{"product_id":"scarce-1857-catholic-church-music-the-memorare-by-anthony-werner","title":"SCARCE 1857 Catholic Church Music, The MEMORARE by Anthony Werner","description":"\u003cp\u003eWerner, Anthony. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Memorare : A Collection of Church Music : containing Six Masses, a short Requiem Mass, Vespers, and a variety of Miscellaneous Pieces suitable for Morning and Evening Service, and for Family or Private Devotion. With Accompaniment for Organ or Piano-Forte. \u003c\/strong\u003eBoston: Oliver Ditson \u0026amp; Co., 1857. First Edition. [12211]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack leather spine with green printed paper over card (hardcover), spine rubbed and frayed at the joints, tall oblong 9 3\/4 x 11 3\/4 inches. Binding with old soil; boards are a bit weak at the outside joints yet all still attached. Orange end papers that are full of publisher's adverts. 270, [1] clean pp., a few pencil marks on the final index page. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe music is in four parts with round notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecommendation by † John Bernard, Bishop of Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt contains the first appearance of Werner's melody for \u003cem\u003eRegina Coeli\u003c\/em\u003e. \"This beautiful Eastertide anthem of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is sung from Easter Sunday until Trinity Sunday, is thought to have originated when, according to legend, St. Gregory the Great (d. 604 A.D.) heard the first three lines chanted by angels on a certain Easter morning in Rome while he walked barefoot in a great religious procession and that the saint thereupon added the fourth line: Ora pro nobis Deum. Alleluia...Of all the melodies composed for this anthem including the great Gregorian melody there is one that stands out from all the rest that was used by St. Mary’s Choir in Akron, Ohio. It was a melody composed by Anthony Werner (1816-1866)...The \u003cem\u003eMEMORARE\u003c\/em\u003e contains eight other compositions by Anthony Werner including an Asperges Me, Ave Maria, Ave Regina, a Mass in C, an O Salutaris, O Salutaris \/ Haec Dies, and two settings for Veni Creator.\" - Mother of Mercy Catholic Hymns, online.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The \u003cem\u003eMEMORARE\u003c\/em\u003e is unique in that it contains no Gregorian music and special care was taken by Anthony Werner to make sure that the music could be sung by the average church choir...Anthony Werner’s most significant contribution to Catholic hymnody is his Benediction hymn O Salutaris Hostia \/ O Saving Victim which has become traditional and is found in most Catholic hymn books and some of today’s missalettes.\" - ibid. This hymn begins on p. 143 of this music book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In offering this new Music Book - \u003cem\u003eThe Memorare\u003c\/em\u003e - to the Catholics of this country, the author feels desirous of making a few introductory remarks...There is much difficulty in procuring suitable music for the Catholic Church in this country...In short Masses be obtained from the old libraries, many of them do not contain all of the \u003cem\u003eGloria\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eCredo\u003c\/em\u003e, as most of them were composed for minor festivals, or such occasions...Moreover, a large portion of this music was originally written with orchestral accompaniment...It is gratifying to know that the demand for better music in our choirs is great, and constantly increasing...by the kind permission of the Right Rev. Bishop of Boston, I was permitted to select such specimens of Church music as appeared to me suitable for this book.\" - Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Werner (1816-1866), b. Bavaria, Germany; d. Boston, Massachusetts. Werer became a naturalized American citizen in 1848. During the 1850s and 1860s he was the Organist and Choir Director of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, in Boston.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44067667738690,"sku":"ABE12211","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC07645_01ae5336-4c34-48b3-8ef6-9931d616976d.jpg?v=1784066043","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/scarce-1857-catholic-church-music-the-memorare-by-anthony-werner","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}