An Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Chanting (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Chanting The secret of their failure is to be found in the point from which all existing pointed Psalters start, viz., that, the chant being what it is, the words of the Psalms must be made to con form to it. 'the Anglican chant is a fact, ' they say, and 'it is a melody of seven (or five) bars'; in other words, it'is a metrical tune, like a hymn tune, except as regards the reciting note and some deny even this exception. 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.