Sacred Melodies For Four Voices

Author : Frederick Westlake
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267001842
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Popular Hymn and Tune Book, for One, Two, Three and Four Voices written by Frederick Westlake and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Popular Hymn and Tune Book, for One, Two, Three and Four Voices: With Accompaniment; Containing a Large Variety of Hymns and Sacred Songs for General Use, and for Every Occasion Throughout the Year; In Which Are Included a Number of Easy Melodies Suited for Schools Ad Elementary Use AS the present publication is intended to furnish a supply of Music for general use, it will be found to contain a variety of pieces fitted for schools and elementary purposes, as well as for the use of more advanced singers. With so wide a scope, it has of course been found necessary, in many cases, to set the same Hymns to Music of different styles, leaving the instructor or teacher to choose that which he finds most suited for his singers. By way of affording some guide, however, a Table has been given, at the end of the Index, of the Melodies most desirable to begin with, where Music of a very easy and popular character is required. For more practised singers, a choice may be made from the many beautiful Hymns arranged by their Composers in Vocal. Parts, which may be sung either with or without accompaniment. The verses may be sung in these two ways alternately; or again, the plan of singing one verse in unison with a large body of voices, and the alternate verse in harmony by a select number, may be adopted, - thus combining in an agreeable manner the two depart ments of Choir and Popular Singing. Where Hymns of this kind are used, as is often the case, for filling up intervals, such as before Sermons, Benediction, &c., this mode of performance would be found especially desirable. It remains to be added, that a good deal of variety may be produced, as well as different tastes and purposes accommodated, by an interchange of Hymns and Tunes. For example, there are a great number of Melodies for such ordinary measures as Jesus, the very thought of Thee My God, how wonderful Thou art Come, O Creator, Spirit blest Look down, 0 Mother Mary; Hail, bright Star of Ocean Jesus, gentlest Saviour &c. &c. These may be selected from at the option of the Choirmaster, who will also have no difficulty in finding appropriate Music for any words not included in this book. 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.