The Hymnal Revised And Enlarged As Adopted By The General Convention Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The United States Of America In The Year Of Our Lord 1892

Author : Arthur Henry Messiter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333564339
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book The Hymnal written by Arthur Henry Messiter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Hymnal: Revised and Enlarged, as Adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the Year of Our Lord 1892 The metrical Hymns are, in one respect, the most important part of the Church Service. They belong especially to the congregation; who ought not to be deprived of their right to take part in the Hymnody by the use of tunes which are out of their reach, by reason of over-elabor ation or extreme compass. In accordance with this View, the general character of the music in the accompanying book is congregational, the few tunes of a different nature being generally supplemented by a second and simpler tune. Many of the tunes are suitable for being sung in unison, even when this is not Specially indicated. Ten mediaeval tunes are included in the collection, four of which are well known and largely 'used Veni Emmanuel, O quanta, Victory, and Leoni. The others will be found worthy of attention; and if sung, as they should be, by a large body of men's voices in unison, with a free organ accompaniment, are most effective and moving. The origin and date of these melodies are unknown some of them are contemporary with the words to which they are set. 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.