A New Selection Of Sacred Music Consisting Of Nearly Two Hundred And Fifty Approved Psalm And Hymn Tunes

Excerpt from A New Selection of Sacred Music, Consisting of Nearly Two Hundred and Fifty Approved Psalm and Hymn Tunes: From the Works of the Most Esteemed Authors, Ancient and Modern, Comprising Nearly the Whole of the Popular Melodies IN the arrangement of the parts in the following work, the Air or principal melody has invariably been placed next above the Bass, and is always designed for female voices, and in the passages marked Pia, for them exclu sively. The convenience of those persons, who perform on the Organ, or other keyed instruments, has also been consulted in this arrangement, and by introducing double notes, where the parts move in thirds. To learners, or other persons not well, Versed in Music, it may be neces sary to state, that where such passages occur, the upper notes belong to the Air; the lower ones being always a second or subordinate part. The Tenor is placed next above the Air, and the Alto, or counter-tenor, on the upper stave, that the ledger lines, which are so frequent ly used in this part, may be incommoded as little as pos sible. Where double orchoosing notes are introduced in the Bass, the performer should in general, sing all the upper, or all the lower notes, or the effect will not be so good. 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.

Excerpt from Dyer's Philadelphia Selection of Sacred Music, Consisting of About Three Hundred Approved Psalm and Hymn Tunes: From the Works of the Most Esteemed Authors, Ancient and Modern, Arranged for Four Voices, and Adapted to All the Metres in General Use Amongst the Various Religious Denominations Tm: practice of Sacred Music being in itself so agreeable and noble, a strong inducement is presented to those persons, who take delight in hearing or uniting in this pleasing exercise, to commence the study of the art: but as words cannot of themselves express sounds, notes have been invented for this purpose yet few comparatively are able to_ attain any considerable proficiency in this science, without the1 help of timasfi ter. To assist the ideas of the pupil, and'ease the labour of the fliutor, the following summary of the first principles of Vocal Music, has; been compiled, and pains have been taken to render the Subject as easy of comprehension as possible. 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.