The sanctus : a collection of sacred music, full and complete in every department ; adapted to the worship of all Protestant denominations, by Edward Hamilton

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Label

The sanctus : a collection of sacred music, full and complete in every department ; adapted to the worship of all Protestant denominations, by Edward Hamilton

Title remainder

a collection of sacred music, full and complete in every department ; adapted to the worship of all Protestant denominations

Statement of responsibility

by Edward Hamilton

Instantiates

• The sanctus : a collection of sacred music, full and complete in every department ; adapted to the worship of all Protestant denominations

Publication

• Boston, Phillips, Sampson, and Co., c1857

Note

• Signatures : [1]4 2-464 ; wove paper
• ca. 419 hymns with tunes ; for SATB ; without additional accompaniment ; each headed by title, meter, and composer ; ca. 90 anthems, sentences, chants, etc. ; for SATB ; without additional accompaniment ; each headed by title, type of composition and composer ; chants in close score
• "Elements of music" : 12 chapters on rudiments of music ; with musical illustrations and 28 vocal exercises -- p. [3]-20
• "The voice" : instructional essay by E. H. Frost on proper vocal techniques ; with musical and anatomical illustrations -- p. 358-[364]
• Includes indexes : "General index of hymn tunes" -- p. 365 ; "Index of meters" -- p. 366-367 ; "Index of anthems , chants, &c." -- p. 368
• Copyright statement : dated 1857 -- t.p. verso
• "A. B. Kidders Music Typography" ; "Stereotyped by Dillingham and Bragg, 41 Congress Street, Boston" -- t.p. verso
• "Prefatory remarks" : "The music ... is mostly new ... [with] a few popular and useful old tunes ... the tunes ... are easy to learn ... and sing ...[with] a few pieces of a somewhat difficult character ... This work will be found better adapted to common choirs [and] ... more church-like ... The anthems, sentences, and the like ... [will be] easily mastered by average choirs. A few will tax the best powers of the most cultivated singers" -- t.p. verso
• T.p. quote : "Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus. Dominus Deus sabaoth! Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua" (Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty. Heaven and earth are full of your glory)
• Includes compositions by Luther, J. S. Bach, Cherubini, Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel, Handel, and Rousseau
• Quarter-calf binding with oblong boards and pink paper covers ; front cover bears t.p. information ; back cover bears advertisement for publisher

Dimensions

16 x 26 cm.

Extent

1 vocal score (368 p.)

Note

Nutter Metcalf copy: Inscriptions : "Church of the Unity" -- written several times on front endpapers in pencil and iron gall ink ; "Mrs. Hastings. Benchley [?] Arbuckle. Choir of the Church of the Unity" in pencil -- front pastedown ; "Sing this Sunday. July 24, 1859. awful. C. Streams [?] Strams [?] organist. Quartette choir of Unity Church. M. Arbuckle, Basso. E. Benchley, Tenor. Miss Andrews, Soprano. Katie [or] Hattie Hastings, Alto." in pencil -- p. 154 ; "Farewell, a long farewell to all my grandsons [?] grandchildren[?]. Departed earth 186-. Miss Andrews. Mrs. Hastings. Benchley" -- back pastedown ; arithmatic sums pencilled on front and back endpapers ; Frank Metcalf's bookplate -- front pastedown.

Record ID

99193587600001161

System control number

(OCoLC)23761083