Thrtg Chants, selected from the best Composers, arranged for four
Voices with for Me Organ and Pianoforte. To which are added,
the Canficles of the Morning and Evening Services of the Church of England.
To the who are concerned in thejpromotion and education of church- choirs for the purpose of chanting the service, as is now frequently done throughout the country, nothing can be more strongly recommended as a manual for practice than this littleolvork. The arrangement of each
▪ canticle so as to be sung to any of the chants-the words and syllables
appearing exactly under the notes to which they are to be sung-renders the-whole art of chanting plain and-easy; for not only is the exact division of the werds marked, but all those words or syllables which require em- phasis are indicated by Italics. An ingenious contrivance, by which the words aid the music are separated, enables the chorister to chant any canticle to any melody in the collection; by which means, bulk and ex- pense are avoided, and the whole matter is brought within the compass of alhin pamphlet The selection of music is very judiciously made from the standard cathedral writers, with but one specimen of the Gregorian chant. In the division of the words, the method recommended by the Reverend Mr. Jebb in his Glwral Service of the United Church of England and Ireland has been adopted, in preference to the "syllabic system," still adhered to in some of our cathedrals, to the frequent detriment of the solemnity of the performance. If something may be urged in favour of the simplicity of this method, good sense and good taste are strongly in favour of the amended form, in which the rules of sound elocution and correct prosody are never deserted.
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