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The accomplished singer. Instructions how the piety of singing with a true devotion, may…
The accomplished singer. Instructions how the piety of singing with a true devotion, may be obtained and expressed; the glorious God after an uncommon manner glorified in it, and his people edified. : Intended for the assistance of all that would sing Psalms with grace in their hearts; but more particularly to accompany the laudable endeavours of those who are learning to sing by rule, and seeking to preserve a regular singing in the assemblies of the faithful. : [Two lines of quotation]
Boston: printed by B. Green for S. Gerrish, 1721
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The Accomplished SINGER.
INSTRUCTIONS FIRST, HOW the PIETY of SINGING WITH A True DEVOTION, may be obtained and expressed; the Glorious GOD after an uncommon manner Glorified in it, and His PEOPLE Edified.
AND THEN, HOW the MELODY of REGULAR SINGING, and the SKILL of doing it, according to the RULES of it, may be easily arrived unto.
DEI Laudes Cancre et Audire Jucundum sit, Haec est Voluptas vera; quae comes et Socia Virtutis est. Lactant. Instit. Lib. 6. C. 21.
BOSTON: Printed by B. Green, for S. Gerrish at his Shop in Cornhill. 1721.