CHURCH MUSIC from

London: Novello and Company, nd. (c.1898).. Liturgical worship. Pp.36, sol-fa pencil notation to the Ferial Responses, pages slightly toned with minor curling to page edges.Yellow paper cover dusty with marks to front and creasing to lower rear edge. Good.

Durham: Friends of Durham Cathedral, 2009.. 1st edition. "There are well-known and unknown authors and composers; tunes with local names and one named for a pet dog; the earliest surviving Middle Englsh text and music; a popular children's grace; the hymn sung at the ordinations around the world and the text and the tune without which no American Fourth… Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege/ Oxford University Press, 1950.. 4th edition. Pp.14. Cream card covers. VG.

London: Stainer & Bell, 1990.. 1st edition. "From madrigal to music-hall, from plainsong to popular styles: these and many other kinds of music have lent both styles and material to sacred music with English texts..." Pp.224. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Croydon: The Royal School of Church Music, 1960.. 4th edition. Pp.64. Blue card covers, owner's name to top of front cover. G+.

Wantage: St Mary's Press, 1947.. Nine page booklet with musical line and words for the vespers of the dead adapted by Rev.G.H.Palmer. Brown card covers. VG.** "By the eighth century, the Christian Church in the West had an established form and content of its Office of the Dead ritual, taking the relevant verse from the Vulgate. At the end… Read more about this item

London: Patey & Willis, nd. (c.1885).. 28cms x 22cms. Part 3 only. Pp.58, all edges red, musical score + words, small owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown cloth with gilt illustrated title to front, spine and edges rubbed. VG.

Croydon: The Royal School of Church Music, 1960.. Music edition. Pp.32. Pbk. VG.

London: Gerald Duckworth, 1950.. 1st edition. "Tells the story of Christian thought about music. Events are reecounted in their historical sequence, beginning with the use of music in pre-Christian worship, and with special reference to two factors which the author feels need new and careful analysis - St Augustine's treatise De Musica, and the achievements of the… Read more about this item

London: Independent Press, 1960.. 1st ed. "In a continuous series from 'The Choir' the author writes of Church Music as a minister of the Word to ministers of music; in the series from 'The British Weekly' he writes as a music lover to other music lovers. A few other articles are added, in one of which the… Read more about this item

Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1951.. 3rd impression of 2nd edtion. A Practical and Concise Treatise in the Training of Choristers. Pp.44, occasional musical notation to accompany the text, light spotting to endpapers. Green cloth, slightly rubbed. G+.

Rattlesden: Kevin Mayhew, 1997.. A second collection of 27 attractive pieces compiled by Kevin Mayhew. 25.5cms x 17.5cms. Pp.71, full music scores and lyrics, small label mark to fep. Pbk, illustrated cover. VG.

Rattlesden: Kevin Mayhew, 1996.. A first collection of 25 attractive pieces compiled by Kevin Mayhew. 25.5cms x 17.5cms. Pp.71, full music scores and lyrics, small label mark to fep. Pbk, illustrated cover. VG.

Stockholm, Sweden: The Continental Book Company, [no date - c. 1949?] .. 26.5cm x 19.5cm. pp.64. Decorated boards, with title to front board and spine, edges a little rubbed and discoloured. Clean text throughout, illustrated with 16 black & white pictures. G+ .

Published for the Plainsong & Mediaeval Music Society, 1904 .. 8vo. A nice tight original binding. Publishers red cloth with gilt title and gilt crest. Spine also with gilt title ( a little dulled). A few spots to a few of the pages, otherwise clean text throughout. Illustrated with musical notation and several full-page plates. VG. The Peface… Read more about this item

London: The Faith Press, Ltd., 1921 .. 4to. pp.8/70. A nice tight original binding. Grey cloth spine (with dulled title), over light grey boards. Gilt titles to front board. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled. Clean text throughout. A good copy.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1987.. 1st ed. A selection of music by Handel, Bach, Berlioz, Britten, and Others, compiled and edited by David Willcocks. 27cms. x 23.6cms. Pp.120, colour frontispiece and colour illustrations and music throughout, patterned endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated dustwrapper price-clipped. VG/G+.

London: Church Information Office. 1960.. Contents Include:- Children's Services: Theological Basis: Acts of Prayer: Liturgical Form: Hymns. Pp 10. P/b, rusting to staples. G+.

London: Joseph Williams. nd.. This book is a reprint in an extended form of three lectures which were given at the invitation of the Council of the Royal College of Organists, at Hart Street, Bloomsbury". Pp 86. P/b, toning to spine and covers. G+.

Croydon: Royal School of Church Music. nd.. Pp 15. P/b. G+.