STERNHOLD, THOMAS

STERNHOLD, THOMAS
   principal author of the first English metrical version of the Psalms, originally attached to the Prayer-Book as augmented by John Hopkins; continued in general use till Tate and Brady's version of 1696 was substituted in 1717; was a Hampshire man, and held the post of Groom of the Robes to Henry VIII. and Edward VI. (1500-1549).

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  • Sternhold, Thomas — (1500 1549), Hopkins, John (d. 1570)    Were associated in making the metrical version of the Psalms, which was attached to the Prayer book, and was for 200 years the chief hymn book of the Church of England. It is a commonplace and tame… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Sternhold — Thomas Sternhold (* um 1500 in Gloucestershire; † 1549 ebenda) war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Sternhold wurde in Gloucestershire geboren. Seine englische Wiedergabe der Psalmen, kurz vor seinem Tod veröffentlicht, war sehr beliebt. Sie… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thomas Ravenscroft — (c. 1582 o 1592 1635), fue un compositor, teórico y editor inglés notable por sus cánones, y especialmente por recopilar colecciones de música folclórica británica. Es probable que haya cantado en el coro de la catedral de San Pablo desde 1594,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Thomas Sternhold — (* um 1500 in Gloucestershire; † 1549 ebenda) war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Sternhold wurde in Gloucestershire geboren. Seine englische Wiedergabe der Psalmen, kurz vor seinem Tod veröffentlicht, war sehr beliebt. Sie beeinflusste die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thomas Sternhold — (1500 ndash; 1549) was the principal author of the first English metrical version of the Psalms, originally attached to the Prayer Book as augmented by John Hopkins; continued in general use till Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady s version of 1696… …   Wikipedia

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  • TATE, NAHUM —    poet laureate, born in Dublin, where he was educated at Trinity College; came to London to ply the craft of letters, and in 1690 succeeded Shadwell in the laureateship; improvident, and probably intemperate, he died in the Mint, the refuge of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Hopkins, John —    See Sternhold, Thomas …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Metrical psalter — For earlier rhymed translations of Psalms, see rhymed psalter. A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a book containing a metrical translation of all or part of the Book of Psalms in vernacular poetry, meant to be sung as hymns in a… …   Wikipedia

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