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During the Reformation, the Book of Psalms became one of the most
well-known books of the Bible. This was particularly true in
Britain, where people of all ages, social classes and educational
abilities memorized and sang poetic versifications of the psalms.
Those written by Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins became the most
popular, and the simple tunes developed and used by English and
Scottish churches to accompany these texts were carried by
soldiers, sailors and colonists throughout the English-speaking
world. Among these tunes were a number that are still used today,
including 'Old Hundredth', 'Martyrs', and 'French'. This book is
the first to consider both English and Scottish metrical psalmody,
comparing the two traditions in print and practice. It combines
theological literary and musical analysis to reveal new and
ground-breaking connections between the psalm texts and their
tunes, which it traces in the English and Scottish psalters printed
through 1640. Using this new analysis in combination with a more
thorough evaluation of extant church records, Duguid contends that
Britain developed and maintained two distinct psalm cultures, one
in England and the other in Scotland.
During the Reformation, the Book of Psalms became one of the most
well-known books of the Bible. This was particularly true in
Britain, where people of all ages, social classes and educational
abilities memorized and sang poetic versifications of the psalms.
Those written by Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins became the most
popular, and the simple tunes developed and used by English and
Scottish churches to accompany these texts were carried by
soldiers, sailors and colonists throughout the English-speaking
world. Among these tunes were a number that are still used today,
including 'Old Hundredth', 'Martyrs', and 'French'. This book is
the first to consider both English and Scottish metrical psalmody,
comparing the two traditions in print and practice. It combines
theological literary and musical analysis to reveal new and
ground-breaking connections between the psalm texts and their
tunes, which it traces in the English and Scottish psalters printed
through 1640. Using this new analysis in combination with a more
thorough evaluation of extant church records, Duguid contends that
Britain developed and maintained two distinct psalm cultures, one
in England and the other in Scotland.
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