WITH THE

TE DEUM, OFFICE OF HOLY COMMUNION, AND
OTHER SERVICES OF THE CHURCH.

WITH MUSIC.

EDITED BY

THE REV. CHARLES L. HUTCHINS, M.A.

The Church Press:

M. H. MALLORY AND COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN.

1872.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
CHARLES L. HUTCHINS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington,

PREFACE.

THE design of this little book of Chants is to furnish, in connection with the "Church Hymnal" already published, a complete collection of music for all the ordinary services of the Church. It is hoped that congregational praise will thereby be promoted. The people should be encouraged and taught to join in all the musical portions of the service. There is no music in this collection which an ordinary congregation cannot readily learn. The Chants selected are those generally familiar in parishes where the Anglican Chant is used. Their selection has been guided by their merit of simplicity, or fitness, or by their being established favourites. Their variety is sufficiently great (there are sixty-four single and forty double chants given), to satisfy the tastes of all, except those who prefer the extremes of the florid, or "the plain song."

Besides the Chants for the Te Deum, three more elaborate adaptations are given for festival occasions. When used by a choir or congregation not divided into two portions for alternate singing, the syllables DEC. and CAN. should be considered to indicate piano, and the word FULL, to denote forte passages. The same direction may be followed in the other parts of the service to which it is applicable.

The music for the Office of the Holy Communion is for the most part well known; but that which is new will be found none the less worthy of the position assigned it.

While the "Musical Card" which precedes the Chants for Morning Prayer will supply considerable information to those not instructed in music, it will not be out of place, in this connection, to add a few “Directions for Chanting," which, if followed, will help to further the work to which the Church seems now to have fairly pledged herself, viz., that of promoting the common and hearty praises of the Sanctuary.

1. An Anglican Chant consists of two sections:-the first contains four notes, two being minims; the second contains six notes, four being minims. Corresponding with this division each verse of a Psalm likewise consists of two sections; the first ends at the colon; the second at the close of the verse.

2. The first note of the Chant is the reciting note, and takes all the words of the Psalm to the first bar. This bar is not intended to indicate a rest after the recitative, but only the beginning of the melodic portion of the Chant.

3. Those words or syllables which are italicised mark the rallying points upon which the voice should dwell, before proceeding to the remaining portion of the chant. There may be a slight pause for the purpose of taking breath where a comma occurs.

4. The final ed should be pronounced as a separate syllable.

5. Each verse should be taken up immediately after the preceding one, producing a continuous effect, as if, indeed (to a listener), the whole Psalm was one long verse.

6. Care should be taken neither to hurry nor drawl. Good chanting is simply correct musical reading. Emphasis, distinctness, expression, etc., should all be regarded as in reading.

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In now completing the musical work connected with the Church Hymnal," I beg to make my heartfelt acknowledgments to the many friends who, by valuable contributions of music, and no less valuable suggestions, have shown their interest and greatly aided me in my labours.

CHARLES L. HUTCHINS.

LENT, A.D. 1872.

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