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Chopi Musicians - Their Music, Poetry and Instruments (Hardcover): Hugh Tracey Chopi Musicians - Their Music, Poetry and Instruments (Hardcover)
Hugh Tracey
R3,570 Discovery Miles 35 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1948 and updated with a new introduction in 1970 this book is a classic study on the musical life of a Bantu people in Mozambique. It discusses the poetry on which the music and dances are based and provides, both in original and translation, 50 Chopi songs which are related to the social setting of Chopi life. It analyses some of the musical compositions and their structure with illustrations and transcriptions in score and describes the method of manufacture of the instruments. One chapter is devoted to full descriptions of the elaborate orchestral dances. The book is illustrated by numerous photographs and maps, and contains a glossary of musical terms, and extracts from early Portuguese accounts of the Chopi people and their music.

God Rock, Inc. - The Business of Niche Music (Hardcover): Andrew Mall God Rock, Inc. - The Business of Niche Music (Hardcover)
Andrew Mall
R2,791 Discovery Miles 27 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Popular music in the twenty-first century is increasingly divided into niche markets. How do fans, musicians, and music industry executives define their markets' boundaries? What happens when musicians cross those boundaries? What can Christian music teach us about commercial popular music? In God Rock, Inc., Andrew Mall considers the aesthetic, commercial, ethical, and social boundaries of Christian popular music, from the late 1960s, when it emerged, through the 2010s. Drawing on ethnographic research, historical archives, interviews with music industry executives, and critical analyses of recordings, concerts, and music festival performances, Mall explores the tensions that have shaped this evolving market and frames broader questions about commerce, ethics, resistance, and crossover in music that defines itself as outside the mainstream.

J. S. Bach's Johannine Theology - The St. John Passion and the Cantatas for Spring 1725 (Hardcover): Eric Chafe J. S. Bach's Johannine Theology - The St. John Passion and the Cantatas for Spring 1725 (Hardcover)
Eric Chafe
R2,824 Discovery Miles 28 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bach's Johannine Theology: The St. John Passion and the Cantatas for Spring 1725 is a fertile examination of this group of fourteen surviving liturgical works. Renowned Bach scholar Eric Chafe begins his investigation into Bach's theology with the composer's St. John Passion, concentrating on its first and last versions. Beyond providing a uniquely detailed assessment of the passion, Bach's Johannine Theology is the first work to take the work beyond the scope of an isolated study, considering its meaning from a variety of musical and historical standpoints. Chafe thereby uncovers a range of theological implications underlying Bach's creative approach itself.
Building considerably on his previous work, Chafe here expands his methodological approach to Bach's vocal music by arguing for a multi-layered approach to religion in Bach's compositional process. Chafe bases this approach primarily on two aspects of Bach's theology: first, the specific features of Johannine theology, which contrast with the more narrative approach found in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke); and second, contemporary homiletic and devotional writings - material that is not otherwise easily accessible, and less so in English translation. Bach's Johannine Theology provides an unprecedented, enlightening exploration of the theological and liturgical contexts within which this music was first heard.

The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols (Sheet music, Vocal score): Hugh Keyte, Andrew Parrott, Clifford Bartlett The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Hugh Keyte, Andrew Parrott, Clifford Bartlett
R1,008 Discovery Miles 10 080 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This--the performers' edition of the massive New Oxford Book of Carols--is a selection of 120 carols in 173 different settings. The music, which is divided into composed carols and traditional carols, covers nine centuries of Christmas music from around the world. Popular and unknown material is included: the settings are straightforward and each carol is accompanied by a note on historical background. The emphasis is on the fresh approach to the carol, and the editors have cleared away the accretions of years to recapture the original spirit and vigor of the music. Selections from the book are featured on EMI Classic's recordings "The Carol Album," "The Christmas Album," and "Carol Album 2," performed by the Taverner Consort, Choir, and Players under the direction of Andrew Parrott.

Hildegard of Bingen and Musical Reception - The Modern Revival of a Medieval Composer (Paperback): Jennifer Bain Hildegard of Bingen and Musical Reception - The Modern Revival of a Medieval Composer (Paperback)
Jennifer Bain
R1,031 Discovery Miles 10 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since her death in 1179, Hildegard of Bingen has commanded attention in every century. In this book Jennifer Bain traces the historical reception of Hildegard, focusing particularly on the moment in the modern era when she began to be considered as a composer. Bain examines how the activities of clergy in nineteenth-century Eibingen resulted in increased veneration of Hildegard, an authentication of her relics, and a rediscovery of her music. The book goes on to situate the emergence of Hildegard's music both within the French chant restoration movement driven by Solesmes and the German chant revival supported by Cecilianism, the German movement to reform Church music more generally. Engaging with the complex political and religious environment in German speaking areas, Bain places the more recent Anglophone revival of Hildegard's music in a broader historical perspective and reveals the important intersections amongst local devotion, popular culture, and intellectual activities.

Love one another (Sheet music, Vocal score): Alan Bullard Love one another (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Alan Bullard
R128 Discovery Miles 1 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and piano or organ This expressive anthem brings together excerpts from the gospels that express God's commandment to mankind to love one another. Underpinned by a flowing piano or organ accompaniment, Love one another explores this profound topic with sensitive harmonies and effective modulations. Although suitable for performance throughout the church year, this anthem would be particularly affecting in a Wedding or Maundy Thursday service.

101 More Hymn Stories - The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns (Paperback): Kenneth W. Osbeck 101 More Hymn Stories - The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns (Paperback)
Kenneth W. Osbeck
R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Now with a new cover! This book offers the inspiring true stories behind 101 of your favorite hymns. It is excellent for devotional reading, sermon illustrations, and bulletin inserts, as well as for historical or biographical research.

Plague and Music in the Renaissance (Hardcover): Remi Chiu Plague and Music in the Renaissance (Hardcover)
Remi Chiu
R2,926 Discovery Miles 29 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Plague, a devastating and recurring affliction throughout the Renaissance, had a major impact on European life. Not only was pestilence a biological problem, but it was also read as a symptom of spiritual degeneracy and it caused widespread social disorder. Assembling a picture of the complex and sometimes contradictory responses to plague from medical, spiritual and civic perspectives, this book uncovers the place of music - whether regarded as an indispensable medicine or a moral poison that exacerbated outbreaks - in the management of the disease. This original musicological approach further reveals how composers responded, in their works, to the discourses and practices surrounding one of the greatest medical crises in the pre-modern age. Addressing topics such as music as therapy, public rituals and performance and music in religion, the volume also provides detailed musical analysis throughout to illustrate how pestilence affected societal attitudes toward music.

Convent Music and Politics in 18th-Century Vienna (Book): Janet K. Page Convent Music and Politics in 18th-Century Vienna (Book)
Janet K. Page
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Janet K. Page explores the interaction of music and piety, court and church, as seen through the relationship between the Habsburg court and Vienna's convents. For a period of some twenty-five years, encompassing the end of the reign of Emperor Leopold I and that of his elder son, Joseph I, the court's emphasis on piety and music meshed perfectly with the musical practices of Viennese convents. This mutually beneficial association disintegrated during the eighteenth century, and the changing relationship of court and convents reveals something of the complex connections among the Habsburg court, the Roman Catholic Church, and Viennese society. Identifying and discussing many musical works performed in convents, including oratorios, plays with music, feste teatrali, sepolcri, and other church music, Page reveals a golden age of convent music in Vienna and sheds light on the convents' surprising engagement with contemporary politics.

Carol Songbook - High Voice (Book): Mack Wilberg Carol Songbook - High Voice (Book)
Mack Wilberg
R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This wonderful collection brings together seven well-loved carols, all newly arranged by Mack Wilberg for high voice and piano. Featuring a range of Christmas texts, including 'Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella', 'Deck the hall', and 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', it also offers two carols with alternative, original foreign-language options (French and Catalan). With a delightful variety of musical styles and moods, this volume is perfect for recitals, services, and concerts at Christmas time. Also available in a volume for low voice.

Faith, Hope, and Love Remain (Sheet music, SATB vocal score): Malcolm Archer Faith, Hope, and Love Remain (Sheet music, SATB vocal score)
Malcolm Archer
R128 Discovery Miles 1 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and organ This uplifting anthem combines two well-known texts that are commonly read at weddings: 1 Corinthians 13:13 ('And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.') and Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ('For love is strong as death. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.'). The music perfectly mirrors the message of the texts, with flowing solo organ passages and melodic vocal lines building to full homophonic textures at the climax. Portraying a theme that is both personal and eternal, Faith, hope, and love remain is suitable for use not only as part of a wedding ceremony but also for general services and concerts.

Ritual Meanings in the Fifteenth-Century Motet (Book): Robert Nosow Ritual Meanings in the Fifteenth-Century Motet (Book)
Robert Nosow
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first full-length study of how motets were used and performed in the fifteenth century, this book dispels the mystery surrounding these outstanding works of vocal polyphony. It covers four areas of intense compositional activity: England, the Veneto, Bruges and Cambrai, with reference to the works of Dunstaple, Forest, Ciconia, Grenon and Du Fay. In every documented instance, motets functioned as ceremonial vehicles, whether voiced in procession through the streets of a city or the chapel of a king, at the guild chapel of a parish church or the high altar of a cathedral. The motet was an entirely vocal genre that changed radically during the period from 1400 to 1475. Robert Nosow outlines the motet's social history, demonstrating how the incorporation of different texts, musical dialects, cantus firmus materials and melodic styles represents an important key to the evolution of the genre, and its adaptability to widely variant ritual circumstances.

Fierce Love - Music Leads a Lost Child Home (Hardcover): Adrian Snell Fierce Love - Music Leads a Lost Child Home (Hardcover)
Adrian Snell; As told to Leon van Steensel
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
In the Beginning (Sheet music, Vocal score): Alan Smith In the Beginning (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Alan Smith
R133 Discovery Miles 1 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and piano, organ, or orchestra First published in a two-part version in The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols, Alan Smith's In the Beginning is presented separately here in a mixed-voice arrangement. Kevin Carey's text is set to gently lilting music, perfect for choirs and settings at Christmas. Orchestral material is available on hire/rental.

Hearing Bach's Passions (Paperback): Daniel R. Melamed Hearing Bach's Passions (Paperback)
Daniel R. Melamed
R1,134 Discovery Miles 11 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions-St. John and St. Matthew-are an essential part of the modern repertory, performed regularly both by professional ensembles and amateur groups. These large, complex pieces are well loved, but due to our distance from the original context in which they were performed, questions and problems emerge. Bach scholar Daniel Melamed examines the issues we encounter when we hear the passions performed today, and offers unique insight into Bach's passion settings. Rather than providing a movement-by-movement analysis, Melamed uses the Bach repertory to introduce readers to some of the intriguing issues in the study and performance of older music, and explores what it means to listen to this music today. For instance, Bach wrote the passions for a particular liturgical event at a specific time and place; we hear them hundreds of years later, often a world away and usually in concert performances. They were performed with vocal and instrumental forces deployed according to early 18th-century conceptions; we usually hear them now as the pinnacle of the choral/orchestral repertory, adapted to modern forces and conventions. In Bach's time, passion settings were revised, altered, and tampered with both by their composers and by other musicians who used them; today we tend to regard them as having fixed texts to be treated mith respect. Their music was sometimes recycled from other compositions or reused itself for other purposes; we have trouble imagining the familiar material of Bach's passion settings in any other guise. Melamed takes on these issues, exploring everything from the sources that transmit Bach's passion settings today to the issues surrounding performance practice (including the question of the size of Bach's ensemble). He delves into the passions as dramatic music, examines the problem of multiple versions of a work and the reconstruction of lost pieces, explores the other passions in Bach's performing repertory, and sifts through the puzzle of authorship. Highly accessible to the non-specialist, the book assumes no technical musical knowledge and does not rely on printed musical examples. Based on the most recent scholarship and using lucid prose, the book opens up the debates surrounding this repertory to music lovers, choral singers, church musicians, and students of Bach's music.

Resounding Transcendence - Transitions in Music, Religion, and Ritual (Paperback): Jeffers Engelhardt, Philip Bohlman Resounding Transcendence - Transitions in Music, Religion, and Ritual (Paperback)
Jeffers Engelhardt, Philip Bohlman
R1,449 Discovery Miles 14 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Resounding Transcendence is a pathbreaking set of ethnographic and historical essays by leading scholars exploring the ways sacred music effects cultural, political, and religious transitions in the contemporary world. With chapters covering Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist practices in East and Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, North America, the Caribbean, North Africa, and Europe, the volume establishes the theoretical and methodological foundations for music scholarship to engage in current debates about modern religion and secular epistemologies. It also transforms those debates through sophisticated, nuanced treatments of sound and music - ubiquitous elements of ritual and religion often glossed over in other disciplines. Resounding Transcendence confronts the relationship of sound, divinity, and religious practice in diverse post-secular contexts. By examining the immanence of transcendence in specific social and historical contexts and rethinking the reified nature of "religion" and "world religions," these authors examine the dynamics of difference and transition within and between sacred musical practices. The work in this volume transitions between traditional spaces of sacred musical practice and emerging public spaces for popular religious performance; between the transformative experience of ritual and the sacred musical affordances of media technologies; between the charisma of individual performers and the power of the marketplace; and between the making of authenticity and hybridity in religious repertoires and practices. Broad in scope, rich in ethnographic and historical detail, and theoretically ambitious, Resounding Transcendence is an essential contribution to the study of music and religion.

Musik und Ekstase (Hitlahavut) im Chassidismus (German, Paperback): Shmuel Barzilai Musik und Ekstase (Hitlahavut) im Chassidismus (German, Paperback)
Shmuel Barzilai
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Die Musik ist im Judentum unendlich wichtig. In diesem Zusammenhang steht uber den Satz der Tora "Hoere auf das Lied und das Gebet" (1. Buch der Koenige 8,28) im Talmud: "Nur dort, wo ein Lied ist, gibt es auch Gebet" (b.Berachot. 6a). Deshalb stellte das Lied auch im grossen Tempel von Jerusalem einen unverzichtbaren Teil der taglichen Opfer dar und kam von dort mit bestimmten Melodien fur das Gebet und die Toralesung in die Synagoge. Der Chassidismus bediente sich eines der wichtigsten Instrumente, der Musik fur den Gottesdienst, dessen Ziel es ist, den Menschen zu wecken und zu erfreuen, um die Traurigkeit, den "Ursprung des Boesen", zu verscheuchen. Denn durch Freude kann man die hoechsten Stufen erreichen und alle physischen Probleme vermeiden, genau so wie Rabbi Ezekil von Kuzmir sagt: "Denn mit Freude sollt ihr herausziehen" (Jesaja 55,12), was bedeutet, dass man sich durch Freude von allen Schwierigkeiten befreien kann. In diesem Buch fuhrt uns der Autor durch die Hoefe der Chassidim in die Welt der Melodie, uber die Musik ohne Worte (die vielleicht wichtiger ist, als jene mit Worten), die Bedeutung des Tanzes, die Schabbat-Tischgebete bis hin zur kabbalistischen Musik. Er schreibt uber die verschiedenen Rabbiner, die bei den verschiedensten Gelegenheiten sangen und komponierten, wie z.B. in der Synagoge oder beim "Tisch", wo sich alle Chassidim versammeln, um die Erklarungen und Deutungen der Tora zu vernehmen.

Worship Anthology for Easy Piano (Paperback): Hal Leonard Corp Worship Anthology for Easy Piano (Paperback)
Hal Leonard Corp
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Worship Songwriting - The Ultimate Beginner's Guide (Paperback): Laura Troxel Worship Songwriting - The Ultimate Beginner's Guide (Paperback)
Laura Troxel; Illustrated by Laura Troxel; Tia Brown
R186 Discovery Miles 1 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Oratorio de Noel, Op.12 - Vocal score (Latin, Paperback, Gigout ed.): Camille Saint-Saens Oratorio de Noel, Op.12 - Vocal score (Latin, Paperback, Gigout ed.)
Camille Saint-Saens; Contributions by Eugene Gigout; Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole
R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This oratorio by a youthful Camille Saint-Saens was first performed by soloists, chorus and small string orchestra for the 1858 Christmas service at the glise de la Madeleine in Paris. The composer's colleague Eugene Gigout arranged the vocal score, which is presented here in a digitally-enhanced reprint of the one issued by G. Schirmer early in the 20th century. As with the other titles in this series, measure numbers have been added and rehearsal systems have been checked for compliance with the widely available orchestral parts sold by Kalmus. The large A4 size is quite convenient for soloists, choruses, and directors alike.

Die freien Orgelwerke Dieterich Buxtehudes; UEberlieferungsgeschichtliche und stilkritische Studien (German, Paperback, 3rd... Die freien Orgelwerke Dieterich Buxtehudes; UEberlieferungsgeschichtliche und stilkritische Studien (German, Paperback, 3rd Revised ed.)
Michael Belotti
R2,058 Discovery Miles 20 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Diese Arbeit, die in aktualisierter Neuauflage vorgelegt wird, zeichnet zunachst den UEberlieferungsweg der freien Orgelwerke Buxtehudes nach, von den verschollenen Autographen bis zu den erhaltenen, vielfach mangelhaften Abschriften. Besonderes Interesse gilt der Frage, welchen Anteil die beruhmten Zeitgenossen Pachelbel und Bach an der Verbreitungsgeschichte dieser Werke hatten. Im zweiten Hauptteil werden Probleme von Stil und Form, Authentizitat und Chronologie behandelt; auch Aspekte der Spielpraxis werden berucksichtigt. Damit stellt die Arbeit eine Erganzung zur kritischen Edition der Orgelwerke Buxtehudes dar.

Mozart'S Requiem - Reception, Work, Completion (Book): Simon P. Keefe Mozart'S Requiem - Reception, Work, Completion (Book)
Simon P. Keefe
R861 R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Save R112 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Presenting a fresh interpretation of Mozart's Requiem, Simon P. Keefe redresses a longstanding scholarly imbalance whereby narrow consideration of the text of this famously incomplete work has taken precedence over consideration of context in the widest sense. Keefe details the reception of the Requiem legend in general writings, fiction, theatre and film, as well as discussing criticism, scholarship and performance. Evaluation of Mozart's work on the Requiem turns attention to the autograph score, the document in which myths and musical realities collide. Franz Xaver Sussmayr's completion (1791-2) is also re-appraised and the ideological underpinnings of modern completions assessed. Overall, the book affirms that Mozart's Requiem, fascinating for interacting musical, biographical, circumstantial and psychological reasons, cannot be fully appreciated by studying only Mozart's activities. Broad-ranging hermeneutic approaches to the work, moreover, supersede traditionally limited discursive confines.

The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume I: 1695-1717 - Music to Delight the Spirit (Paperback): Richard D. P.... The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume I: 1695-1717 - Music to Delight the Spirit (Paperback)
Richard D. P. Jones
R1,597 Discovery Miles 15 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book gives an account of the individual works of one of the greatest composers. The first volume of a two-volume study of the music of J. S. Bach covers the earlier part of his composing career, 1695-1717. By studying the music chronologically a coherent picture of the composer's creative development emerges, drawing together all the strands of the individual repertoires (e.g. the cantatas, the organ music, the keyboard music). The volume is divided into two parts, covering the early works and the mature Weimar compositions respectively. Each part deals with four categories of composition in turn: large-scale keyboard works; preludes, fantasias, and fugues; organ chorales; and cantatas. Within each category, the discussion is prefaced by a list of the works to be considered, together with details of their original titles, catalogue numbers, and earliest sources. The study is thus usable as a handbook on Bach's works as well as a connected study of his creative development. As indicated by the subtitle Music to Delight the Spirit,, borrowed from Bach's own title-pages, Richard Jones draws attention to another important aspect of the book: not only is it a study of style and technique but a work of criticism, an analytical evaluation of Bach's music and an appreciation of its extraordinary qualities. It also takes account of the remarkable advances in Bach scholarship that have been made over the last 50 years, including the many studies that have appeared relating to various aspects of Bach's early music, such as the varied influences to which he was subjected and the problematic issues of dating and authenticity that arise. In doing so, it attempts to build up a coherent picture of his development as a creative artist, helping us to understand what distinguishes Bach's mature music from his early works and from the music of his predecessors and contemporaries. Hence we learn why it is that his later works are instantly recognizable as 'Bachian'.

From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes - Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover): Walter Feldman From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes - Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover)
Walter Feldman
R2,652 Discovery Miles 26 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, whose life and mystical poetry provided the inspiration for the Mevlevi Sufi order, is one of the world's best-known poets, yet the centuries-long musical tradition cultivated by the Mevleviye remains much less known. In this deeply researched book, renowned scholar Walter Feldman traces the historical development of Mevlevi music and brings to light the remarkable musical and mystical aesthetics of the Mevlevi ayin the instrumental and vocal accompaniment to the sublime ceremony of the 'Whirling' Dervishes.

Account of Musical Celebrations on St Cecilias Day - In the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Fitzwilliam... Account of Musical Celebrations on St Cecilias Day - In the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Book)
William Henry Husk
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. A COLLECTION OF ODES ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY. r APPENDIX. ODE FOE ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1683, BY CHRISTOPHEB FI8HBURN. Set to Music by Henry Purcell. ELCOME to all the pleasures that delight Of ev'ry sense the grateful appetite Hail, great assembly of Apollo's race Hail to this happy place, This Musical assembly, that seems to be The ark of universal harmony Here the deities approve (The God of Music and of Love, ) All the talents they have lent you, All the blessings they have sent you; Pleas'd to see what they bestow Live and thrive so well below; While joys celestial their bright souls invade, To find what great improvement you have made. Then lift up your voices, those organs of nature, Those charms to the troubled and amorous creature: The Power shall divert us a pleasanter way; For Sorrow and Grief Find from Music relief, And Love its soft charms must obey. Beauty, thou source of love, And Virtue, thou innocent fire, Made by the Powers above To temper the heat of desire; Music, that fancy employs In raptures of innocent flame, We offer with lute and with voice To Cecilia, Cecilia's bright name: In a concert of voices, while instruments play, With Music we'll celebrate this holiday; In a concert of voices we'll sing, 16 Cecilia ODE FOE ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1683, Author unknown. Composed by Henry Purcell. RAISE, raise the voice, all instruments obey, Let the sweet lute its softest notes display, For this is sacred Music's holiday. The God himself says, he'll be present here, Dress'd in his brightest beams he will appear, Not to the eye, but to the ravish'd ear. Hark I hear Apollo cry, "Crown the day with harmony "And let ev'ry gen'rous heart "In the chorus bear a part." Mark, mark, how readily each pliant string Prepares itself, and as an offer...

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