An Outline of The History of Western Music Grout ... - The Reel Score

(1) texts were translated by Clèment Marot & Thèodore de Bèze
(2) Set to melodies selected or composed by Loys Bourgeois (ca. 1510-ca. 1561)
(3) Tranlations of the French Psalter appeared in Germany, Holland, England, &
Scotland - the reformed churches in these countries taking over many of the
French tunes
i) in Germany, many Psalter melodies were adapted as chorales
ii) in Holland, the translation of 1566 replaced and earlier Psalter - the
Souterliedekens of 1540
iii) influenced the most important English Psalter (1562) of the 16th century -
that of Thomas Sternhold & John Hopkins
iv) influenced the Scottish Psalter of 1564
v) Pilgrims came to America (1620) with a combination of French-Dutch &
English traditions embodied in the Psalter issued by Henry Ainsworth -
issued in Amsterdam in 1612 for English Separatists in Holland
vi) 1st American Psalter - the Bay Psalm Book appeared in 1640
c) Psalter composers
(1) French
i) Claude Goudimel (ca. 1505-1572)
ii) Claude Le June (1528-1600)
(2) Netherlands
i) Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
3. Bohemia
a) A pre-Reformation movement in Bohemia - led by Jan Hus (1373-1415) resulted
in the virtual banishment of polyphonic music & instruments from the church until
the middl of the 16th centruy
b) Hussites sang simple hymns of a folklike character - usually monophonic
c) As the strictures were gradually relaxed, part music - though still note-against-note
style was permitted
d) Czech Brethern published a hymnbook with texts in Czech & melodies borrowed
from Gregorian Chant, secular songs, & French Clavinist Psalm settings
(1) later called the Moravian Brethern & emigrated to America (Bethlehem, PA)
(2) became important centers of music
4. Pre-Reformation Music in England
a) Production of music in England declined during the war of the Roses (1455-1485)
(1) Revived during the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509)
(2) English composers - though aware of developments on the Continent - worked
in relative isolation
i) Franco-Flemish musicians came to England only in 1510
ii) the method of prevailingly imitative counterpoint was adopted only
gradually
iii) style applied first systematically in psalm settings and motets around 1540
iv) production of secular music continued
b) Composers & Musicians
(1) Beginning of 16th centruy