Music of the English Parish Church, Vol. 1

This book is the most thorough and extensive history of English parish church music ever published, covering the period from the late middle ages to the present day. Through the ages English parish churches have resounded to all manner of music, ranging from the rich choral polyphony of Henry VIII's or Victoria's reigns to the bare unaccompanied psalm tunes of the seventeenth century. Nicholas Temperley has found in this neglected field a wealth of fascinating music, as well as a host of intellectual problems to intrigue the scholar.Temperley, Nicholas is the author of 'Music of the English Parish Church, Vol. 1' with ISBN 9780521274579 and ISBN 0521274575.