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. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...voices and but little of independent interest is given the organ, it is clearly the duty of the organist to furnish an unobtrusive support for the voices and nothing more than that! But, should the organ part contain thematic matter of independent interest (as is becoming more and more the case as composers ...
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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. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...voices and but little of independent interest is given the organ, it is clearly the duty of the organist to furnish an unobtrusive support for the voices and nothing more than that! But, should the organ part contain thematic matter of independent interest (as is becoming more and more the case as composers are writing anthems of greater effectiveness)--then surely this part also should be so treated that it will prove interesting as well. The singers should not be submerged--far from it; but the player should cause his part of the composition to stand forth enough to be realized--or as it has been put: "to cut through without overpowering"; this is best produced by a contrast of quality, whenever possible, and not through mere domination by strength alone. Turning to the subject of congregational singing, and the accompanying of it by the organist, we are confronted by a matter of the utmost importance: the singing of the people, accompanied and led by the choir and organ is the musical backbone of the service. The organist's part in the congregational singing is a two-function one: he must accompany and he must also lead. He must enunciate the tempo and rhythm--the two essentials of all singing by masses; he must see to it that the tempo he designates is adhered to--permitting no "dragging" whatsoever, and he should try to lead the people (in so far as is humanly possible) in bringing out at least the principal moods and meanings of the text of the hymns. By this is not meant that he should be ceaselessly varying the volume of tone, tempi and tonecolor in that pernicious manner which has developed of late years--and which is often called "accompanying the hymns"--a procedure which is to be mercilessly condemned as...
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