276 HYMN TUNES.
wag a must come out, because it will follow the natural | course, will have but little difficulty in forming for him.
emphasis of the dialect, tongue, or language. self a tonal catena which will render his melodies

This national or provincial inflection once obtained, a | catholic. ai
yast field is open to the ecclesiastical musician. As in| Few hymn tune writers have penned melodies that live ;

A MONASTIC PRECENTOR’S MUSIC SCHOOL,

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etymology the roots of cognate words, in different lan-| but those that have founded them upon such immutable |
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to each other, so, in| natural laws as to show from whence they. are derived.

guages, always bear strong aflinity
the natural melodie tune of one people will the chiet
sounds be reflected in those nearest allied to them, and 5
Church composer who has progressed thus

The very fact that national songs and dances create
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enthusiasm, or “ carry the nimble off their feet,’ is a testi-
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far on his) mony of their being made in the people’s inflections

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