John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music… (1880)
“ As the proper execution of psalmody requires the voices of all in the congregation who can sing, the singing of anthems should be confined to the choir. In the ancient Jewish church, persons were expressly appointed by God to conduct his praises, and the assembled congregation occasionally united in the loud chorus. So also in the primitive church, and in the church of England, anthems are performed by a choir, to which the congregation are supposed to listen with devout sentiments. ”
