Scottish Psalmody

John Knox
(1505-1572)

The Scottish Metrical Psalter authorized by the Church of Scotland in 1650

The Psalms of David in Metre with Notes by John Brown of Haddington -- Still Waters Revival Books. An EXCELLENT link containg a Preface and links to the actual Psalms.

The Scottish Psalter of 1635 (cgmusic.com -- Music for the Church of God)

Explore some sites devoted to Scottish Protestantism:

John Knox (Hanover College)
John Knox (Still Waters Revival Books)
John Knox (Creeds.net)
True and False Worship -- The Scottish Reformation

So, what's a Presbyterian?

Links to Other Psalters:

cgmusic.com has a great link to several Psalters which includes COMPLETE TEXTS:The Old Version (Sternhold and Hopkins, 1562)
The New Version (Tate and Brady, 1696)
The Bay Psalm Book (1640)
Watts', Psalms Imitated in the Languageof the New Testament (1709)

Explore some sites devoted to The Protestant Reformation:

The Reformation Guide (Michigan State University)
The Protestant Reformation (Hanover College)
The Protestant Reformation (from the site, A Puratin's Mind)
The Catholic Counter-Reformation (Hanover College)
Selected Source Readings from the Reformation Era (the Internet Midieval Sourcebook)

Check these out:

Scottish church music, its composers and sources, by James Love. A list of the principal collections of psalmody issued in Scotland from the year 1700 to the present time. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and sons, 1891. [The Divinity School Library at Vanderbilt University] BV 314 .S3 L6

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