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A book for the Service of Song in the House of the Lord, containing tunes, chants, and anthems, both for the choir and congregation; to which is prefixed the Singing School, a manual for classes in vocal music, with exercises, rounds, and part songs, for choir practice; also, Musical Notation in a Nut-shell; a brief course for singing-schools, intended for skillful teachers and apt pupils. By Lowell Mason. $1. Do. cloth extra, $1 25.
CANTICA LAUDIS; or, the American Book of Church Music; being chiefly a selection of chaste and elegant melodies from the most classic authors, ancient and modern, with harmony parts; together with anthems and other set pieces for choirs and singing-schools; to which are added tunes for congregational singing. By Lowell Mason and George James Webb. $1. THE CARMINA SACRA; or, Boston Collection of Church Music, comprising the most popular psalm and hymn tunes in general use, together with a great variety of new tunes, chants, sentences, motetts, and anthems, principally by distinguished European composers; the whole being one of the most complete collections of music for choirs, congregations, singing-schools, and societies extant. By Lowell Mason. $1. NEW CARMINA SACRA; or, Boston Collection of Church Music. This book is a careful and thorough revision of the favorite work heretofore published under the same title. The object has been to retain the most valuable and universally pleasing part of the former work as the basis of the new, omitting such portions as experience had proved to be the least serviceable and popular, and substituting choice tunes and pieces selected from the whole range of the author's previous works; appending, also, additional pages of entirely new and interesting music, from other sources. In its present form it undoubtedly comprises one of the best collections of sacred music ever published. $1. *** More than 400,000 copies of the "Carmina Sacra" have been sold. THE BOSTON ACADEMY'S COLLECTION OF CHURCH MUSIC. By Lowell Mason. Published under direction of the Boston Academy of Music. $1. THE PSALTERY. A new Collection of Church Music. By Lowell Mason and George J. Webb. Published under the direction and with the sanction of the Boston Academy of Music, and of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society. $1. THE NATIONAL PSALMIST. A collection of the most popular and useful Psalm and Hymn tunes, together with a great variety of new tunes, anthems, sentences, and chants—forming a most complete manual of church music for choirs, congregations, singing-classes, and musical associations. By Lowell Mason and G. J. Webb. $1. THE CONGREGATIONAL TUNE BOOK. A collection of popular and approved tunes, suitable for congregational use. By Lowell Mason and G. J. Webb. 30 cents. BOOK OF CHANTS. Consisting of selections from the Scriptures, adapted to appropriate music, and arranged for chanting, designed for congregational use in public or social worship. By Lowell Mason. 12mo, cloth. 75 cents. THE BOSTON ANTHEM BOOK. Being a selection of Anthems and other pieces. By Lowell Mason. $1 25. THE BOSTON CHORUS BOOK. Enlarged; consisting of a new selection of popular choruses, from the works of Handel, Haydn, and other eminent composers, arranged in full Vocal score, with an accompaniment for the Organ or Piano Forte. Compiled by Lowell Mason and G. J. Webb. 75 cents. CHURCH MUSIC. THE SHAWM. A Library of Church Music, embracing about one thousand pieces, consisting of psalm and hymn tunes, adapted to every meter in use; anthems, chants, and set pieces; to which is added an original cantata, entitled "Daniel; or, the Captivity and Restoration;" including also the "Singing Class," an entirely new and practical arrangement of the elements of music, interspersed with social part songs for practice. By Wm. B. Bradbury and G. F. Root, assisted by Thomas Hastings and T. B. Mason. $1. THE NATIONAL LYRE. A collection of Psalm and Hymn tunes, with a selection of chants, anthems, etc. Designed for the use of all choirs, congregations, singing-schools, and societies throughout the United States. Compiled and arranged by S. P. Tuckerman, S. A. Bancroft, and H. K. Oliver. 75 cents. TEMPLE MELODIES. A collection of about two hundred popular tunes, adapted to nearly five hundred favorite hymns, selected with special reference to public, social, and private worship. By Darius E. Jones. 12mo. cloth, 62 ½ cents. 12mo, roan, gilt, 75 cents. 12mo, cloth, full gilt sides and edges, $1. 8vo, cloth, 87 ½ cents. 8vo, roan, gilt, $1. 8vo, Turkey morocco, extra gilt (pulpit copies), $3. The different editions correspond exactly in all their contents, being page for page the same, varying only in the size of type and style of binding. This work has been extensively introduced into churches of various denominations, in different parts of the country, and has, we believe, given universal satisfaction in all cases. It is believed that it contains a very much larger number of really favorite and useful hymns and tunes than any other book. PLAIN MUSIC FOR THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. A complete collection of sacred music, for the worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church, designed especially for congregational use. Edited by Rev. G. T. Rider, A.M. 50 cents. This work has been carefully prepared to meet a long felt want, namely, of a book of chants and tunes for congregational use, that should contain, in convenient order and form, and attractive style, and at the same time at a reasonable price, all the music required for the use of the people. THE LIBER MUSICUS; or, New York Anthem Book and Choir Miscellany, comprising anthems, choruses, quartetts, trios, duets, songs, etc. It includes pieces for the festivals of Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter, commencement and close of the year, dedications and installations, for funerals and fasts, etc., etc. Most of the pieces are new, and while their simple melody and ease of performance peculiarly adapt them to the wants of smaller choirs, they are also all the largest can require. $1. THE CHOIR CHORUS BOOK. A collection of choruses from the works of the most distinguished composers. Compiled, adapted to English words, and arranged with particular reference to choir practice, and for the use of musical societies, by A. N. Johnson. In the large and varied collection which this book contains, five of the choruses are by Handel, thirteen by Haydn, seventeen by Mozart, six by Mendelssohn, and the remainder by Cherubini, Neukomm, Zingarelli, Romberg, Webbe, Naumann, Spohr, King, Steymann, etc. $1. CHORUSES OF HANDEL'S MESSIAH. Complete vocal parts, forming No. 1 of the "Oratorio Chorus Book." This is the first of a series, the design of which is to furnish, in a compact and very cheap form, the choruses of the great oratorios, so that this standard music may be brought within reach of all. 50 cents. THE PILGRIM FATHERS. A Cantata in two parts. Composed by George F. Root, assisted in the preparation of the words by Miss Frances J. Crosby, the blind poetess. Paper, 25 cents. This cantata was originally prepared for the pages of the "Hallelujah," and is now published as a supplement to that work. GLEE BOOKS. THE NEW YORK GLEE AND CHORUS BOOK. A collection of new and admired glees and choruses, for singing-schools, choir practice, Musical conventions, and the social circle. By Wm. B. Bradbury and Lowell Mason. (In press.) $1. THE NEW ODEON. A collection of Secular Melodies, arranged and harmonized in four parts. By Lowell Mason and G. J. Webb. $1. A revised edition of the most popular collection of secular music ever published in America, but which has for some time been out of the market. New Elements of Music have been prepared for it, and the places of such pieces as proved least attractive in former editions are occupied by arrangements of popular melodies, especially prepared for this new edition. It is the largest collection of secular music published. THE GLEE HIVE. A collection of glees and part songs. By Lowell Mason and G. J. Webb. Revised and enlarged edition. 50 cents. In the revised edition a few of the heavier and more difficult pieces have been laid aside, and their place, and a number of additional pages, are filled by lighter and more pleasing compositions. THE VOCALIST. Consisting of short and easy glees, or songs, arranged for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices. By L. Mason and G. J. Webb, Professors in the Boston Academy of Music. $1. THE BOSTON GLEE BOOK. By Lowell Mason and Geo. J. Webb. Containing the choicest of the Standard English Glees. This work has been most admired of any similar publication, and has retained its popularity unabated. $1 25. TWENTY-ONE MADRIGALS. Selected mostly from old and distinguished composers. By L. Mason and G. J. Webb. 50 cents. THE MELODIST. A collection of glees and part songs. By G. J. Webb and Wm. Mason. $1. THE SOCIAL GLEE BOOK. A collection of classic glees, mostly from the German. By Wm. Mason and Silas A. Bancroft. For skillful singers who are able to sing music of some difficulty with taste, this book is a treasure. It is filled with gems of the first water, which will not lose their luster by once wearing. The more these gems are sung, the better they will be liked. New edition. Price reduced to $1. FIRESIDE HARMONY. A collection of glees and part songs. By Wm. Mason. $1. FOR MEN'S VOICES. THE YOUNG MEN'S SINGING BOOK. A collection of music for male voices, intended for use in Colleges, Theological Seminaries, and the social circle, consists of, Part I.—The Singing School. II.—Glees and part Songs. III.—Choir Tunes. IV.—Congregational Tunes. V.—Anthems, Chants, etc. By George F. Root, assisted by L. Mason. $1. THE GENTLEMEN'S GLEE BOOK. A selection of glees for men's voices, from the most admired German composers. By L. Mason. This is the only work of the kind published in this country. It contains a very choice selection of the very best of the German glees for men's voices. $1. JUVENILE MUSIC. BRADBURY'S YOUNG SHAWM. A collection of School Music. By W. B. Bradbury. The features of this new book are, 1st, a brief elementary course, in which tunes and songs in the body of the work are referred to, instead of mere "exercises," printed in the elementary department; 2d, Musical Notation in a Nutshell; or, Things to be taught; furnishing to the teacher a synopsis of such subjects as he will need to introduce from lesson to lesson; 3d, a great variety of new juvenile music. 38 cents. THE SONG BOOK OF THE SCHOOL ROOM. Consisting of a great variety of songs, hymns, and Scriptural selections, with appropriate music. Containing, also, the Elementary Principles of Vocal Music according to the Inductive Method. Designed to be a complete Music Manual for Common or Grammar Schools. By Lowell Mason and G. J. Webb. 38 cents. THE PRIMARY SCHOOL SONG BOOK. 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The elementary instruction, exercises, solfeggios, and rounds, together with the anthems, etc., are taken by permission from Mr. Mason's popular work, "The Hallelujah." 63 cents. THE ACADEMY VOCALIST. A collection of Vocal Music, arranged for the use of Seminaries, High Schools, Singing Classes, etc. By Geo. F. Root, Professor of Music in Abbott's Collegiate Institution, Spingler Institute, Rutger's Institute, etc. Including a complete course of elementary instruction, vocal exercises, and solfeggios. By L. Mason. "The Academy Vocalist" is the standard text-book of a large portion of the most esteemed academies, seminaries, high schools, etc., in the land, and has already passed through ten editions, which proves it a most acceptable work. 63 cents. THE FLOWER QUEEN; or, the Coronation of the Rose. A cantata in two parts. Words by Miss F. J. Crosby, a graduate of the New York Institution for the Blind. Music by G. F. Root, editor of "Academy Vocalist," "The Shawm," etc. 50 cts. |
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