Hymns for private use
Subtitle: for soprano, oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon
By: Nico Muhly
Publisher: St. Rose Music
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Scores and parts; Sacred songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Work titles: Hymns for private use
Notes: Songs set to texts drawn from 12th- to 18th-century English sources.

Score serves as voice part; parts for oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon.

Duration: approximately 18 minutes.

Includes preface in English.

Commissioned by Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall, London for world premiere performances in April 2012.

English and Latin words; also printed separately as text.
Table of contents: title: 1. Virgo rosa virginum; title: 2. The Holy Spirit; title: 3. Sleep; title: 4. An autumnal song; title: 5. Hark, the vesper hymn is stealing.