Described by one contemporary as the 'sweet singer of The Temple',
George Herbert has long been recognised as a lover of music.
Nevertheless, Herbert's own participation in seventeenth-century
musical culture has yet to be examined in detail. This is the first
extended critical study to situate Herbert's roles as priest, poet
and musician in the context of the musico-poetic activities of
members of his extended family, from the song culture surrounding
William Herbert and Mary Sidney to the philosophy of his eldest
brother Edward Herbert of Cherbury. It examines the secular visual
music of the Stuart court masque as well as the sacred songs of the
church. Arguing that Herbert's reading of Augustine helped to shape
his musical thought, it explores the tension between the abstract
ideal of music and its practical performance to articulate the
distinctive theological insights Herbert derived from the musical
culture of his time.
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