A Metrical Psalter: The Book of Psalms Set to Meter for Singing
By Unknown Author.
Description
The Psalms are for singing-so why don't we sing them? The word psalm simply means song, and the superscriptions that introduce many of the psalms indicate that the Psalms were indeed sung. Those superscriptions in the Hebrew text were actually part of the first verse of the psalm. They give information for the director of music about the tune, or instruments to be used, or the type of song form to be used. But we have no collection of those Hebrew tunes or song forms. And Latin chant, which was the church's music for singing psalms for much of church history, is not a familiar mu...
ISBN(s)
1628244909, 9781628244908
