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Excerpt from A History of the Choir and Music of Trinity Church, New York: From Its Organization, to the Year 1897 Dr. Edward Hodges left thirty folio volumes of closely written details of his daily musical life. As they contain much matter of a personal nature, I was not permitted to examine them, but his son, the Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, D.D., of Baltimore, very kindly read to me everything relating to my subject, and I wrote out such extracts then and there. Dr. Cutler gave me the unrestricted use of his pri vate records; two or three small volumes, containing pro grammes of services, criticism, etc. These were also of great value. The Rev. Dr. Dix kindly lent me some extracts from the Vestry Minutes, made for the purpose of his own his tory of the Parish; these covered only a limited period up to 1797. I am also indebted to several veterans of the earlier choirs, notably Mr. A. G. Wood and Mr. J. Outcalt, for interesting details. The development of Church music in the older coun tries has been the work of centuries; we move fast here, and, aided by their experience, have advanced from the crudest beginnings to the highest achievements in about fifty years. My imperfect picture of such development will, it is hoped, prove interesting not only to those who have taken part in the services herein described, but also to Church musicians and Church members generally. This book is published now by former members of Trinity Church Choir who look back with pleasure to their participation in the music of the Church, and retain their kind regard for the old choirmaster. 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.