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Claudius, M.: Wandsbeck Messenger
The Wandsbeck Messenger was a local paper in Wandsbeck, near Hanover, edited by Matthias Claudius between 1771 and 1813 (intermittently). During this period Claudius published several selections of his contributions to the Messenger, under the title Asmus omnia sua secum portans; oder sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen; these were issued as Parts 1 & 2,1774; Pt 3, 1777; Pt 4, 1782; Pt 5, 1789; Pt 6, 1797 Pt.7,1802; Pt 8, 1812. (List and dates in Julian.)
In a modern edition of the Sämmtliche Werke (München, 1968) the item "Paul Erdmann's Fest" is given as being in Part II, 1782; though a facsimile of a first edition title-page specifies "I und II Theil. Hamburg, 1775".
For a transcription of "Paul Erdmann's Fest" (German text) from the 1968 edition, click here . . .
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Compiled by `a committee of Public School masters', initially for use at Charterhouse School.
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(One of more than twenty sets published by him.)
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(Julian, pp.241-2)
Contained 100 original Latin hymns by Charles Coffin, many of which appeared in the Paris Breviary of the same year (1736).
In the Preface he wrote:
"In his porro scribendis Hymnis non tam poetico indulgendum spiritui, quam nitore et pietate consulendum esse existimavi. Pleraque igitur, argumentis convenientia e purissimis Scripturae Sacrae fontibus deprompsi quae idoneis Ecclesiae cantui numeris alligarem."[ "In composing the hymns which follow, I have judged it right not so much to give rein to a poetic spirit, as to have regard to elegance and piety. For the most part, therefore, I have drawn their themes from the purest sources of Sacred Scripture, and have incorporated these in verses fitted for the Church's song." ]
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"Collegiate" appears to refer to Clifton College, where William Trimnell was organist and music director.
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Come and Praise is a series of song-books prepared for use in schools by the BBC Schools Broadcasting department and published by BBC Books / BBC Enterprises Ltd / BBC Worldwide Ltd. Initially there were two editions, for which the music editor was Douglas Coombes.
(a) Come and Praise, Book I 1978
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- RS-90 O Lord, all the world belongs to you
- RS-549 One more step along the world I go
- RS-123 Genesis
(b) Come and Praise, Book II 1988
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- RS-622 Beneath the shade of our vine and fig-tree
- RS-649 Let the world rejoice together
- RS-633 O let us spread the pollen of peace
(c) A further volume Come and Praise Beginnings was published in 1996 by BBC Education / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
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The Commonwealth (ed. H.Scott Holland) July 1902
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A collection of Conder's own hymns and poems.
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(later editions appeared in 1863 & 1864)
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See the following separate pages -
Independent books of Congregational origin (a selection only) -
Congregational Psalmist ed. Henry Allon 1858 &c. (and other Collections edited or co-edited by H.Allon)The English Hymn Book, ed. R.W.Dale 1874
Congregational Hymns, ed. W.Garrett Horder
Worship-Song, ed. W.Garrett Horder 1905
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Congregational Hymn Book, 1836 / 44
(a) The Congregational Hymn Book: A Supplement to Dr Watts' Psalms and Hymns. Compiled by direction of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. London: published for the Congregational Union by Jackson and Walford, St Paul's Churchyard, 1836
The first "official" hymn-book of the Congregational Union. It was edited by Josiah Conder, and contained 620 hymns, 56 of them written by Conder himself.
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- RS-562 Head of the Church, our risen Lord
- RS-288 Thou art the everlasting Word
(b) [CL] - do - Revised Edition, 1844
Click here . . . to view (parts of) Conder's Prefaces to the 1836 and 1844 editions.
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The New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859 / 1874
(a) The New Congregational Hymn Book, C.U.E.W., 1859
The title page reads:
"This book of Psalms and Hymns has been prepared by the Committee appointed at the Annual Meeting of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, held in London, May 8, 1855."
The book contained 1000 hymns, the first 270 being metrical psalm paraphrases by various authors, arranged in Psalm order. Most of the paraphrases are from Watts's Psalms of David (1719); but there is a fair selection of psalm versions by other 18th and 19th century writers.
Henry Allon (1818-92) was a co-editor of the hymn-book.
See also extracts from the Assembly Reports and Minutes of the Congregational Union of England & Wales, relating to the NCHB.
(b) Supplement to New Congregational Hymn Book, C.U.E.W. 1874
The 1874 date is given in Julian, p.259 bottom line, and is confirmed in the Preface to the 1887 Hymnal (see below). However, on Julian's p.260 para.11 the date is given as 1869. My copy of NCHB with Supplement (words only) is undated [DSG]. By 1874 the main book had evidently lost the title New, my copy being entitled simply The Congregational Hymn Book. Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship.
The Supplement added 282 hymns to the original 1000 (numbered from 1001 upwards). Julian, whose verdict on the original book was complimentary, described the Supplement (p.259 end) as "very inferior".
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Prepared following a decision by a Committee of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in April, 1883. G.S.Barrett was General Editor, and E.J.Hopkins, composer of the anthem `I will wash Hopkins', was appointed Music Editor.
The book contained 775 hymns, 8 `metrical litanies' (hymns with 3-line verses each followed by a line `Hear us, Holy Jesus' or similar), 20 Canticles pointed for chanting, a metrical version of the Dies Irae, and 125 portions of psalms or other passages of scripture, also pointed for chanting. An Anthem section with 120 items was added in some editions.
In a Preface, the committee specifically disclaimed any intention of causing the withdrawal of the existing hymn-book (1859 plus Supplement), but explained that they undertook the preparation of the new book "not without reluctance", fearing that if they did not do so, the work would be done by others with less satisfactory results. Although many hymn-book editors have felt like this, few have been quite so honest about it.
To view the Preface in full, click here . . .
For Congregational Union Assembly Reports and Minutes concerning the production of the book, click here . . .
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Congregational Sunday School Hymn Book &c.
(a) The Congregational Sunday School Hymn Book: Congregational Union of England & Wales.
Publisher's date on copy of 32mo words only edition seen in The Congregational Library, London: 1880. Authorization on Preface page (no other editorial Preface):
This Hymn Book for Sunday Schools, prepared by a Committee of the CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF ENGLAND AND WALES, is published by direction of the Assembly held in London May 7th, 1867.
The book contains 294 hymns, 6 Doxologies, and 2 Graces Before and After Meat. They are arranged in Subject sections similar to those in contemporary (Congregational) hymnals. Each hymn text is headed with a biblical text and (generally) the name of the author or source (though 70 of the hymns have no author ascription). At the foot of many of the hymns is printed the corresponding number in The New Congregational Hymn Book (1859); about 110 hymns are so marked.
(b) Congregational Sunday School Hymnal ; or: Book of Praise for the Young. Edited by G.S. Barrett, B.A., D.D. Harmonies revised by Sir Joseph Barnby. Congregational Union of England & Wales: (? n.d. ? = 1881+)
The copy seen in The Congregational Library , London, is undated. It contains 378 hymns, arranged in Subject sections similar to those in The Sunday School Hymn Book [ (a) above], but with rather more hymns in the Section The Lord Jesus Christ (50, against 36 in the earlier collection).
In the same copy (16mo, words only) a Supplement is bound, containing a further 122 hymns numbered from 379 upwards, and also arranged in Subject sections - a reduced number but matching corresponding Sections in the main book.
For the editorial Preface, click here >>>
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The Congregational Mission Hymnal and Week Night Service Book, ed. George S.Barrett; C.U.E.W. 1890
Compiled at the request of the Congregational Union, to meet the need for "a small hymnal, adapted for special missions, but which might also be available for ordinary week-night services, and for use at preaching stations or in adult classes".
It was edited by G.S.Barrett, who had edited the Congregational Church Hymnal a few years earlier (1887), and previously the Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1881); the Music editor was Joseph Barnby, then Director of Music at Eton College.
According to the Preface, "revision of the texts" was carried out by "Mr W.J.Brooke". This should be W.T. Brooke (William Thomas), who had performed the same service for Dr.Barrett on the 1887 Hymnal. His initial may have been mis-typed in the transcription for this Enchiridion. (Cf. Julian, p.184a)
The book contained 300 hymns, arranged in Sections similar in scope and sequence to those in the main Hymnal. For the Title Page and Preface, click here > >
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Prepared and published by the Congregational Union of England and Wales, to replace the Congregational Church Hymnal of 1887. The Chairman of the Editorial Committee was Sir J.D.McClure, Headmaster of Mill Hill School, and the Music Advisor was Josiah Booth.
The book was published in three sections, normally bound together, and numbered continuously throughout: 1-771 Hymns (including 4 doxologies) with an appendix of 44 Supplementary Tunes; 772-887 prose Canticles, (portions of) Psalms, and passages of Scripture, pointed for chanting; 888-1004 Anthems, mainly for choirs, with two music settings of the BCP Responses at Matins or Evensong, two settings of the Lord's Prayer, and two Amen settings.
To view the Editorial Preface and the Congregational Union Assembly Reports and Minutes concerning the production of the book, click here . . .
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Prepared by a group of five Congregational ministers (see Publisher's Note below).
Publisher's Note (transcribed from a copy kindly lent by Mr Ronald Bond)
Independent Press is greatly indebted to the Revs J.Ernest James, B.D., W.Ellis Pearson, M.A., Idris Evans, M.A., R.S.Birch, Ph.D., and W.Charter Piggott, for their help in compiling this book.About a dozen of the standard hymns from the Congregational Hymnary are printed here. Otherwise the aim has been to include hymns not found in the Congregational Hymnary, and therefore also not in the companion book "101 Hymns for Special Occasions".
It is hoped that this Popular Hymnal will prove of service at special Evangelistic Meetings: Weeknight and popular Sunday Evening Services, Missions, Bible Classes, Brotherhood Gatherings, Women's Meetings, Guilds, Clubs, Conferences, etc.
~~~~~~~ Initials and figures given in parentheses at the head of each hymn denote suggested tunes and the book in which they are contained. Abbreviations are:
Congregational Hymnary
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Fellowship Hymnbook
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Methodist Hymnbook
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Presbyterian Church Hymnary
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Sankey
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Songs of Praise
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School Worship
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Metres being given to every hymn, it will be found in practice that the metrical index of almost any tune-book will provide suitable accompaniments.
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The book contained 120 hymns and a First-line Index, but no tunes. 15 of the hymns had already appeared in the Congregational Hymnary 1916 or earlier books; 28 hymns which were in neither CoH nor the 1887 Congregational Church Hymnal were subsequently included in Congregational Praise 1951. Some of the latter 28 were by contemporary Congregational writers; others were taken from Anglican books (English Hymnal or Songs of Praise), including translations by Catherine Winkworth and J.M.Neale. A number of hymns, not in earlier Congregational books, were taken from Ira Sankey's collections.
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Prepared and published by the Congregational Union of England and Wales, to replace The Congregational Hymnary of 1916.
The Chairman of the Editorial Committee was the Revd Kenneth L.Parry, with the Revd Erik Routley as Secretary and Dr Eric Thiman as Chairman of the Music Committee. The project was authorised in 1939, but editorial work did not begin until 1944.
The book contained 728 hymns, 16 metrical psalms (some abbreviated) from the Scottish Psalter 1650; 7 Doxologies and a setting of the Aaronic Blessing; 9 Congregational Anthems (mainly unison settings); 17 hymns "Chiefly for Private Devotion"; 27 Additional Tunes - mainly those which the committee would have preferred to omit but for public demand; 106 prose Canticles, (portions of) Psalms, and passages of Scripture, pointed for chanting; settings of the BCP festal and ferial Responses and the Lord's Prayer; and a selection of eight `Amen' settings by the Music Editor.
To view the Editorial Preface, and extracts from Congregational Union Assembly Reports and Minutes relating to the production of the book, click here . . .
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(a) K.L.Parry and Erik Routley: Companion to Congregational Praise; Independent Press 1953
Generally speaking, Erik Routley was responsible for notes on the music and Kenneth Parry for notes on the words of hymns in CP.
The book includes a General Introduction by A.G.Matthews, consisting of a brief (14-pp) history of Hymnody; an article by A.J.Grieve on the antecedents of CP in Congregational hymn-books and collections; and a short note by Elsie Spriggs on the selection of Children's Hymns for CP, for which she had been partly responsible when the hymn-book was in preparation.
The General Introduction was also published separately, under the title Introducing Congregational Praise, to coincide with the publication of the hymn-book.
For the Preface to the Companion, click here >> ...
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Contained three indexes omitted from the main edition of the Companion:
(The last of these contained a number of errors in the attribution of texts to particular sources - generally in the specification of the edition of a source which first contained the text in question.)
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Year Books of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, published annually from 1846 to 1972. (The Congregational Union was formed in 1832; the first official publication was the Calendar, with limited information and a record of Annual Assemblies, first published in 1840 (for the year 1939-40) and reconstituted as the Year Book in 1846. (The 1846 Year Book actually appeared in 1847, the editorial preface (headed "Advertisement") being dated "Islington, March 10th, 1847").
For many years it contained lists of recognised ministers, congregational churches and county Associations or Unions, obituaries of recently deceased ministers, Minutes of and Reports to the Annual and Autumnal Assemblies of the Union (including the full text of Chairman's Addresses and other major Lectures or Sermons delivered at the Assemblies), Reports of associated organisations, and sundry legal and statistical informatiom. In the peak period of new church buildings during the middle of the 19th century, it included detailed descriptions of recently erected churches.
During the 1914-18 world war its production was severly limited; and on resumption after the war some of its features were reduced in scope; Obituaries, for example, which throughout the 19th century had been lengthy, not to say fulsome encomia, later became more restrained and factual; and the verbatim reporting of Assembly Addresses and Sermons was discontinued. The full text of the Annual Report of the Committee [of the Union] to the Assembly was discontinued in 19__ , being replaced by a separately printed Council Report. (The Council itself, formed in 19__ to replace the former Committee of the Union, was a deliberative body with oversight of all the activities of the Union, representative of all the County Unions or associations, and with responsibility for preparing the business of the Annual Assembly in May each year; it had nearly 300 delegated members, with another 100 or so ex officio or co-opted.)
Although the Year Book is an Annual production, both the cover date(s) and the month of actual publication have fluctuated during its history. The first issue, for 1846, appeared in 1847 as stated above, and contained Proceedings of the May and Autumn Assemblies of the Congregational Union in 1846. From then until 1852 it was published with the cover year showing the year of the Assemblies recorded within it. In 1853 a change was made. The Editorial Preface began as follows -
The present number of the Year Book is dated 1853, instead of 1852. The practice of postdating the Book will henceforth be discontinued. The change is made to suit the convenience of the trade, and in accordance with the general custom of dating periodicals and annuals for the 1st of the month or year in which published, instead of the last of the previous month or year.
In 1963-64 the cover date was changed to co-incide with the period of office of the current Chairman on the Union (May to April). Uniquely, this issue contained Reports of two Annual Meetings - those in May 1962 and May 1963. Subsequent issues up to 19__ had corresponding cover dates but Assembly reports for the previous year only (e.g. the 1964-65 Year Book contains the May 1964 Assembly Report.)
Year Books were published in September of the cover year, containing information relating to the previous calendar year and Reports for the 12 months up to May of the covers year together with Minutes of the May Annual Assembly and (while it continued) the Autumn Assembly of that year. Thus, the Year Book for 1860 contains Minutes of the Assemblies of May and October 1859, Committee (or Council) Reports for the year to March 1859, statistical information up to January 1859, and ministerial details for most of 1859 (up to an editorial deadline).
In 1909 "Regulations for the Preparation of the Congregational Year Book" were adopted by the Assembly, specifying precisely what information might and might not be included; these regulations were subsequently modified from time to time but are still rigidly applied.
Up to 1962 Year Books bore the date of the year of actual publication. In January 1963
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Silver Wings :Charles C.Converse; Boston 1870
Included material by Charles Converse under the pseudonym `Karl Reden'.
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R.Conyers: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns from Various Authors: For the use of Serious and Devout Christians of all Denominations. London: Printed by T. and J.Pasham in Black Friars, MDCCLXVII (1767)
Contained 163 Hymns, 16 portions of Psalms and 2 Canticles from the Old Version (Sternhold & Hopkins), 73 "Sacramental Hymns with a small Collection for Festivals and Particular Occasions", and 5 Doxologies in different metres.
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Contained 274 Hymns (+ 5 doxologies as in 1st edition); Old Version Psalms and Canticles were no longer included.
On p.48 of this edition, Hymn XLIII, beginning "O that my load of sin were gone!", is intriguingly entitled "THE PLEASURE OF SIN". Unfortunately, the prospect of further revelations is somewhat spoilt by an Erratum note at the end of the Contents page:
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- RS-59 God moves in a mysterious way
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A Church of England Collection.
Julian, p.337b para.12, states -
It was "issued in the first instance in fasciculi, and used in the Churches of the Editors," the Rev. William Cooke, and the Rev. William Denton, "that the principle on which it was based, and the hymns it contained, might be tested by experience." It was published in 1853, 2nd ed. 1855, and had a large circulation. Special Supplements were added, in some instances by others, for local use. The altered texts, and thay are not few, are mainly by Canon Cooke.
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The music editor was Joseph Barnby.
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