English Psalmody Prefaces: Popular Methods of Teaching, 1562-1835

by Bernarr Rainbow (Editor)

Overview

This volume presents reprints of the prefaces to representative collections of metrical psalms. Psalm-singing, an essentially popular form of music, required some musical knowledge in the singers, and it was in these prefaces thatthe compilers gave basic information on the staves, clefs and note-values of contemporary notation. Dr Rainbow's introduction is a fascinating guide to the changing tastes and needs shown by the carefully selected reprints.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780863140211
Publisher:	BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date:	01/01/1982
Series:	Classic Texts in Music Education , #2
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.61(h) x (d)