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Anglican Chant and Chanting in England, Scotland, and America, 1660 to 1820
This book presents, for the first time, a history of English liturgical chant as performed in the Church of England and its transmission to churches in Scotland and the United States. In the mid-sixteenth century Reformation, the complex ritual of the latin rite was replaced by a one-volume Book of Common Prayer, in English. The general nature of the new rubrics, expecially for music, left many of the details of performance to be worked out in traditional ways. Thus the music evolved from its Latin roots in oral, and later, written practice. The body of music that makes up the chanting practice of Anglican and related churches around the world is indeed diversified. Some texts of the liturgy...
The Art of Chanting
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The Anglican Chant Psalter
An entire psalter of one hundred fifty psalms in The Book of Common Prayer translation set to Anglican chant in the time-honored "speech rhythm" pointing of The Parish Psalter from England as refined by Ray Francis Brown during his thirty-year tenure as Director of Music at The General Theological Seminary in New York City. The Standing Commission on Church Music followed Brown's principles in pointing the psalms of this book. A brief introduction gives a description of chanting and the performance notes are helpful with the specifics of reading pointing.
The Common Worship Psalter with Chants
The Chants edition uses many old favourites plus brand new, specially-written and arranged chants. Ideal for both choir and congregational use, this is the Parish Psalter for the 21st century.
