(7) 26 October 1888 [in English] Herbert Oakeley to 'Dear Sir'

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Content Summary:: 4pp [incomplete, one or two pages appear to be missing]]: glad that his Psalter is of interest; book has caused whole congregation to chant, 'which had not been previously achieved by any system or Psalter … the effect is sublime'; discourse on the characteristics of chanting [incomplete]; mention of Nisbet's book; uses Triple Chant for treatment of Psalm 107. [Herbert Oakeley (1830-1903) was a composer and organist; he was Professor of Music at Edinburgh, 1865-90 and, from 1880, the Composer to Her Majesty in Scotland. The letter is stamped 'Composer to Her Majesty in Scotland' and 'Univ.Prof.Mus.Edinbr'

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