The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book

Excerpt from The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book: Compiled, Edited and ArrangedThis Hymnal contains devotional melodies from traditional sources and, so far as known, are truly Catholic in origin. The editor has selected typical melodies from sources hereto fore neglected by American and English Hymnologists. Melodies and Hymn tunes that are known and loved by the French, Slovak, Polish, Italian, German, and other Catholics, are here given in their. Original form with appropriate English texts.The melodies have been so arranged as to be well within the range of the average voice. The extremely high keys have been carefully avoided and the limitations of the ordinary voice have been kept in mind; thus it will be found that none of the hymns intended to be sung by congregations and even by school children, rise above E flat (fourth space) or E natural. If higher keys are desired, transpositions can easily be made.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.