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Old Westminster Hymnal
The Westminster Hymnal of 1912 was the culmination of years of work in cultivating vernacular hymnody and congregational music. Each piece is presented in SATB with alternative tunes for many pieces. The music proper to liturgical worship is Gregorian Chant, and this hymnbook provides a selection of chant with organ accompaniment. Singing hymns in English is a more recent innovation in Catholic liturgy. R R Terry did great work in wedding metrical translations to tunes. The introduction discusses the divergence of tunes from the original compositions. It makes an enlightening read. Now with extra indices added, bringing it up to a later edition! Refer to hymns by Subject, Author or Composer or by the original first line of translated hymns. Same hymns, easier to navigate.
Catholic Church Music
"They must be taught that it is folly to attempt music beyond their powers, and that it is a mistake to despise all but difficult compositions. Some of the sublimest music ever written is simplicity itself. I need only mention Palestrina's Improperia and Mozart's Ave verum as instances of this." -Sir Richard Runciman Terry (d. 1938)
Poetry
This is a guide fro all readers of poetry who might find themselves confused by the distinction between a metaphor and a metonymy or baffled by the difference between iambic and trochaic verse. This is an accessible and clearly written textbook for both the student and the general reader seeking to understand how poetry works. Stracham and Terry provide a lively route map through some of the more daunting and technical aspects of poetry, poetic sound effects and the visual appearance of poetry.
