Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Voice of Melody: A Choice Collection of Hymn Tunes, for Choirs, Prayer-Meetings, Congregations, and Family Use
IN adding, to the number of church-music books already published, a new claimant for popular favor, a few words of explanation may not be out of place.
Although many collections of sacred music have been recently issued, in but few instances-has the Convenience of the purchaser been consulted. Ordi narily, the volumes are too large to be conveniently carried from place to place, and generally contain much matter that is seldom of any practical use. Let the reader ask any one who' is a member of a choir or is in the habit of using some particular collection, and he will find him familiar with perhaps one-tenth of the tunes in the book; A few new airs in each col lection may command attention and secure popular regard, but the universal taste Will be found to fix on the same old favorites. The remainder might almost as Well be so much blank paper. The present work, it IS believed, is not liable to this objection. -with a few exceptions, the airs it contains are such as have proved themselves well adapted for use in devotional singing. The public must decide on the merits of the rest.
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