Psalter revision: Governing principles (1) Format
Douglas Kuiper explains the governing principles that the interdenominational Psalter Revision Committee is using to evaluate and revise the Protestant Reformed Psalter, focusing on how these objective standards help guide subjective decisions about musical selections and format. This article demonstrates the committee's systematic approach to Psalter improvement by establishing clear principles in three categories: text, music, and format, which have been approved by the respective denomination synods.
Previous article in this series: November 15, 2016, p. 87. With this article I begin to explain the principles that the interdenominational Psalter Revision Committee is using to evaluate the musical selections in our Psalter, and on the basis of which it decides whether to recommend changes. The committee reported these principles to the respective synods, and each synod expressly approved them.1 The Importance of These Governing Principles My purpose in this and following articles is to...
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