A Book of Psalmody (Chetham, John)

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Chetham's Edition

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Editor 5th edition
Publisher. Info. London: A. Pearson, for Joseph Lord; C. Rivington, 1736.
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Misc. Notes Sold in Wakefield and Barnsley by Joseph Lord; Leeds: John Swale and Joseph Ogle; Skipton: John Chetham; Halifax: Martin Fielding; Chesterfield: J. Bradley
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Editor 6th edition
Publisher. Info. Wakefield & Barnsley: printed for Joseph Lord, 1741.
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Misc. Notes sold in Leeds: John Swale, Joseph Ogle, Samuel Howgate; Halifax: Abraham Milner; Chesterfield: J. Bradley; Barnsley & Sheffield: J. Smith; London: C. Rivington
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Editor 10th edition
Publisher. Info. Leeds: G. Wright and Son, 1779.
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Editor 11th edition
Publisher. Info. Leeds: Thomas Wright, for John Binns, and William Fawdington, 1787.
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Misc. Notes Also sold in York: Thomas Wilson and R. Spence; London: William Bent, J. Wallis, Scatchard and Whitaker, T. Scollick
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Stopford's Revision

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Editor Thomas Stopford (1742-1819)
Publisher. Info. Halifax: Jacobs Office, 1811.
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Misc. Notes Sacred Music: consisting of a New Book of Psalmody, containing variety of Tunes ... with Chanting Tunes & Anthems, all set in Four Parts ... yet may be sung in Three or Two without any Disallowances. By the Rev. John Chetham. To which are added fifty-seven new tunes ...
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Houldsworth's Revision

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Editor John Houldsworth (fl.1819-1834)
Publisher. Info. Halifax: Whitley & Booth, 1832.
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Editor 3rd edition of Houldsworth's revision
John Houldsworth (fl.1819-1834)
Publisher. Info. Halifax: Whitley & Booth, 1836.
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Misc. Notes A New and Enlarged Edition of Cheetham's Psalmody, Harmonized in Score; with an arrangement for the organ, or Piano Forte. By J. Houldsworth, late organist of the Parish Church, Halifax.
Dedicated by Houldsworth to the Vicar and Clergy of the Parish of Halifax.
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Editor 12th edition
John Houldsworth (fl.1819-1834)
Publisher. Info. Halifax: H. Pohlman & Son, 1853.
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Frobisher's Supplement to Houldsworth's Revision

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Editor 2nd edition (of Supplement)
Joseph Henry Frobisher (1742-1819)
Publisher. Info. Halifax: J. H. Frobisher, 1855.
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Houldsworth's Revision with Varley Roberts' Supplement

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Editor John Houldsworth
John Varley Roberts (1841-1920), Supplement
Publisher. Info. London: Milner and Company, Limited, n.d.(1868).
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Editor 20th edition
John Houldsworth
John Varley Roberts (1841-1920), Supplement
Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876), Appendix (Selection from Supplement)
Publisher. Info. Halifax: Pohlmann & Son, n.d.
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General Information

Work Title A Book of Psalmody
Alternative. Title Cheetham's Psalmody ; Chetham's Psalmody
Composer Chetham, John
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJC 1
First Publication. 1718
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 4 voices, mixed chorus (SATB). Later revisions added continuo figures, then organ accompaniments etc. Chants also added later.
Extra Information The edition/revision history of this work, particularly by successive Halifax organists, is well documented in The Music of the English Parish Church, Vol.1 (Nicholas Temperley, 1979), pp.181-183.