The Tabernacle: A Collection of Hymn-Tunes, Chants, Sentences, Motets, and Anthems, adapted to Public and Private Worship, and to the Use of Choirs, Singing-Schools, Musical Societies, and Conventions.

In the cities and larger towns, such societies as can afford the expense have established quartette choirs of trained vocalists, who deliver the hymns and anthems of the service to selections from the music of the great masters, which they are expected to render in a manner that shall be satisfactory to a taste educated and refined by the instruction of good teachers and the public performances of skilful musicians.

Some notion of city taste, however, has gone abroad in the country, and the choirs, although old-fashioned in their organization, are not quite content with the psalm-books of old time, and are constantly asking for something newer and better.

A music-book for general use in churches which do not have quartette choirs and "classical" music must be prepared with care and good judgment.

Its editors are practical men; they have not only taught music to city pupils, but they have conducted choirs and singing-schools, and have discovered the wants of ordinary singers by much experience in normal schools and musical conventions.

We are confident that choristers will find "The Tabernacle" to be just such a book as they like to use in instructing and leading their choirs, and that choirs will consider it to be one of the books from which they are best pleased to sing.

We are confident that choristers will find "The Tabernacle" to be just such a book as they like to use in instructing and leading their choirs, and that choirs will consider it to be one of the books from which they are best pleased to sing.

" The Hemp-birds are remarkable for associating at a certain season, and singing, as it were, in choirs.

They are a pretty musical bodygot through their business ever so creditably; but they are rather short of that which most choirs are deficient intenor power.

Having received the Body and Blood of Christ, having taught them divine doctrines, in the midst of holy choirs and of many brethren and monks to whom in turn he gave his blessing and the kiss of peace according to the rule, the glorious and holy bishop departed to heaven accompanied by hosts of angels on the day before the Ides of May [May 14], in his union with the Holy TrinityFather, Son, and Holy Ghost, for ever and ever.

The several great Scenes of the Creation rise up to view one after another, in such a manner, that the Reader seems present at this wonderful Work, and to assist among the Choirs of Angels, who are the Spectators of it.

When I considered the Fragrancy of the Walks and Bowers, with the Choirs of Birds that sung upon the Trees, and the loose Tribe of People that walked under their Shades, I could not but look upon the Place as a kind of Mahometan Paradise.

Thus was the sixth day of the Eleusinia,when the ivy-crowned Dionysus was borne in triumph through the mystic entrance of Eleusis, and from the Eleusinian plains, as from our choirs to-day, ascended the jubilant Hosannas of the countless multitude;this was the Palm Sunday of Greece.

The voice of the alternate choirs of singing boys swung back and forward, as the silver censer swung in the hands of the white-robed children.

Containing Tunes and Hymns for Congregational Singing, and adapted to Choirs and Social Worship.

Chapel anthems for young choirs.

HOUSE, INC. Chapel anthems for young choirs.

HINCK, VERNA H. Part songs with key to Keys for children's choruses and ladies' choirs.

Motets and chorales for treble choirs.

Christmas carols for treble choirs. SEE Calahan, Florence M. Martin.

© 9Jul24, A800337. R92301, 24Mar52, Frank King (A) KING triumphant; an Easter cantata for church choirs, by E. L. Ashford.

ASHFORD, EMMA L. Tidings of great Joy, a Christmas cantata for church choirs.

Christmas cantata for church choirs of mixed voices, by Fred B. Holton, pseud.

Christmas carols for treble choirs.

We could also say of the heavens that they were still imperfect and had not received their natural adornment, since at that time they did not shine with the glory of the sun and of the moon, and were not crowned by the choirs of the stars.