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==Works== Greene wrote a good deal of both sacred and secular vocal music, including: * the [[anthem]] ''[[Hearken Unto Me Ye Holy Children (Maurice Greene)|Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children]]'' (1728). * the [[oratorio]] ''The Song of Deborah and Barak'' (1732)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greene, Maurice |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011707 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Grove Music Online |date=2001 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11707 |last1=Johnstone |first1=H. Diack |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 }}</ref> * the [[oratorio]] ''Jephtha'' (1737), libretto by [[John Hoadly (playwright)|John Hoadly]] (1711β76). * the [[opera]] ''[[Florimel]]'' (1734). * settings of [[sonnet]]s from [[Edmund Spenser]]'s ''Amoretti'' (1739). * a collection of [[anthem]]s (1743), of which the best-known is ''Lord, Let Me Know Mine End''. * the opera ''[[Phoebe (opera)|Phoebe]]'' (completed 1747). He also published keyboard music, including: *''Choice Lessons'', for harpsichord or spinet (London, 1733). *''6 Overtures β¦ in Seven Parts'', arranged for harpsichord or spinet (London, 1745). *''A Collection of Lessons'', for harpsichord (London, 1750). *''Twelve Voluntarys'', for organ or harpsichord ((published posthumously by J. Bland of Holborn) London, 1779).
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