Illustrations in choir accompaniment : with hints in registration : a hand-book (provided with marginal notes for reference) for the use of organ students, organists, and those interested in church music . between the two sections is of a decidedcharacter. To do this well, extenqjore, naturally demands an expert harmonist, otherwise it hadbetter be omitted, or at least studied out (written down) carefully in advance. As to the chon-,they must (through rehearsal or usage) not be taken by surprise, but be sufficiently accustomedto wait a moment, and—listen. If the passage is properly performed,
Illustrations in choir accompaniment : with hints in registration : a hand-book (provided with marginal notes for reference) for the use of organ students, organists, and those interested in church music . between the two sections is of a decidedcharacter. To do this well, extenqjore, naturally demands an expert harmonist, otherwise it hadbetter be omitted, or at least studied out (written down) carefully in advance. As to the chon-,they must (through rehearsal or usage) not be taken by surprise, but be sufficiently accustomedto wait a moment, and—listen. If the passage is properly performed, they can easily tell whento come in. Thus they gain a moment to breathe—no slight advantage in a long chant incase of a cpiartet choir, or where the canticle is not sung antiphonally—and the re-entrance ofthe voices gives added effect. This treatment must be sparingly used ; by no means at every repetition, even when foundin print, as it sometimes is. It is, perhaps, best suited to the opening verse and to the GloriaPatri. All trills and unseemly runs or flourishes should be avoided. A good example follows,taken from a (MS.) quadruple chant. The first half only is given. Example 46. I mp I I. The execution of the passage thus introduced at the mediation is about e(iuivalent to theaddition of one more measuie, the additional measure Ijcing performed in the time uf the spoken-tone measures; thus: [^felLE^IEjE^J^^JrE^ or with a slight ralhiitatuh, at the close. The rests indicate the pause made by the vt)iccs Tiiis passage may be i)layea eitiier ACCOMPANIMEXT OF THE CHANT. 57 lipon the Swell, leading to tlie_^ of the Great Organ, or npon the Great Organ at once with thecommencement of the small notes. The latter is preferable if the next phrase is to be snngin iniison. It will be seen from the preceding remarks that the proper accompaniment of the chant isto be derived from the sentiment of the words, and this to even a greater degree than in ease ofqnartet and other tunes.
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