Abner Jones
Published: 2017-10-25
Total Pages: 86
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Excerpt from Evening Melodies: A Collection of Sacred Music, Original and Selected, Adapted to Various Occasions of Social and Public Worship Tm: objeet of this work is rendered sufficiently ehvieus from the title page {and the necessity for introducing new music into schools bf cultivation, in order to excite in the feelings If the young 3. Love and fopdness for the art, is also too well understood to need explanation, This, of itself, v'vouldw bedeemed a sufficient apologyfif any were necessary, for the appearance of the follové'ing pages. But Other objects, of higher importance, though not entirelyr unconnected With What has now beer} suggested, have prompted to this undertaking, which Will be more Hilly explained ln_ the preface tq the appendix, at the end of the volume. Suffice it to say, in this place, that the spirit and animation of the singing in worshipping assemblies will be found to advance or decline, just in propmtion as those who take a part in this delightful exercige the means of cultivation, and rightly adapt their music and su'bj ects of song, to place, and occasion. The iofty and measured expression of CM Hundred and other'piecespf a similar character, have too leng (animated the 'devot church, to need any recommendation to their excellence and worth but of this character, in order to produce their proper effect, inust be well sustaine several parts by a greater number of voices than'is usually found in our social prayer and praise and by being so much used on every occasion, and by b often badiy performed, they haire in many instances lost much of their efli it is believed that a greater number of tunes'are still needed for various 00 are more easy of executiori, and that possess more warmth, character, than the pieces above alluded to. The present v. 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.
