Metrical Psalmody in Print and Practice: English 'Singing Psalms' and Scottish 'Psalm Buiks', c. 1547-1640
| By: | Duguid, Timothy, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781409468929 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781409468943 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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