Author: Church Of England

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-19

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780483404991

Excerpt from A Manual of Psalmody, for the Sunday and Other Services of the Church of England: Comprising Two Hundred and Fifty Psalms and Hymns, United to Appropriate Tunes IN sending to the Press this Second Edition of the Manual of Psalmody, the Editor desires to acknowledge the zealous co-operation of Mr. J. V. Watts, of Bath 1n the compilation of the original work. At the suggestion of a friend tne Canticles are bound with the book in this Edition, in connexion with appropriate Chants, and the Athanasian Creed is added. Some tunes are omitted, and their places supplied by others of acknowledged excellence, or by tunes composed expressly for the work by Dr. Gauntlett, whose labours in the field of Church Music during the last quarter of a century are universally known and appreciated. The whole of the Music has been most carefully and skilfully revised by Dr. Gauntlett. To Mr. William haynes, Organist of the Priory Church, Great Malvern, the Editor is also indebted for much valuable assistance in preparing the present Edition of the work for the Press. B. F. Carlyle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.