How to Sing the Choral Service: A Manual of Intoning for Clergymen (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from How to Sing the Choral Service: A Manual of Intoning for ClergymenThe tradition of choral service stretches so far back in Church history that an apostolic origin is claimed for it without qualification. It seems to be a fact, beyond dispute, that Hebrew worship was always choral, whether it was temple Worship or synagogue Office. Not only were the psalms and other sacred poems sung, but the prayers and Scriptures were in toned. The tones, intonations, and in¿ections were established by traditional usage, and no variation from custom was allowed. The priests, Levites, and rabbis were carefully instructed in sacred music, and such instruction evidently formed part of their training for the ministry. Our Lord sanctioned their choral Ser vices by His presence, and by assisting at them.When the Church was founded, the principal ele ments Of Christian worship were taken without Change from the Hebrew forms. The psalms were sung to their traditional music by the traditional vested Choir, the Scriptures were sung with the same in¿ections, and the new prayers were intoned in the same manner as the Old ones.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.