Notes on Psalmody (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Notes on Psalmody Do not misunderstand my subject. It will have little to do with music, but will chiefly concern the hymns to which music has been consecrated. I had, indeed, almost ventured on a separate disquisition on the old music of the Hebrews, by way of preface and explanation of my present remarks; but we know so little on that subject that I could not have written anything very definite, or instructive, or interesting. All that I require to say on the music of old Israel can be told in a very few words. For it appears certain that music among the Hebrews was not by any means so scientifically understood or practised as among the civilized nations of modern times - that it principally employed instruments of percussion - and that it did not assume the varied though definite form which characterises the sacred music of the present day. The musical services of the synagogue and the temple consisted more in chant than in song, and easily adapted themselves to lines and sentences of every varied proportion. Accordingly, the style and structure of the Psalms, so far as music is concerned, are on no recognisable model: there are lines of extraordinary length associated abruptly and variously with lines of only a few syllables: and, making every allowance for our ignorance of the original pronunciation of the sacred language, there is still no doubt whatever that the vocal music of the temple must have resembled the accommodating method of modern recitative or intoning, and never have developed itself in the measured and definite melody which charms us in such compositions as Martyrdom or Old Hundred. In our religious services a few verses of a psalm are all that can well be sung at one time, but among the Hebrews several psalms or entire compositions were generally chanted; and there is every reason to believe that the "hymn" which our Saviour and His disciples sung after the institution of the Lord´s Supper, consisted of Psalms cxv., cxvi., cxvii., cxviii., these comprising the sacred song which was usually sung after the observance of the Passover. No one who is aware of this custom of the Jews can peruse these psalms without being much impressed with the rich appropriateness and significance of that hymn as sung at the celebration of the last of the Passovers of the Law. But although the sacred music of the Hebrews was merely a sonorous intoning of the psalm, in which a very artless melody was followed, such as is practised still by the modern Jews, it is evident that they had also a music of a more artistic and definite character. The performance of David on his harp before Saul must have been of a high class, and probably was distinguished by the art and pathos of its melody. This, however, was not the characteristic of the sacred music of the Hebrews. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
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