OLD 81ST PSALM. D. C. M. (No. 1.) The Melody as given in DAMAN'S Psalter, 1579.* The Title of this very rare Psalter is "THE PSALMES OF DAVID IN ENGLISH meter, with Notes of foure partes set vnto them, by Guilielmo Daman, for John Bull, to the vse of the godly Christians, for recreatyng themselves, in stede of fond and vnseemely Ballades. anno 1579. AT LONDON, Printed by John Daye. Cum privilegio" In a commendatory Preface by Edward Hake, Gent., John Bull is said to have been a "Citezen and Goldsmith of London," and "his honest frend Guilielmo Daman one of her Maiesties Musitions." |
