PREFACE

THIS History of Trinity Church Music had its rise in
a suggestion by the editor of The Trinity Church
Record that I should furnish for that paper some reminis¬
cences of my experiences at Trinity Church. In accord¬
ance with this suggestion a series of articles was written
by me and printed in the Record; these contained a full
account of the music at Trinity Church for about fifteen
years, from 1866, and are included in the present book.

It afterwards seemed to me desirable to expand these
articles into a full history of Trinity Church music, as
complete as possible, from the establishment of the Par¬
ish. With this view I made researches, occupying several
months, into the early history of the Parish and city, and
completed the record of my own musical administration
up to the date of my retirement in 1897.

Among the documents consulted and examined were:

Dr. Hodges' MS. Records.

Dr. Cutler's MS. Records.

Extracts from Minutes of the Vestry for a limited
period.

" History of Trinity Church," by the Rev. Dr. Berrian.

Collection of newspaper paragraphs relating to Trinity
Church, in possession of the Historical Society,

" A Two Years' Journal in New York," by Rev. C.
Wolley.    .

" Churches of New York," by Disosway.

Histories of New York City.   Stone, Wilson, etc,

Ritter: " History of American Music."

Etc., etc.

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