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The Six large Maps of the Stars on the Gnomonic projection by Sir J. Lubbock, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, have passed into the hands of DEAN & SON, 11, Ludgate Hill, who have (to effect a wide circulation of these useful Maps), reduced them from 15s. to 7s. 6d. the set, plain, trusting to the expectation of a very large sale for remuneration, and also for the other result, an extension of serviceable knowledge.

DEAN AND SON, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, 11, LUDGATE HILL

A COLLECTION OF

400 PSALM and HYMN TUNES,

ORIGINAL AND, SELECTED,

SUITED TO ALL THE VARIETIES OF

METRICAL PSALMODY:

ARRANGED FOR FOUR VOICES, WITH AN ORGAN OR PIANOFORTE ACCOMPANIMENT.

UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF

VINCENT NOVELLO, ESQ.

CONSISTING OF

ADAPTATIONS FROM THE WORKS OF HANDEL, HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SPOHR, ROMBERG, EMANUEL AND SEBASTIAN BACH, PURCELL, BATTISHILL, BOYCE, ARNE, CROFT,

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T. COOKE, Esq., Organist to the Bavarian Embassy.

W. HAWES, Esq., late Almoner of St. Paul's Cathedral.
W. H. KEARNS, Esq.

E. HAWKINS, Esq., late Gentleman of Her Majesty's
Chapel Royal.

THOMAS HAWKINS, Esq.

W. HORSLEY, Esq, Organist at the Charter House.
T. H. SEVERN, Esq.

E. TAYLOR, Esq., Gresham Professor of Music.

H. J. GAUNTLETT, Esq., Mus. Doc., late Organist of J. TURLE, Esq., Organist of Westminster Abbey.

Christ Church, Newgate Street.

J. GOSS, Esq., Organist of St. Paul's Cathedral.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF WILTON.
S. WEBB, SEN.

AND MANY OTHERS.

S. WEBB, JUN.

S. WESLEY.

THE WHOLE NEWLY HARMONIZED OR CONTRIBUTED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK,

AND

ADAPTED TO ALL COLLECTIONS OF HYMNS

Used in Public or Private Worship.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PREFACE

To rescue this heavenly part of public worship from a state so unsuited to its legitimate character and object; to recall and induce a relish for the chaste and dignified style of our ancient Psalmody; to invest that Psalmody with such additional attractions as are derivable from Modern Harmony, without injuring its essential qualities; and to introduce to more general notice the works of Modern Composers of established reputation, who have adopted that style as their model; are the principal designs of the present publication. In the prosecution of these objects, the Compilers have availed themselves of every source to which they could obtain access; and they believe the Selection now offered to the public, will be found to be richly stored with some of the finest Tunes of ancient times, together with a great variety of compositions of subsequent periods.

Conscious of the difficulties attending any direct innovations upon established customs and prejudices, they have deemed it necessary to yield so far to the present taste in Psalmody as to include in their Selection (where it could be done without compromising the leading objects they have in view) some of those tunes, whose principal claim to insertion will be found in their existing popularity. It has, however, been their wish to free all the tunes of this description from the errors which belong to them in their original form.

It has been the aim of the Compilers to omit nothing that would render the work deserving of general adoption, or contribute to the improvement of what they deem the highest and most ennobling employment of the faculties of created beings-the offering of praise to the Supreme Being. In seeking to restore some of the valuable tunes which were associated with the praises and stimulated the piety of our ancestors, and uniting therewith no small number of the sacred offerings of eminent Composers of later times, well calculated to subserve the same hallowed purpose, they believe that "The Psalmist" presents no ordinary claims to the favour of the lovers of good Psalmody, whether regard be had to the intrinsic value of the compositions and adaptations it includes, or the beauty of the style in which it is produced, and the low price at which it is offered to the public.

LONDON:

Published for the Proprietors by

J. HADDON, 3, BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET,

AND TO BE HAD BY ORDER OF ANY MUSIC OR BOOK SELLER.

With Accompaniment, complete, 4to, in cloth

half bound morocco, cloth sides

The Vocal Score, comprising the entire Work, strongly bound

The Separate Parts, viz., the Treble, the Alto, the Tenor, and the Bass, in four vols. small 8vo, bound in cloth, each

Ditto

ditto bound in embossed roan, gilt edges, each

⚫s. d.

16 0

18 0 60

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE NAMES

OF THE

Tunes in the Psalmist,

ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE METRES.

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For the use of Societies and Classes practising "THE PSALMIST.”

THE PSALMIST HYMN BOOK, a Selection of Hymns, adapted to all the Tunes in

"The Psalmist," limp cloth

s. d. 08

NOTWITHSTANDING that a multitude of Tune Books have appeared of late years, following in the movement inaugurated by the proprietors of THE PSALMIST, and that all, to a greater or less extent, have endeavoured to emulate its beauties, the publisher is justified in asserting that not one can be pointed out, even at the present day, that possesses equal merit.

The eulogies passed upon THE PSALMIST by the Public Press are only exceeded by the estimation in which it is held by the many thousands in whose hands it is to be found, and who "are capable of executing its rich and beautiful harmonies with due precision and effect."

The following testimonials are selected for the information of those who, as yet, are unacquainted with this work:

"THE PSALMIST.-This work, as an aid to public and to family worship, is the most complete of the kind that has fallen under our observation. Mr. Novello's studies have been too much occupied with the devotional music of all ages for him not to be aware what great resources lie within the range of simplicity of construction, and we are persuaded, therefore, that this work will detract nothing from his wellearned reputation. Its publication is particularly opportune at a time when class-singing is so widely spread, and either this or some similar work may hence become in time as regular a companion to the attendance in divine service as the Prayer-book or Bible."-Times.

"THE PSALMIST.-This is by far the most complete collection of psalmody we have ever met with. It contains four hundred psalm and hymn tunes of every variety of species used in our places of worship; the old Lutheran and Geneva tunes brought into England and Scotland after the reformation; with the successive contributions made to metrical psalmody by the greatest English ecclesiastical composers from the days of Purcell to the present time. The Selection exhibits much research and sound judgment, intermixing the grave old strains which have been established amongst us since the 16th century, with the more florid rhythmical melodies which began to be introduced among the Dissenters by John Wesley, and have been adopted to a considerable to be most extensively useful, as it consists of that description of music which is used by the members of the Established Church in common with every other denomination of Protestants."-Morning Chronicle.

extent in the Established Church. This work is calculated

"From our own experience we can testify that we know of no system of psalmody so capable of assisting the devotion of the worshipper. We hesitate not to say that this production will shortly, by means alone of its own intrinsic merits, force its adoption into most of the churches and chapels of the metropolis."-St. James's Chronicle.

"No Musical Library will be complete without this valuable work; it is arranged with great taste, and is alike suitable for public and private worship."-Church and State Gazette.

"This work was undertaken some few years since, at a period when that important part of public worship-Congregational Singing-had, from a variety of causes, reached probably its lowest point of degradation. The objects of the projectors of the PSALMIST, were, in the words of their preface, to rescue this heavenly part of public worship from a state so unsuited to its legitimate character and object; to recall and induce a relish for the chaste and dignified style of our ancient psalmody; to invest that psalmody with such additional attractions as are derivable from modern harmony without injuring its essential qualities; and to introduce to more general notice the works of modern composers of established reputation who have adopted that style as their mode;' and the means resorted to in carrying their plan into execution have been as judicious and effective, as the objects they proposed to themselves were praiseworthy. We cordially mention the PSALMIST as at once the most complete, correct, and the cheapest collection of psalm and hymn tunes which has ever fallen under our notice."-Herts Reformer.

"We confidently predict for this truly excellent publication that it will obtain an introduction to the orchestras and singers' seats of every church and chapel in the kingdom, the congregations of which desire that their singing should be at once harmonious and devotional, suited to the service of which it is a part, and auxiliary to the production of those emotions of grateful joy which its performance, when properly conducted, is capable of exciting."-Globe.

"The most prominent feature of the PSALMIST is the tasteful and scientific construction of the harmonies, the tunes already in use being newly arranged for four voices."Patriot.

"We notice the elegant work now before us for the purpose of strongly recommending it to all, and especially as preeminently calculated to effect a great improvement in the conduct of public worship. It is not a little to the credit of this publication that it entirely discards those vicious and unmeaning compositions, the intrusion of which into general use can only be accounted for by the fact that this department of music has long been in the hands of those who are alike disqualified by their ignorance and bad taste for the task they have undertaken."-Evangelical Magazine.

"Within the several parts of the PSALMIST there exists a mine of the richest ore. To the proprietors, to the editor, to the harmonists, and to the composers, of this noble selection of psalmody, the public is deeply, and will be permanently indebted-and, for ourselves as constituting a unit of that public, we say with all warmth of feeling, and from the depths of our heart-Gentlemen, one and all, we thank you!"-Nonconformist.

"We refer our readers to the very able preface of the PSALMIST for a summary of the sacred history of music, with a copious citation of authorities from which there is no appeal, to justify its religious use, if that can be thought necessary. It also contains a succinct account of the rise and ously declared, and reflects the highest credit on those who progress of psalmody. The scheme of the work is perspicu in the choice of tunes are plain, and will approve themselves devised it. The principles which have guided the Compilers their preface. The result is a collection unrivalled in the to every one who allows himself the pleasure of reading number of unexceptionable tunes it contains, and in the beauty of their arrangements, in which the harmonies are rich and full, without being abstruse or intricate.

"The list of those who have contributed to this work

Nor is

includes the most classical composers of all ages. there a name of eminence in the present musical world that is not creditably represented by one or more tunes, some of surpassing beauty. The work, altogether, is a splendid, and, in many cases, a voluntary offering from the highest genius to the service of religion-rich beyond any precedent in faultless beauty of melody, and the most finished resources of harmony."-Eclectic Review.

"In short the PSALMIST is entitled to be viewed in the light of the standard collection of English Metrical Psalmody, and ought to be used in every religious assembly, public or private, which contains singers capable of executing the rich and beautiful harmonies with due precision and effect."Mainzer's Musical Times.

"The PSALMIST is characterized by its truly classical arrangement, and is calculated, by establishing a good musical taste, to make singing in public congregations what it should be."-Watchman.

"It affords us pleasure to learn that the popularity of the PSALMIST increases, and that it is expelling from many of our congregations those boisterous and unscientific compositions, which persons of musical taste who had not been habituated to them from childhood, could not fail to hear with astonishment, if during the performance they happened to pass near a place of worship."-Baptist Magazine.

"Having long ago recorded our opinion of the excellence of the PSALMIST, we are happy to announce that it has been republished in Four Separate Vocal Parts, each containing the Four Hundred tunes, but in so compact a form, that it may be conveniently carried in the pocket, while the musical typography is remarkably distinct and very beautifully executed." -Congregational Magazine.

"This work has thrown every thing of the kind into the shade. We shall have long to wait for the appearance of any thing superior. Its merits have been attested by the first judges on all sides, in terms which can hardly be exceeded."-Christian Witness.

LONDON :-J. HADDON, 3, BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET.

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