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• Book of Public Worship, for the Use of the New Church, Signified by the New Jerusalem in the Revelation, by New Jerusalem Church General Convention (page images at MOA)
• The new vocal art (Boni & Liveright, 1925), by P. Mario Marafioti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plain words on singing. (G.P. Putnam's, 1924), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Your voice and you (what the singer should do) a practical application of psychology to singing (Oliver Ditson, 1925), by Clara Kathleen Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vocal art-science and its application (G. Schirmer, 1917), by Frank E. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The voice beautiful in speech and song, a consideration of the capabilities of the vocal cords and their work in the art of tone production (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1927), by Ernest George White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der soldatengesang im belgischen heere : geschichte eines belgischen soldatenliederbuches (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1918), by Hermann Karl Anton Matzke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• One hundred and eighty chants, ancient and modern : arranged for four voices : with an accompaniment for the organ or pianoforte (A. Hall, Virtue & co., 1861), by William Shelmerdine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selections from the Sacred Scriptures, adapted to chants. (O. Clapp, 1836), by General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, T. B. Hayward, Otis Clapp, and Oliver & Co Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The psalter noted (New York : J.A. Novello, 1856., 1856), by Thomas Helmore, Edward M. Pecke, Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary), and Episcopal Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• The triumph : a collection of music containing an introductory course for congregational singing, theory of music and teacher's manual, elementary, intermediate and advanced courses, for singing schools and musical conventions, and tunes, hymns, anthems and chants for choirs (Root & Cady, 1868), by George F. Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• The jubilee : an extensive collection of church music for the choir, the congregation, and the singing-school (Mason Bros., 1858), by William B. Bradbury and Luigi Lablache (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new Carmina sacra; or Boston collection of church music. Comprising the most popular psalm and hymn tunes in general use, together with a great variety of new tunes, chants, sentences, motetts, and anthems; principally by distinguished European composers: the whole being one of the most complete collections of music for choirs, congregations, singing schools and societies, extant. (Wilkins, Rice & Kendall, 1852), by Lowell Mason and Boston Academy of Music (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nightingale juvenile singing book (Oliver Ditson, 1860), by W. O. Perkins, H. S. Perkins, and Oliver Ditson & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• The modern psalmist; a collection of church music, comprising the most popular psalm and hymn tunes and occasional pieces in general use, together with a great variety of new tunes, anthems, motetts, sentences, chants, &c. by distinguished European authors; ... including also, compositions by the editor, ... (Wilkins and Carter, 1840), by Lowell Mason and Boston Academy of Music (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boston collection of church music (Published by J.H. Wilkins & R.B. Carter, 1843), by Lowell Mason and Boston Academy of Music (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Song queen : a collection of music for singing classes, choirs, conventions, &c. (John Church & Co., 1872), by H. R. Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The order for morning and evening prayer, and the litany : with plain-tune, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland. (London : James Burns, Portland Street, MDCCCXLIIII [1844], 1844), by United Church of England and Ireland, William Dyce, and James Burns (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le chant populaire dans nos églises douze cantiques nouveaux : embellissons nos cimetières (N. Hardy, 1885), by Apollinaire Gingras (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les pieux chants populaires (J.-A. Langlais, 1900), by Louis Marie Cadieux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les proses d'Adam de Saint Victor Texte et musique (H. Welter, 1900), by de Saint-Victor Adam, E. Misset, and Pierre Aubry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wijse sproken Iesu des soons Syrach. (F. Muller, 1898), by Jan Fruytiers and Daniel François Scheurleer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The new olive-branch (an enl. ed. of the Olive branch) A collection of sacred music (Ditson & co., 1862), by T. J. Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Choral tribute : a collection of new church music, for choirs, singing schools, conventions, &c. (O. Ditson, 1869), by L. O. Emerson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cythara : a collection of sacred music (F.J. Huntington :, 1854), by I. B. Woodbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• The song herald : a collection of new and original music for singing classes, day schools, college choirs, conventions, &c. (John Church Co., 1876), by H. R. Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kyrie eleison (1700) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dow's Collection of responses and sentences for church service. (O. Ditson & Co., 1884), by Howard Malcolm Dow and Howard M. Dow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book of chants : consisting mostly of selections from the Sacred Scriptures, designed for congregational use in public or social worship (Wilkins & Carter, 1844), by Lowell Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• The choir chant book, containing 300 chants, with kyries, doxologies, and glorias, and selected chants for the Te deum. (Bemrose & sons, 1880), by Bemrose & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Kunst der idealen Tonbildung; Leitfaden für Sänger, Schauspieler, Redner, Lehrer, Prediger, Konservatorien und Seminare. (Dörffling & Franke, 1922), by Wilhelm Reinecke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The boy's voice : a book of practical information on the training of boys' voices for church choirs, &c. (J. Curwen, 1899), by J. Spencer Curwen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Singing takes more than a voice. (Wilshire Book Co., 1961), by Al Berkman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Passion of our Lord; seven devotions. Prophecy, history and song. (Philadelphia : The United Lutheran Publication House, [1922], 1922), by Walter Hoppe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manuale missae et officiorum : ex libris solesmensibus excerptum. (Romae : Desclée, Lefebvre, 1902., 1902), by Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Set of chants adapted to the hymns in the morning and evening prayer, and to the communion service : of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the UnitedStates of America. (Boston : Printed by Thomas Badger, 1819., 1819), by Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The service book : a manual of Anglican chants and Gregorian tones adapted to the canticles : with music, old and new, for the special office of the Book of common prayer. (New York : F.J. Huntington and Co. : Pott, Young and Co., 1875., 1875), by John Ireland Tucker, Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary), and Episcopal Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directorium chori ad usum omnium ecclesiarum cathedralium & collegiatarum ... (Romae : Ex typpgraphia Vaticana, 1737., 1737), by Giovanni Guidetti and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fragment of a bifolium from a 14th-century noted missal : manuscript. (1300), by Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust)

• Psalterium, cantica, et hymni, aliaque diuinis officijs ritu Ambrosiano psallendis communia modulationibus opportunis notata (Mediolani : Apud haer. Pacifici Pontij, & Ioannem Baptistam Piccaleum, impressores Archiepiscopales, MDCXVIII [1618], 1618), by Catholic Church, J.-B. Marduel, Federico Borromeo, Giovanni Battista Piccaglia, and Haeredes Pacifici Pontii (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Booke of Common Praier Noted (London, 1550), by Church of England and John Merbecke (frame- and JavaScript-dependent page images at rarebookroom.org)
• The congregational psalmist: (second section) Chants, sanctuses, etc. (Jackson, Walford, & Hodder, 1868), by Henry Allon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book of chants: consisting mostly of selections from the sacred scriptures, adapted to appropriate music, and arranged for chanting. Designed for congregational use in public or social worship. (Wilkins, Carter, 1846), by Lowell Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• The choir and family psalter: being the Psalms of David; together with the canticles of the morning and evening prayer ... arr. for chanting. To which is prefixed a selection of chants. (O. Ditson, 1851), by Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright and William Augustus Muhlenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The canticles at evensong : together with the office responses and a table of psalm-tones (H. W. Gray Co., sole agents for Novello & Co., 1915), by Winfred Douglas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cathedral paragraph Psalter : containing the Canticles, proper Psalms and the twenty selections of Psalms arranged in paragraphs and pointed for chanting, with brief notes on the Psalter (Novello, Ewer, 1894), by Church of England and J. Troutbeck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cathedral psalter, containing the psalms of David, together with the canticles and proper psalms pointed for chanting and set to appropriate chants. (Novello, Ewer and Co., 1800), by Church of England (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of common prayer noted : 1550 (William Pickering, 1844), by John Merbecke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Episcopal common praise : consisting of the chants in the morning and evening service of the Book of common prayer, and the Psalms of David in metre with hymns suited to the feasts and fasts of the church : together with the additional hymns licensed for use in the congregations of the Protestant Episcopal Church, by the General Convention of 1865 : all set to appropriate music. (A.S. Barnes, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ancient plain-song of the church : adapted to the American book of common prayer. (Pudney and Russell, 1855), by Nathan Boughton Warren, Thomas Helmore, and Episcopal Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• The offertory sentences as contained in the prayer book of the Protestant Episcopal Church, set to music for four voices, with organ accompaniment. (Gordon, 1862), by James A. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The choir and family psalter; being the Psalms of David; together with the canticles of the morning and evening prayer ... arr. for chanting. To which is prefixed a selection of chants. (Stanford and Swords, 1851), by Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright and William Augustus Muhlenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ely daily service. (Hills, 1864), by Church of England. Diocese of Ely (page images at HathiTrust)
• Missa Marialis : a festival service for the Holy Eucharist (H.W. Gray, agents for Novello & Co., 1915), by Winfred Douglas and Episcopal Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• The order for morning and evening prayer, and the litany : with plain-tune, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland. (London : James Burns, Portland Street, MDCCCXLIIII [1844], 1844), by United Church of England and Ireland, William Dyce, and James Burns (page images at HathiTrust)
• The canticles, pointed for chanting (s.n.], 1873), by Stephen Elvey and John Medley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chants and tunes (s.n., 1897), by Church of England in Canada. Diocese of Toronto (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canticles, with appropriate chants, Anglican and Gregorian together with music for the responses at morning and evening prayer, the litany, and Holy Communion, and an appendix, containing additional chants, &c. (Rowsell & Hutchison, 1883), by Church of England in Canada. Diocese of Toronto (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canticles, with appropriate chants, Anglican and Gregorian together with music for the responses at morning and evening prayer, the litany, and Holy Communion, and an appendix, containing additional chants, etc. (Rowsell & Hutchison, 1889), by Church of England in Canada. Diocese of Toronto (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Huron diocesan chant book (s.n.], 1884), by George B. Sippi, Charles A. Sippi, and Church of England. Diocese of Huron (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Selection of chants and tunes (Lovell and Gibson, 1861), by United Church of England and Ireland. Diocese of Toronto. Synod (page images at HathiTrust)
• The choral service book for parish churches, containing the ferial and festal responses, the litany, chants arr. for the canticles and Psalter, and music for the Communion service. (Seeley, 1892), by J. W. Elliott and Church of England (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westminster Abbey chant book (Novello, Ewer, 1894), by J. Troutbeck, Frederick Sir Bridge, and Church of England (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new office hymn book (Novello ;, 1907), by C. J. Ridsdale, J. F. W. Bullock, and Church of England (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The art of chanting : history, principles, practice (William Clowes, 1893), by John Heywood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selections from the Psalms and other sacred poems : arranged for chanting with responsive services and supplementary hymns. (Simpkin, Marshall, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Office for the Holy Communion : set to music in the key of E flat (The H.W. Gray Co. :, 1921), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evening choral responses : for Episcopal churches : from the Russian liturgy / [arr. by] S.V. Smolensky ; the English adaptation by N. Lindsay Norden. (J. Fischer, 1913), by N. Lindsay Norden and Stepan Vasil'yevich Smolensky (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plain song. (Novello, Ewer and co., 1878), by Thomas Helmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of common prayer with musical notes; the first office book of the Reformation. (Novello, Ewer, 1871), by Church of England, Edward F. Rimbault, and John Merbecke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Saint Mary's chant-book : a collection of Anglican chants selected and arr. for the daily Psalms, proper psalms, and canticles with brief biographical notices of each composer (Novello, 1898), by C. T. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Carmina sanctorum : a selection of hymns and songs of praise : with tunes (A.S. Barnes, 1885), by Lewis Ward Mudge, Zachary Eddy, and Roswell D. Hitchcock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Service and tune book (Gen. Prot. Episc. S.S. Union and Church Book Society, 1866), by A. B. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• The plainchant evening psalter and canticles (The Faith press, 1916), by Church of England and Francis Burgess (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The choir chant book, containing 300 chants, with kyries, doxologies, and glorias, and selected chants for the Te deum. (Bemrose & sons, 1880), by Bemrose & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new cathedral psalter chants; for parish church use (Novello and Co.;, 1909), by Charles H. Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bristol tune book (Novello, Ewer ;, in the 1890s), by Josiah Booth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Bristol tune-book : a manual of tunes and chants. (Novello, Ewer and Co. ;, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anglican psalter chants : single and double (Novello and Co., 1883), by F. A. Gore Ouseley and Edwin George Monk (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Episcopal common praise : consisting of the chants in the morning and evening service of the Book of common prayer and the Psalms of David in metre, with hymns suited to the feasts and fasts of the church, together with the additional hymns licensed for use in the congregations of the Protestant Episcopal Church by the General Convention of 1865, all set to appropriate music. (New York : A.S. Barnes, 1867., 1867), by Episcopal Church, George E. Thrall, and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)

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