Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Anglican Chant Book

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Sales-America-Anglican-Chant/dp/B003AFTIN2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1285798656&sr=8-1-catcorrie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1285798656&sr=8-1-catcorr





We will pick this up for review and possible use. We will advise. We are unsure if this contains musical scores for the Psalms.


The product description indicates 71 pages, so we are not optimistic. However, it may have the Canticles and a fair number of Psalms. Time will tell. The product description follows these lines:

"The purpose of this book has been to gather into a single volume those Anglican chants - until now dispersed among many different collections - that are considered by expert opinion to be both worthy compositions in themselves and suitable for general use in parish churches. Almost every chant book in existence has been examined, and many hundreds of different chants have been considered, the inclusion or rejection of each one depending upon the opinion of the majority of a board containing a large number of Church musicians, both professional and amateur."

We continue to recommend the Psalter-set of chants from St. Paul's, London. While we do not have the musical score, we are learning the set by repeated use since 24 Jun 2010. Of course, this set follows the classical Anglican Prayer Book, the 1662--not that awful thing Americans use, the 1979 BCP (shameless). We are pleased with this Psalter-set.

http://www.amazon.com/Psalms-David-Complete-Choir-Cathedral/dp/B00006GO6J/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1285798886&sr=1-11

1 comment:

Joe Mahler said...

Phil,
Have your reviewed the AnglicanChant Book yet? Is it worth buying?
Joe