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When and if you find out please post it here. I recently discovered the Genevan Psalter and music (Goudimel). I am eager to find more.To me it's simply the best. The music is the most beautiful and the words are the most poetic. But I can't find a copy of it in book form (with words and music). Could anyone point me in the right direction?
When and if you find out please post it here. I recently discovered the Genevan Psalter and music (Goudimel). I am eager to find more.
Could you add a few more details? I'm aware of several psalters referred to as the "Genevan Psalter".
The original Genevan psalter would have been in French and incomplete. It may have been completed later. In recent years there was a "New Genevan Psalter" published, which may have used Geneva tunes but would be an English translation. I found copies on Amazon. It may be related to The Genevan Psalter Resource Center.
I thought there was a Dutch psalter referred to as the Geneva Psalter too, (which may or may not be the Anglo-Genevan Psalter as I've not managed to get a copy).
Can you post what you are referring to?
The lyrics on that website, as stated by tbe webmaster, are reproduced with permission from the Book of Praise: Anglo-Genevan Psalter. (The tunes are in the public domain.) The more recent publication that I mentioned above, the New Genevan Psalter, uses different, newer translations that are intended to be more accurate to the biblical text; however, I find the newer versions quite a bit clunkier in terms of poetry.I suspect that the Anglo-Genevan or the Book of Praise might capture what I understand to be the Genevan Psalter. I'm talking about what's published in PDF form over at www.genevanpsalter.com. I'm interested in the original Goudimel settings with English translations informed by Calvin's renderings.
The lyrics on that website, as stated by tbe webmaster, are reproduced with permission from the Book of Praise: Anglo-Genevan Psalter. (The tunes are in the public domain.) The more recent publication that I mentioned above, the New Genevan Psalter, uses different, newer translations that are intended to be more accurate to the biblical text; however, I find the newer versions quite a bit clunkier in terms of poetry.
Thank you. That is very good news.I just corresponded with the webmaster from www.genevanpsalter.com. He is working right now to send a new edition to print which should be ready in August. He will sell printed copies for a reasonable price. I'm getting one!
You can buy one new at a reasonable price here: http://bookofpraise.caTo me it's simply the best. The music is the most beautiful and the words are the most poetic. But I can't find a copy of it in book form (with words and music). Could anyone point me in the right direction?
There are CREC churches that do.I don't know of any church that has ever used Goudimel's settings in public worship.
There are CREC churches that do.
Here's an audio recording of Psalm 2 from Wilson's church in Moscow, ID. It's in their hymnal, along with some other Genevan Psalms.They must have talented singers. Are there any videos online of them doing it?
I had that CD but I lost it in a moveFor those with interest in the Genevan Psalter, there is a CD available called "Psaumes de la Réforme". The recordings are by the Claude Goudimel Ensemble. The psalm and Scripture song selections are sung a capella in early modern French.
You can sample the tracks here:
https://www.amazon.com/Psaumes-Reforme-Christine-Morel/dp/B000QQPDE6
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The Genevanpsalter.com is a great website. It is amazing that all of the parts of each psalm are sung by one man. It must have taken him a very long time but the end result is a treasure. My goal is to learn one psalm each Lord’s Day.
Perhaps someone on the PB knows the answer: why, when new psalters were translated in Scotland and England and Ireland, were the Genevan tunes not retained? (Of course a few were at least for the 1650).