[+] Aplin, John. "Cyclic Techniques in the Earliest Anglican Services." Journal of the American Musicological Society 35 (Fall 1982): 409-35.
The English Prayer Book of 1552 made the traditional five-movement Ordinary cycle a thing of the past, but composers began expanding the possibilities of cyclic groupings by including elements from Matins and Evensong. Sheppard in particular began expanding the use of head motive and end-of-movement material, linking movements thematically and placing the motives at various places in the individual movements. William Mundy, in composing a missing Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for Robert Parsons' First Service, utilizes motives already found in Parsons.
Works: William Mundy: Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis (427-28).
Sources: Robert Parsons: First Service (421-27).
Index Classifications: 1500s
Contributed by: Felix Cox
