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The national psalmist : a collection of the most popular and useful psalm and hymn tunes ; together with a great variety of new tunes, anthems, sentences, and chants ; the whole forming a most complete manual of church music for choirs, congregations, singing-schools, and musical associations
- Title
- The national psalmist : a collection of the most popular and useful psalm and hymn tunes ; together with a great variety of new tunes, anthems, sentences, and chants ; the whole forming a most complete manual of church music for choirs, congregations, singing-schools, and musical associations / by Lowell Mason and George James Webb.
- Author
- Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872.
- Publication
- Boston : Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason, 1848.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Notated music | Supervised use | Drexel 4462 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Notated music | Supervised use | Drexel 4461 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
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- Drexel Collection.
- Description
- 1 score (352 p. [16]); 16 x 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Signatures : [1]⁴ 2-44⁴ [1]⁴ 2⁴ ; wove paper.
- ca. 438 hymn tunes ; for SATB ; with figured bass ; each headed by tune title, meter, and composer ; ca. 37 anthems, occasional pieces and set pieces ; for SATB ; with figured bass ; each headed by title and composer ; 107 numbered chants ; for SATB ; in close score ; without additional accompaniment.
- "Elements of vocal music" : 36 chapters further divided into 184 lessons on rudiments of music and singing ; with musical illustrations and exercises throughout ; test questions and notes at close of chapters -- p. [6]-30.
- "Descriptive tables" : tunes divided into congregational vs. choral, different meters, degree of difficulty -- p. 31-32.
- "Historical, critical, explanatory, and descriptive remarks" -- p. 33-34.
- Copyright statement : dated 1848 -- t.p. verso.
- Includes indexes : "Alphabetical index of tunes" -- p. 345-346 ; "Metrical index" -- p. 347-348 ; "Index to the anthems, occasionals and set pieces" -- p. 349 ; "Index to the canticles and scriptural selections and chants" -- p. 349 ; "Index to hymns of particular meter" -- p. 349-350 ; "Index to hymns of long, common, and short metre" -- p. 350-352.
- "Vocal exercises for school" -- p. [1]-16 at back of book.
- Preface : includes a critical history of psalmody and hymnody and prescriptive section on congregational versus choral singing ; also includes guide to use of book -- p. 2-5.
- Includes compositions by Luther, Pleyel, Haydn, Cherubini, Beethoven, Mozart, Palestrina, Salieri, Purcell, Mendelssohn, von Weber, and Corelli and selections from Playford's collection, the Wittenberg collection, the Ainsworth psalter, and the Scotch psalter.
- Call Number
- Drexel 4461
- OCLC
- 65223602
- Author
- Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872.
- Title
- The national psalmist : a collection of the most popular and useful psalm and hymn tunes ; together with a great variety of new tunes, anthems, sentences, and chants ; the whole forming a most complete manual of church music for choirs, congregations, singing-schools, and musical associations / by Lowell Mason and George James Webb.
- Imprint
- Boston : Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason, 1848.
- Local Note
- Copy in Drexel 4462 defective: lacking title page and pages up to p. 17.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Drexel Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Drexel 4461