$225.00
Our book of Psalms & Hymnals by John Playford is completely full of musical notation. It took quite a while to get it ready to reproduce. We have spent the last year and a half transforming our original 1697 John Playford book of Psalms and Hymns into the replica that we have available for you today. This is the first replica of this particular Playford book ever made. Most people have not had a chance to see this book for the last two hundred years. We now have our replica ready for you. Its title is, The Whole Book of Psalms: With The Usual Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Together With all the Ancient and Proper Tunes sung in Churches, with some of Later Use. Composed in Three Parts, Cantus, Medius, & Bassus: In a more Plain and Useful Method that hath been formerly. Published, by John Playford. The Third Edition, Corrected and Amended.
Playford was a favorite music source for Puritans, and they loved dancing to his collected tunes. His “The English Dancing Master” (1651) was the only music book Puritan/Congregational pastors smiled upon to teach dancing. Little evidence the American Puritans or Congregationalists used his Psalter and Psalter Hymnal for Sabbath services, though, although many owned several music books by Playford and many ministers owned and personally used his Psalter and Hymnal.
Used by Anglicans mostly, as well as other denominations, but attested as owned by Congregationalists.
Appropriate for all denominations throughout our period, but not technically for Congregationalists and Presbyterians for Sabbath services until Revolutionary Era.