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Its Divine and Civil USES.
a/fbufes thereof in the Service of God; ( and fo they
toould now if they were alive -,) but that condemneth the
Right Vfe thereof no more than the Holy Supper is con-
demned by St .Paul, while he blameththofe whofhamefuUy
profaned it. The Chriftian EniperourSj Kings, and Prin-
ces in dl Ages have had this Divine Science in great
Jifteem and Honour : Conftantine the Great, and The-
odofius, did both of them begin and fmg Divine Hymns
inthe Chriftian Congregations \ ^WJuftinian, the Em-
per our ; compofed an Hymn to befung in the Church, which
began, To the only begotten Son and Word of God :
Of Charles the Great it is reported, that he went often
into the Pfalmody and Sung himfelf, and appointed his
Sons and other Princes what Pfalms and Hymns fhould
be Sung. But to come nearer home : Hiftory tells us, that
the ancient Britains of this Jflandhad Muficians before
they had Books; and the Romans , that invaded them
(who were not too forward to magnifie other Nations)
confefs what power the Druids mid Bards had over the
Peoples Affections , by recording in Songs the Deeds of
heroickJSpirits , their Laws and Religion being fmg in
Tunes, and fo without Letters tranfmitted to Pofterity ;
wherein they were fo dexterous, that their Neighbours of
Gaul came hitherto learn it. Alfred, a Saxon King of
this Land, was wetlskilCd in all manner of Learnings
but in his knowledge of Mufick^ tookmoft delight. King
Henry the Eighth did much advance Mufick, in the firft
part of his Reign , when his mind was more intent upon
Arts and Sciences , at which time he invited the left
Mafters out of Italy, and other Countries-, whereby he
?ow to great Knowledge therein ; of which he gave
eftimony, by compofing with his own hand two entire
Services of 'five and fix Parts 3 as is recorded by the Lord
Herbert,
a/fbufes thereof in the Service of God; ( and fo they
toould now if they were alive -,) but that condemneth the
Right Vfe thereof no more than the Holy Supper is con-
demned by St .Paul, while he blameththofe whofhamefuUy
profaned it. The Chriftian EniperourSj Kings, and Prin-
ces in dl Ages have had this Divine Science in great
Jifteem and Honour : Conftantine the Great, and The-
odofius, did both of them begin and fmg Divine Hymns
inthe Chriftian Congregations \ ^WJuftinian, the Em-
per our ; compofed an Hymn to befung in the Church, which
began, To the only begotten Son and Word of God :
Of Charles the Great it is reported, that he went often
into the Pfalmody and Sung himfelf, and appointed his
Sons and other Princes what Pfalms and Hymns fhould
be Sung. But to come nearer home : Hiftory tells us, that
the ancient Britains of this Jflandhad Muficians before
they had Books; and the Romans , that invaded them
(who were not too forward to magnifie other Nations)
confefs what power the Druids mid Bards had over the
Peoples Affections , by recording in Songs the Deeds of
heroickJSpirits , their Laws and Religion being fmg in
Tunes, and fo without Letters tranfmitted to Pofterity ;
wherein they were fo dexterous, that their Neighbours of
Gaul came hitherto learn it. Alfred, a Saxon King of
this Land, was wetlskilCd in all manner of Learnings
but in his knowledge of Mufick^ tookmoft delight. King
Henry the Eighth did much advance Mufick, in the firft
part of his Reign , when his mind was more intent upon
Arts and Sciences , at which time he invited the left
Mafters out of Italy, and other Countries-, whereby he
?ow to great Knowledge therein ; of which he gave
eftimony, by compofing with his own hand two entire
Services of 'five and fix Parts 3 as is recorded by the Lord
Herbert,
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Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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