James Brydges was born #OnThisDay in 1673; the first Duke of Chandos; he commissioned Georg Friedrich Händel to write the Anthems for Cannons, popularly known as the #ChandosAnthems, sung here by the Choir of King's College Cambridge:
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#Handel: #ChandosAnthems HWV 246–256 (#AnthemsForCannons) lnk.to/Handel_ChandosAnthemsFA
11 sacred choral compositions... The texts are psalms and combined psalm verses in EN, comp while in res at Cannons, the court of James Brydges (FirstDuke of #Chandos) in 1719
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Chandos Anthems
James Brydges was born #OnThisDay in 1673; the Duke of Chandos commissioned Handel to write the #ChandosAnthems, sung here by the Choir of King's College Cambridge with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, led by David Willcock:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlYU...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
