Part one. Vernacular church music. 'If any of you be mery let hym synge psalmes': the culture of Psalms in church and home -- Middleburg Psalms -- John Playford and the metrical Psalms -- The old way of singing: its origins and development -- The Anglican communion hymn -- The origins of the fuging tune -- Part two. Artistic church music. Organs in English parish churches 1660-1830 -- Organ music in parish churches, 1660-1730 -- Croft and the charity hymn -- The hymn books of the Foundling and Magdalen Hospital Chapels -- The Lock Hospital Chapel and its music -- Jonathan Gray and church music in York, 1770-1840 -- Organ settings of English Psalm tunes -- Ancient and modern in the work of Sir John Stainer.
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