| Description |
viii, 356 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Variorum collected studies series ; CS926
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Collected studies ; CS926.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Vernacular church music. "If any of you be mery let him singe psalmes" : the culture of psalms in church and home -- Middleburg psalms -- John Playford and the metrical psalms -- The old way of singing : its origins and development -- The Anglican Communion hymn -- The origins of the fuging tune -- -- |
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pt. 2. Artistic church music. Organs in English parish churches, 1660-1830 -- Organ music in parish churches, 1660-1730 -- Croft and the charity hymn -- The hymn books of the Foundling and Magdalen Hospital Chapels -- The Lock Hospital Chapel and its music -- Jonathan Gray and church music in York, 1770-1840 -- Organ settings of English psalm tunes -- Ancient and modern in the work of Sir John Stainer. |
| Subject |
Church music -- England.
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Church music. |
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England. |
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Hymns, English -- England -- History and criticism.
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Hymns, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Hymns, English.
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| Subject |
Psalms (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Psalms (Music) |
| ISBN |
9780754659983 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0754659984 hardcover alkaline paper |
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