A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing

A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing

A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-SingingWhat St. Augustin says of the emotion which he felt...
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Author: Bridges, Robert,1844-1930
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A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing

A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing

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A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing

Dhs. 49.55 Dhs. 24.76
Author: Bridges, Robert,1844-1930
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing

What St. Augustin says of the emotion which he felt on hearing the music in the Portian basilica at Milan in the year 386 has always seemed to me a good illustration of the relativity of musical expression; I mean how much more its ethical significance depends on the musical experience of the hearer, than on any special accomplishment or intrinsic development of the art. Knowing of what kind that music must have been and how few resources of expression it can have had,--being rudimental in form, without suggestion of harmony, and in its performance unskilful, its probably nasal voice-production unmodified by any accompaniment,--one marvels at his description, 'What tears I shed at Thy hymns and canticles, how acutely was my soul stirred by the voices and [2] sweet music of Thy Church! As those voices entered my ears, truth distilled in my heart, and thence divine affection welled up in a flood, in tears o'erflowing, and happy was I in those tears[1].' St. Augustin appears to have witnessed the beginnings of the great music of the Western Church. It was the year of his baptism when, he tells us, singing was introduced at Milan to cheer the Catholics who had shut themselves up in the basilica with their bishop, to defend him from the imperial violence: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 21722
Author: Bridges, Robert
Release Date: Jun 6, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

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