lips;" which, with the following responses, to the words, "Praise ye the Lord," were termed Preces, although this term properly belongs only to the versicles between the Creed and the Collect for the day.* These portions of the Service were variously harmonized by the principal Church-musicians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and specimens are contained in John Barnard's First Book of Selected Church Musick, 1641. In these arrangements the plain-chant is invariably the same. It is a common mistake to suppose that the harmonies of the responses, in use at the various cathedrals, are mere simplifications of those of the sublime Tallis. They are essentially different, and, in some cases, of greater antiquity. The harmonized responses of Tallis were not intended for daily use. In Edward Lowe's Directions for the Performance of Cathedral Service, 1664,† they are subjoined to the ordinary responses, and are called Extraordinary Responsals upon Festivals." The proper usage of the Church of England is to per * See the Rev. J. Jebb's excellent work on The Choral Service of the Church, p. 257. + Two editions of this little manual were printed at Oxford, the first in 1661 (before the last revision of the Prayerbook), the second in 1664, "according to the new Prayerbook." The editor of the present work has recently reprinted the edition of 1664. form the ordinary responses and Litany upon the week-days, and to reserve those of Tallis for particular occasions,—thus making a marked distinction between the daily service and the great festivals of the Church. The present publication contains the complete choral mode for the Order of Morning and Evening Prayer, with the Creed of St. Athanasius, and the Litany; also such rubrical and other directions as relate to their performance. The Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, &c. sung after the Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, are not given, being variously set to music, and changed daily. The Venite exultemus, and Psalms for the day (sung to varied chants), are omitted for the same reason. Grosvenor Cottage, Park Village East, Regent's Park, July 1844. E. F. R. THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ། "Ar the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of the Sentences of the Scriptures" as prescribed. "And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences." Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed 班 from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed, &c. B |