Remember not, Lord, our offences

"Remember not, Lord, our offences"
Anthem by Henry Purcell
Portrait of the composer by John Closterman, 1695
Key	A minor
Catalogue	Z.50
Genre	Sacred choral music
Text	Excerpt from the Litany from Book of Common Prayer
Composed	c. 1679–82 (1679–82)
Scoring	SSATB choir

"Remember not, Lord, our offences", Z.50,^[1] is a five-part choral anthem by the English baroque composer Henry Purcell (1659–95). The anthem is a setting of a passage from the litany compiled by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, and later included in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. It was composed circa 1679–82 at the beginning of Purcell's tenure as Organist and Master of the Choristers for Westminster Abbey.