10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSALTERY»
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psaltery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
psaltery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Celtic
Psaltery, Being Mainly Renderings in English Verse ...
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Alfred Perceval Graves, 2009
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A Psimple
Psaltery: Building a Bowed
Psaltery, from Start to ...
"As with any instrument, the bowed psaltery can be as simple or extravagant as you want to make it. In this book, a plan is presented for a simple psaltery.
Finally, I want you to take the psaltery which my dear Cecilia cherished most of all
. I always teased her and said playing it made her 'tapsalteerie.' Ah, we were
devoted. She knew the psalms so well and often sang, 'I will also praise Thee
with ...
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Performance Practice: A Dictionary-guide for Musicians
Psaltery ( l2th-l5th c.). A medieval plucked-string instrument. Relatively small-
sized, it sounded in a higher (soprano) register. The medieval *dulcimer was
essentially a psaltery struck with hammers. The psaltery was presumably rather
loud in ...
Roland John Jackson, 2005
woman holds a psaltery for the infant Jesus to play. From a musical point of view
this unorthodox image is telling for it helps to reveal the imminent decline of the
psaltery. The key for this interpretation is provided by a passage in Nicole ...
Patricia Kruth, Henry Stobart, 2007
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Expositions of the Psalms 121-150
8.Letthemplaypsalmstohimondrum21andpsaltery.Whydoesanyonetake up a
drum or a psaltery? In order to praise God not only with the voice but with actions
as well. When we take up a drum or a psaltery our hands keep time with
ourvoices.
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Boniface Ramsey, John E. Rotelle, 2004
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Manuscript, Narrative, Lexicon: Essays on Literary and ...
early medieval theologians, the psaltery had for long been associated with
positive religious values.16 Clement of Alexandria, for instance, can at times
group it with cymbals, trumpets, and pipes as pagan, yet at other times he
associates it ...
Robert Boenig, Kathleen Davis, 2000
296 Skeat (1894:5.31 ) comments: "In the Milleres Tale, Chaucer describes a
clerk of a very opposite character, who loved dissipation and played upon a '
sautrye' or psaltery. See A. 3200-20." The contrastive parallel between the Clerk
and ...
9
All the Music of the Bible
12:27 sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings Ps. 33:2
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp Ps. 57:8 I will also praise thee with
the psaltery Ps. 71:22 the pleasant harp with the psaltery Ps. 81:2 and upon the ...
Herbert Lockyer, Jr., 2004
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Studies in the Performance of Late Mediaeval Music
... that it appears to have a sounding board behind the strings, and therefore must
properly be described as a psaltery, or perhaps a harp-psaltery.19 In any case,
these early Italian Bible illustrations almost certainly have merely symbolic value,
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSALTERY»
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psaltery is used in the context of the following news items.
Rain might hurt Dulcimer Days Festival turnout
... of this year's festival, COTC is hosting workshops on the hammered and mountain dulcimers, bowed psaltery, auto harp, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and ukelele. «Coshocton Tribune, Jun 15»
Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times
“Mr. W. B. Yeats, the Irish poet, is to lecture upon 'Speaking to Musical Notes,' and the lecture is to be illustrated by 'lyrics spoken to a psaltery,' ” Mr. Alden wrote. «New York Times, Jun 15»
Four Celtic Voices Performs in Minot
The group consists of four women who perform traditional and contemporary Irish music using vocals and instruments like the harp, flute and the psaltery. «KFYR-TV, Apr 15»
Mockingbird Early Music Ensemble Celebrates Bach's Birthday and …
The musicians perform on recreations of dated instruments such as viole da gamba, psaltery and crumhorn and harpsichord and baroque guitar and recorder to ... «HottyToddy.com, Mar 15»
Newberry Consort unveils rare Spanish treasures for BEMF
The short piece opened with Mark Rimple performing a light, trickling melody on the psaltery, a plucked string instrument that resembles an autoharp. As if to ... «Boston Classical Review, Feb 15»
The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Winter Harp
Performers include Kim Robertson on Celtic harp and vocals, Janelle Nadeau on pedal harp and vocals, Roger Helfrik on recorder, plucked psaltery, and vocals ... «Straight.com, Dec 14»
Bowed Psaltery makes sweet sounds under practiced hands
Rick grew up in Wartburg and played trombone and sang in the choir, so learning to play a bowed psaltery wasn't that much of a leap. He explained it's not ... «WBIR-TV, Dec 14»
Winter Harp performance 'gives people Christmas'
Concertgoers can enjoy the ethereal-sounding bass psaltery (the only one like it in the world), the organistrum (an early form of the hurdy-gurdy), and even the ... «Cowichan Valley Citizen, Dec 14»
New Signature Expansion Pack For Padshop
... nearly three gigabytes of samples covering various acoustic and electric guitars as well as the more exotic instruments such as psaltery, celtic harp and oud. «Sonic State, Sep 14»
Florida Craftsmen Gallery's violin auction to benefit music program
This close-up of the medieval instrument the psaltery shows the intricate hand-carving of artist gene Jaeger. The instrument is part of the 'Fine Tuned: A Fresh ... «Bay News 9, Jul 14»
