Author: Charles Davidson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-09

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780364217818

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Excerpt from Studies in the English Mystery Plays: A Thesis Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of Yale University In some form singing of psalms had been a feature of the church worship from the first. There had been some definite assignment of musical parts in temple and synagogue worship moreover, Psalms 24 and 134 appear to have been composed for antiphonal singing. Philo speaks of such singing among the Essenes, in language which agrees closely with that used by Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, in 370 A. D., when he says, And now, divided into two parts, they sing alternately to each other. Afterwards they commit the leading of the melody to one, and the rest follow him. Pliny's statement that the Christians sang amongst themselves in turn proves its survival among the Christians. Nevertheless, whatever the method of singing may have been, that lively alternation, which gives movement and interest to antiphonal singing, must have been lacking. Indeed there are signs that music itself fell into disuse or was of little prominence, for no writer after St. Chrysostom could have omitted, as did Justin Martyr, all men tion of it, in a description of the service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Studies in the English Mystery Plays written by Charles Davidson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in the English Mystery Plays: A Thesis Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of Yale University In some form singing of psalms had been a feature of the church worship from the first. There had been some definite assignment of musical parts in temple and synagogue worship moreover, Psalms 24 and 134 appear to have been composed for antiphonal singing. Philo speaks of such singing among the Essenes, in language which agrees closely with that used by Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, in 370 A. D., when he says, And now, divided into two parts, they sing alternately to each other. Afterwards they commit the leading of the melody to one, and the rest follow him. Pliny's statement that the Christians sang amongst themselves in turn proves its survival among the Christians. Nevertheless, whatever the method of singing may have been, that lively alternation, which gives movement and interest to antiphonal singing, must have been lacking. Indeed there are signs that music itself fell into disuse or was of little prominence, for no writer after St. Chrysostom could have omitted, as did Justin Martyr, all men tion of it, in a description of the service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.