Myles Birket Foster
Published: 2017-10-26
Total Pages: 260
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Excerpt from Anthems and Anthem Composers: An Essay Upon the Development of the Anthem, From the Time of the Reformation to the End of the Nineteenth Century; With a Complete List of Anthems Belonging to Each of the Four Centuries, a Frontispiece, and Several Rare Portraits, &C The following short and, in many respects, imperfect essay on one of the most interesting sections of the music of the Church Service, is the extension of two lectures delivered by me a few years ago at Hampstead, on the invitation of Mr. J. D. Macey and others. I have been asked several times to amplify my original lectures upon the Anthem, and here is the result. Whatever strength may be discovered in the work is not due to myself, but to the unfailing courtesy and assistance of the greatest living authorities on this subject. To Dr. A. H. Mann (of Cambridge) and to Mr. J. S. Bumpus (of London), whose names alone carry conviction in any question dealing with the Church music of the past, I owe so great a debt that I can but feebly acknowledge here their invaluable guidance and help so courteously and freely given. 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.