Psalms in the early modern world / edited by Linda Phyllis Austern, Kari Boyd McBride, and David L. Orvis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Austern, Linda Phyllis, 1957-

McBride, Kari Boyd

Orvis, David L.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Psalms--Use--History.

Bible.

Bible. Psalms--Influence--Modern civilization.

Bible. Psalms.

Civilization, Modern.

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]

Summary:

A universal part of Christian expression, the Psalms were a source of new music composition and performance in early modern Europe, as discussed in the 13 essays of this impressive collection. The editors, Austern (musicology, Northwestern U.), Kari Boyd McBride (women's studies, U. of Arizona), and David L. Orvis (English, Appalachian State U.), open the text with a lengthy introduction. Individual essay topics include studies of the Bay Psalm book, Juan de Avila's Audi, filia, William Byrd's English Psalms, and Sahagun's Psalmodia christiana. With each essay offering in-depth treatment of current scholarship, this is a substantial contribution to the field. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part 1. Communities of worship. Listening to the Psalms among the Huguenots : Simon Goulart as music editor / Richard Freedman

William Byrd's English Psalms / Roger Bray

"For musicke is the handmaid of the Lord" : women, Psalms, and domestic music-making in early modern England / Linda Phyllis Austern

"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" : a transatlantic study of the Bay Psalm book / Joanne van der Woude

Part 2. Contested grounds of authority. Miles Coverdale and the claims of paraphrase / Jamie H. Ferguson

Rightful penitence and the publication of Wyatt's Certayne Psalmes / Clare Costley King'oo

Psalm 44 (45) and nuptial spirituality in Juan de Avila's Audi, filia / James F. Melvin

Spenser's equations of his queen with Christ : royal supremacy and royal Psalms / Carol V. Kaske

Part 3. Psalmic voice(s). Re-revealing the Psalms : Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, and her early modern readers / Margaret P. Hannay

Sibling harps : the Sidneys and the Chérons translate the Psalms / Anne Lake Prescott

David's lyre, kabbalah, and the power of music / Don Harrán

Part 4. Generic innovation. Reading her psalter : the Virgin Mary in the N-town play / Penny Granger

The pre-Hispanic poetics of Sahagún's Psalmodia christiana / John F. Schwaller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781409422822

1409422828

OCLC:

727610639