hospital, Chelsea)
1999 Blezzard, Judith
The Yattendon Hymnal: Hymns Ancient and Modernised?
(A detailed survey of an editorial masterpiece. Submitted Paper)
1998 Jackson, Francis
Adventures of a Hymn-Tune [East Acklam] (February CMS Newsletter)
1998 Lindley, Simon
Unity by inclusion? preservation and renewal in the Anglican choral tradition (AGM Address)
1998 Webster, Donald
Faith, Intellect and the Numinous (February CMS Newsletter)
1997 Blezzard, Judith
Music’s untrodden paths (The rewards of discovering forgotten
masterpieces. Address given at Sarum College, Salisbury)
1997 Shaw, H. Watkins
Vocation and Endeavour: Sydney Nicholson and the early years of the Royal School of Church Music (School of English Church Music) (CMS Publication)
1994 Reynolds, Gordon
East Riding Church Music & Musicians between the Wars (AGM Address)
1992 Shaw, H. Watkins
John Blow's Latin Sacred Music (Submitted Paper)
1992 Webster, Donald
The Hymn Explosion and its Aftermath (Address at the Summer Seminar)
1990 Lindley, Simon
Muse and the Mass: The Choral Repertory and the Service of Holy Communion in the Anglican Church - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(AGM Address)
1988 Shaw, H. Watkins
The Services of John Blow: some aspects of late 17th-century English liturgical music (Submitted Paper)
1986 Jackson, Francis
Sir Edward Bairstow (An appreciation by a former Organist of York Minster to mark the Centenary of his predecessor. AGM Address)
1984 Burrows, Donald
Handel and the English Chapel Royal (AGM Address)
1983 Kent, Christopher
Elgar's Music for St George's Church Worcester (AGM address)
1982 Lloyd, Richard
The Church Music of Herbert Howells (AGM Address)
An appreciation by a former Organist of York Minster to mark the
Centenary of his predecessor.
1981 Shaw, H. Watkins
The Church Music Society, 1906-1981 (AGM Address)
C) Archive of material from 1906 to 1979 by date
The archive of material from 1906 to 1979 can be accesssed here.
