An excerpt from the prefaces reads: "
"Recent years have seen in Church music a widespread revival of methods and material from the past - in some cases from a remote past...Happily, one of the most popular and simplest revivals, "Descant," is of a type that can be undertaken successfully in any church where a few capable trebles are available."
SATB Music for a collection of popular hymn tunes. Tunes only - no words - but an example of hymns that the tunes fit is included in the index and is reproduced below.
Contents:
- Austria (8.7.8.7.D) - Glorious things of Thee are spoken; Praise the Lord! Ye heavens adore Him
- Bishopthorpe (C.M.) This is the day the Lord hath made
- Darwall's 148th (6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4) Ye Holy Angels bright
- Ein' feste Burg (8.7.8.7.6.6.7) A safe stronghold our God is still; Rejoice to-day with one accord
- Eisenach (L.M) Great God, hid from mortal site, O Love, how deep! how broad! how high!
- Hannover (19.10.11.11) Disposer Supreme and Judge of the Earth; O worship the King, All glorious above
- Hyfrydol (8.7.8.7.D) Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
- Irish (C.M) The Son of Man from Jordan rose
- Lasst uns erfreuen (L.M - with Alleluias) Light's glittering morn bedescks the sky; Ye watchers and ye holy ones
- Leoni (6.6.8.4.D) The God of Abraham praise
- Luther (8.7.8.7.8.8.7) Great God, what do I see and hear?
- Melcome (L.M) New every morning if the love
- Morning Hymn (L.M) Awake, my souldand with the sun
- Nun danket (6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6) Now thank we all our God
- Old 100th (1st version) (L.M) All people that on earth do dwell
- Old 100th (2nd version) (L.M) Before Jehovah's awful throne
- Old 104th (1st version) (10.10.11.11) Disposer Supreme and Judge of the earth
- Old 104th (2nd version) (10.10.11.11) O worship the King All glorious above
- Richmond (C.M) Praise to the Holiest in the Height
- Rockingham (L.M) My God and is Thy table spread? When I survey the wondrous cross
- St Anne (1st version) (CM) O God our help in ages past
- St Anne (2nd version) The Son of GOd goes forth to war
- St Theodulph (7.6.7.6.D) All glory, laud and honour
- St Thomas ((S.M) The Advent of out God
- Surrey (8.8.8.8.8) The Lord my pasture shall prepare; We have not known Thee as we ought.
- Tallis Canon (L.M) Glory to Thee my God this night
- Unser Herrscher (8.7.8.7.8.7) Come ye faithful, raise the anthem
- Victory (8.8.8.4) The strife is o'er, the battle done
- Wareham (L.M) O Savious, Lord, to the we pray
- Warrington (L.M) Now that the daylight fills the sky
- Wiltshire (C.M) Through all the changing scenes of life
- Winchester New (L.M) On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
- Winchester Old (1st version) (C.M) When God of old came down from Heaven
- Winchester Old (2nd version) (C.M) While shepherds watched their flocks by night