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Notated Music The whole book of Psalms : collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, &c, with the usual hymns and spiritual songs, together with all the ancient and proper tunes sung in churches, with some of later use. Composed in three parts: cantus, medius & bassus, in a more plain and useful method than hath been formerly published. To which is added a new introduction to psalmody

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  • The whole book of Psalms : collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, &c, with the usual hymns and spiritual songs, together with all the ancient and proper tunes sung in churches, with some of later use. Composed in three parts: cantus, medius & bassus, in a more plain and useful method than hath been formerly published. To which is added a new introduction to psalmody

Names

  • Playford, John, 1623-1686?

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by A. Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, and are to be sold by R. Ware, 1738.

Headings

  • -  Bible.--Psalms--Paraphrases, English
  • -  Hymns, English
  • -  Tune-books

Notes

  • -  In the Heineman Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.
  • -  The cantus and bassus are in score, the latter part printed also as a separate melody as is the medius.

Medium

  • 307 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML31 .H43e no. 63

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022570398

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Playford, John, ?. The whole book of Psalms: collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, &c, with the usual hymns and spiritual songs, together with all the ancient and proper tunes sung in churches, with some of later use. Composed in three parts: cantus, medius & bassus, in a more plain and useful method than hath been formerly published. To which is added a new introduction to psalmody. London, Printed by A. Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, and are to be sold by R. Ware, 1738. Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022570398/.

APA citation style:

Playford, J. (1738) The whole book of Psalms: collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, &c, with the usual hymns and spiritual songs, together with all the ancient and proper tunes sung in churches, with some of later use. Composed in three parts: cantus, medius & bassus, in a more plain and useful method than hath been formerly published. To which is added a new introduction to psalmody. London, Printed by A. Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, and are to be sold by R. Ware. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022570398/.

MLA citation style:

Playford, John, ?. The whole book of Psalms: collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, &c, with the usual hymns and spiritual songs, together with all the ancient and proper tunes sung in churches, with some of later use. Composed in three parts: cantus, medius & bassus, in a more plain and useful method than hath been formerly published. To which is added a new introduction to psalmody. London, Printed by A. Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, and are to be sold by R. Ware, 1738. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022570398/>.