English Psalmody Prefaces: Popular Methods of Teaching, 1562-1835: 2 (Classic Texts in Music Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863140211 ISBN 13: 9780863140211

Publisher: Boethius Press, 1982

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Boethius Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863140211
• ISBN 13: 9780863140211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Rainbow Bernarr