Author: Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Booke of Psalmes: Englished Both in Prose and Metre
Author: The Bay Psalm Book
Author: Wilberforce EamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"The first edition of the Bay Psalm Book, or New England version of the Psalms, printed by Stephen Daye at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1640, has the distinction of being the first book printed in English America. When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, and founded the first permanent colony in New England, they brought with them Henry Ainsworth's version of the Psalms in prose and metre, with the printed tunes. This version was used in the church at Plymouth until 1692. Elsewhere, the Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, coming over in 1629 and 1630, sang the words and tunes of Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalms, which for many years had been published with the ordinary editions of the English Bible"--Introduction.
The Bay Psalm Book
Author: America's Musical Life
Author: Richard CrawfordPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393048100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
An illustrated history of America's musical heritage ranges from the earliest examples of Native American traditional song to the innovative sound of contemporary rock and jazz.
Psalms in the Early Modern World
Author: Linda Phyllis AusternPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317073983
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Psalms in the Early Modern World is the first book to explore the use, interpretation, development, translation, and influence of the Psalms in the Atlantic world, 1400-1800. In the age of Reformation, when religious concerns drove political, social, cultural, economic, and scientific discourse, the Bible was the supreme document, and the Psalms were arguably its most important book.The Psalms played a central role in arbitrating the salient debates of the day, including but scarcely limited to the nature of power and the legitimacy of rule; the proper role and purpose of nations; the justification for holy war and the godliness of peace; and the relationship of individual and community to God. Contributors to the collection follow these debates around the Atlantic world, to pre- and post-Hispanic translators in Latin America, colonists in New England, mystics in Spain, the French court during the religious wars, and both Protestants and Catholics in England. Psalms in the Early Modern World showcases essays by scholars from literature, history, music, and religious studies, all of whom have expertise in the use and influence of Psalms in the early modern world. The collection reaches beyond national and confessional boundaries and to look at the ways in which Psalms touched nearly every person living in early modern Europe and any place in the world that Europeans took their cultural practices.
The Bay Psalm Book
Author: Stephen DayePublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1602060967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
For the settlers who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, singing psalms in praise of God was a fundamental part of worship. Unsatisfied with existing translations (which they felt put more stake in poetry than piety) the pilgrims elected a panel of 30 clergymen, including well-known ministers Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld, to put together a new translation. In 1640, they produced The Bay Psalm Book-the first book ever published in the American Colonies. The authentic prose remains lyrical and lovely as it carries the Puritans' simple message of God's grace.
A Catalogue of Books in the Library of the American Antiquarian Society ...
Author: American Antiquarian Society. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Landmarks in Music ...
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Popular Measures
Author: Amy M. E. MorrisPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874138658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Popular Measures examines the influence of Congregationalist church practices on poetry and poetics in early New England. It considers how the rejection of set prayers, and the privileging of more spontaneous oral forms (such as the plain-style sermon and the conversion narrative) in colonial churches influenced the style of locally written religious verse. The book consists of an overview of church practices and their implications for poetry, followed by a series of case studies focusing on texts written at different stages of the colony's development from 1640 to 1700: the Bay Psalm Book, Michael Wigglesworth's The Day of Doom, and Edward Taylor's Gods Determinations. The investigation concludes that colonial religious writers transformed the poetic conventions they had inherited from England in order to enhance the effectiveness of their verse in a culture that portrayed forms and formality as, at best, able to lead an individual only halfway on the journey towards salvation. --University of Delaware Press.
From Psalm to Symphony
Author: Nicholas E. TawaPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555534912
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Examines for the first time New England's rich heritage of music making over a span of 350 years