Novello — The English Sacred Tradition

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Novello.

The English sacred and oratorio tradition since 1811. Founded by Vincent Novello, the imprint is the publishing home of the English choral repertoire — Handel, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Stanford, Parry, Vaughan Williams — plus the Anglican church-music canon and the Gilbert & Sullivan operas.

Founded
1811
City
London, UK
Tradition
Anglican + oratorio
Catalogue
14 departments
The Novello Catalogue

Novello began in 1811 as Vincent Novello's church-music venture, became the standard English oratorio publisher under his son J. Alfred Novello, and grew into the imprint of the Anglican choral tradition. The Novello edition of Messiah, the St Matthew Passion, the Mendelssohn oratorios — these were the working scores of every English choral society for 150 years.

Below: the Novello departmental catalogue. Composer-first for the major Anglican voices (Stanford, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Howells), format for the choral and organ catalogues, plus the Gilbert & Sullivan operas (the Sullivan side of the imprint) and the contemporary English voice.

Catalogue · 14 Departments

The Novello shelf.

— The Anglican choral tradition · London since 1811 —

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