Continental Harmony: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Psalm Tunes, Anthems, and Favorite Pieces; Designed Particularly for "Old Folks' Concerts," and the Social Circle (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Co, Oliver Ditson And

9780656349609: Continental Harmony: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Psalm Tunes, Anthems, and Favorite Pieces; Designed Particularly for "Old Folks' Concerts," and the Social Circle (Classic Reprint)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0656349603 ISBN 13: 9780656349609

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from Continental Harmony: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Psalm Tunes, Anthems, and Favorite Pieces; Designed Particularly for "Old Folks' Concerts," and the Social Circle

The chief object of the Continental Harmony, is to present in their original form, such favorite tunes composed by the early American Authors, as are to this day sung and heard with no less enthusiasm than in the times of our fathers. With this end in view, much attention has been given to the selection; many minds have been consulted, many books examined, many copies compared, and special pains have been taken that nothing should be admitted unworthy of preservation, and to render the Collection all that the most ardent friends of the undertaking could desire.

The labor of comparing copies and obtaining evidence of the genuineness of those accepted, has been great, but one for which the compilers are amply compensated in the fact of the general accuracy which marks the result of their efforts. While they have not compelled the early composers to appear in the costume of Modern Harmonists, nor obliged them to assume the strait jacket of the Musical Grammatist, they have been anxious to get rid of typographical errors which have too long marred the reprints of Ancient American music.

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