[Transcriber's Notes]
I fondly remember singing from the St. Gregory hymnal in grade school.Looking down from the choir loft in the back of the church and standingfive feet from the shouting organ pipes that stretched from floor toceiling leaves a glorious impression on a ten year old!
My skill in Latin consists of two years in high school over fifty yearsago. I remember most of the pronunciation, but the precise meanings andpoetic meter is lost on me. I have carefully compared the printed textwith the transcription, but poetic structure may be incorrect.
My primary goal is to provide a source for singers and musicians wholove the old Latin hymns, as I do. I hope this will help spread the joyprovided by these "Oldies, but goodies." All the text of thelyrics andother material have been transcribed to this document for research andindexing. If you can only remember a few words of a hymn, a simplesearch should find the full text.
Contrary to the usual Gutenberg guidelines, the page numbers are left toprovide easy reference to the original pages.
The page images are stored as 1100 X 1600 GIF files to minimize filesize and preserve fidelity. On my computer a single sheet page fills an8.5 by 11 inch sheet by setting the print scaling factor to 75%. A scaling factor of 40% produces a page the size of the original book(4.3X 6.0 inches). Some files are both facing pages because they are readand sung using both pages. These print in the original size at 40%scaling in either portrait or landscape format. "Your results may vary."
Where works span several pages, the text is rendered withoutinterruptionand all the included pages are listed at the end of the work.
The HTML index provides both the hymn or work number in thecenter column and the page numbers in the right hand column.Clicking on the hymn number take you to the text. Clicking onthe page numbers displays the original page image.
The image files are named for easy access. N145_P226.gif is thefirst page (226) of hymn number 145. N145_P227.gifis thesecond page (227) of hymn number 145.
A description of the header of each item is shown in this example:
| Hymn number: | No. 1 |
| Occasion or Theme: | ADVENT |
| Title: | Hark! A Mystic Voice is Sounding En clara vox |
| Composer, origin and other notes: | Tr. Rev. E. Caswall Nicola A. Montani |
[End Transcriber's notes]
A Complete Collection of approved English and Latin Hymns, LiturgicalMotets and appropriate Devotional Music for the various seasons of theLiturgical Year. Particularly adapted to the requirements of Choir,Schools, Academies, Seminaries, Convents, Sodalities and Sunday Schools.
SINGERS' EDITION
MELODY EDITION
(One line music with complete text)
Publishers
The St. Gregory Guild
1705 Rittenhouse St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Copyright 1920 by Nicola A Montani
British Copyright Secured
All Rights Reserved
Printed in U.S.A.
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