A Garland of Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern: Including Some Never Before Given in Any Collection; Edited, with Notes (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 17.02.2017 г. - 232 страници Excerpt from A Garland of Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern: Including Some Never Before Given in Any Collection; Edited, With Notes Such music (as 'tis said) Before was never made But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set. The oldest religious hymns, sung by the early Christians in the centuries immediately following Christ's death, have not been handed down to us. The most ancient Carols that we now possess date from the Middle Ages, and consist generally of por tions of miracle plays, religious spectacles, and old religious legends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
