TAYLOR'S NEW SACRED MINSTREL. A REPOSITORY OF CHURCH MUSIC, ADAPTED TO EVERY VARIETY OF TASTE AND GRADE OF CAPACITY, FROM THE MILLION TO PUBLISHED BY OLIVER DITSON & CO. WASHINGTON ST. Mus:192.16 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of New York. M 2117. 173 645 N.B.-All tunes, and other descriptions of music contained in this work, to which the asterisk (*) is affixed, or to which is appended the Editor's initials, or those as follows, viz.: "H. H. H." are claimed as the property of the copyright owner. PREFACE. THE CELESTINA is the beautiful name of a stop in the organ. Its correct pronunciation is—Cell-es-tee'nah. We employ it for our book, not because we pretend to offer an entirely new work in this instance, but for the reason, that the additions and improvements made in the present revised edition of the Sacred Minstrel; while they leave all the desirable features of the former work intact, justly require a new cognomen for their particular designation. Ten years have now elapsed since the Minstrel was first brought before the public; and the fact, that, in numberless instances, Choirs throughout the country have retained its use until two and three sets of the work have been required, is an assurance that the associations it has inspired may still continue; while the novelties of the work in its present form, it is hoped, will superadd many incentives for its perpetuated use and esteem. V. C. TAYLOR. |