[Magdalen] Hymnals and Perspective.

[thedonboyd at austin.rr.com]

Au contraire, the service music is in a separate volume of the same size.  As an organist I used both of course.  Given that the MP service music is so rarely used nowadays I am not surprised that the service music volume is relatively unknown.
---- Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote: 
> >Having grown up with the 1959 Broadman and 1975 Baptist, when I converted the 
> >1982 Episcopal left me wailing over and over, "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE >HARMONY?!" 
> >I suppose heritage with the 1940 Episcopal would have elicited the same wail, 
> >but maybe moreso.  With my background of "director-led" >congregational singing 
> >(lusty, I believe would be the right word), I don't think I even had a chance.
> 
> As most TEC parishes used the little hymnals with no harmonies at all back in 
> the day, I think lots of them were pleased at the addition of harmonies in 
> H82.And of course, for those who want ALL of them (despite notes that the others 
> be sung in unison) CPC does (or at least did) publish a hymnal with full music 
> for all 720 hymns (no service music, however).
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim 
>