Goostly Psalmes and Spirituall Songes: English and Dutch Metrical Psalms from Coverdale to Utenhove, 1535-1566

By Robin Leaver

This book is a study of the common origins and parallel development of English and Dutch metrical psalmody, from Coverdale's Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes (c.1535) to Utenhove's De Psalmen Dauidis, in Nederlandischer sangs-syme (1566). The principal concern is with hymnological and liturgical matters, though Leaver also considers questions of theology and church government. In so doing he presents both a compendium of information about the early history of the metrical psalm texts and tunes, and also a clear picture of the Reformation in its musical and hymnological aspects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198161689
• ISBN13: 9780198161684
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"