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This collection of Christmas carols was published in 1864 by William Henry Husk (1814-87), a solicitor's clerk and amateur singer who was librarian of the Sacred Harmonic Society in London. He wrote many entries for the first edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and in 1875 published An Account of the Musical Celebrations on St Cecilia's Day (also reissued in this series). He organises some eighty carols (some of which are familiar, others less known in these versions, and others no longer in common use) in two groups, religious and 'festive'. Each has a headnote explaining its origin, and the general introduction describes Christmas customs, including carol-singing, which Husk fears may be in decline. The songs range from 'A babe is born' and 'Here comes holly', to several variants of 'The boar's head carol', and Husk provides musical settings for twelve of them.

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...