Talk:Metrical psalter
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The links I've added are good sources for expanding parts of this entry and for images as well.
There seems to be some possible controversy and uncertainty over the music for the french psalters--whether they ever used popular, secular tunes and to what extent Calvin opposed or approved 4-part harmony. Dan Knauss 03:29, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] metrical psalms
About half an hour ago I typed in "metrical psalms" into the seach box which came up with nothing. I've just come accross this page from a Google search - could a redirect page be added so the term 'metrical psalm/s' comes here too?
[edit] Psalters in German
Re: Neither of these musicians influenced Britain or America much, most likely because they used longer metres ... (e.g. 9.8.9.8. no citation, sorry, can someone help?). C.Winkworth complained famously of the difficulties of matching German metre, especially for the feminine or stressed+unstressed line ending.
Comments: For the chosen title, metrical psalters, German is less important - A psalter would be secondary, perhaps a present. The place of the psalms themselves from Luther on is unequivocably high, and the ups and downs of their musical accompaniment is similar over Europe. So I've tried to capture the essentials in a suitably short paragraph.
- It is possible that a world tour of psalms is a major undertaking - this piece has no direct equivalent in wikipedia.de, the nearest being "Geschichte des geistlichen Liedes auf dem europäischen Kontinent". I am presuming it is not usual to cross-refer to other languages; Lobwasser also has his own article there.
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