George Hay Drummond in Doncaster - the 1790's
from Music and Society in Eighteenth-Century Yorkshire, page 198:
[…] his clerk had chosen both the words and tune of a psalm so improperly as to occasion laughter in some part of the congregation.
cite as
Christopher Simon Roberts, Music and Society in Eighteenth-Century Yorkshire, p. 198. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447174285476 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| psalm |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1790's |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Edward Miller relates the incident that inspired George Hay Drummond to collaborate with him in producing a psalmody for use in churches. The melody chosen by the clerk was ill-matched to the text of the psalm, which in turn was not given to the organist.
Originally submitted by acusworth on Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:51:25 +0000
Approved on Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:50:12 +0000