{"id":13689,"date":"2012-03-24T17:18:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T23:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=13689"},"modified":"2012-03-25T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T19:54:17","slug":"the-genevan-psalter-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/24\/the-genevan-psalter-in-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"The Genevan Psalter in the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Presbyterian colleague referred me to a project that has intrigued me. The Psalm Project<\/a> is a group of musicians who pair contemporary translations of the Psalms with contemporary versions of tunes from the Genevan Psalter (encouraged, in part, by the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship<\/a>.)\u00a0 Sheet music<\/a> for a number of their psalm settings is available. Although these psalms may have limited liturgical usage, some may find them inspiring for devotional listening.<\/p>\n

Here’s their take on a familiar melody:
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(Your church music trivia for today: the tune we know as OLD HUNDREDTH is actually paired with Psalm 134 in the Genevan Psalter.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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