Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 04 · The Sound of Congregational Song · Page 16 in print
Parish Singing
Parish records often show singing groups being set up by written agreement. One typical example comes from Alberbury in Shropshire in 1788.
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The words
Bass viol
Parish term for the cello.
Bassoon
Woodwind bass. Gallery instrument.
wgma.org.uk: West Gallery Music in Cornwall (opens a new tab)
Chancel
Part of the church used by replacement surpliced choirs.
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Clarinet
Woodwind. Gallery instrument.
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Cornwall
English county whose parish bands were studied by Woodhouse.
wgma.org.uk: West Gallery Music in Cornwall (opens a new tab)
Dorset
English county of Stinsford and Knapp.
Wikipedia: St Michael’s Church, Stinsford (opens a new tab) · DNB: Knapp, William (opens a new tab)
Hautboy
Old name for the oboe.
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Pitch pipe
Pipe for giving the starting note.
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Quire
Old spelling for a gallery choir.
Serpent
Bass wind instrument. Gallery instrument.
Stinsford
Hardy’s Dorset parish church.
Wikipedia: West gallery music (opens a new tab) · Wikipedia: St Michael’s Church, Stinsford (opens a new tab)
Surplice
Choir garment identified in the change from gallery to chancel singing.
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West Gallery
West-end gallery and the music named after it.
William Knapp
Poole parish clerk and psalm-tune composer.
William Tans'ur
William Tans’ur, country psalmodist.
Sources
- Introduction to West Gallery MusicWest Gallery Music Association
- West Gallery Music in CornwallWest Gallery Music Association
- St Michael’s Church, StinsfordWikipedia
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900: Knapp, WilliamDictionary of National Biography (J. C. Hadden), via Wikisource
- West gallery musicWikipedia