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Sheet Music
Scores
| Publisher. Info.
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Glasgow: the author, 1756.
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| Copyright
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General Information
| Work Title
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The Psalm-Singer’s Pocket Companion
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| Alternative. Title
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The Psalm-Singer’s Pocket Companion. Containing Great Variety of the best English Psalm-Tunes, suited to the different Metres in the Scotch Version of the Psalms of David, set in Three and Four Parts; Likewise all the Tunes that are usually sung in most Parts of Scotland. With a plain and easy Introduction to Musick. By Thomas Moore, Author of the Psalm-Singer's Compleat Tutor and Divine Companion in Two Volumes, and Teacher of Church Musick in Glasgow. To which is added A Collection of Hymns, Suited to all the different Metres of the Tunes
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| Composer
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Thomas Moore @church musician^
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| First Publication.
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1756
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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| Piece Style
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Baroque
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| Instrumentation
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2-4 voices
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Navigation etc.
Most of the Psalm tunes have 4-syllable sol-fa letters beneath at least one staff, and also many of the melodic leaps are numbered (to show that the interval is a 4th or 3rd etc.).
