Books by Nicholas Temperley

Brings together 14 shorter essays from various journals and symposia. This title presents studies of how singing in church strayed from artistic control during its neglect in the 16th and 17th centuries, how the vernacular 'fuging tune' of West Gallery choirs grew up, and how individuals like Playford and Stainer set about artistic standards.

Documents the lives, careers, and music of three British composers, William Selby of London and Boston (1738-98), Rayner Taylor of London and Philadelphia (1745-1825), and George K Jackson of St Andrews, New York, and Boston (1757-1822) who emigrated from England in mid-career and became leaders in the musical life of the American Federal era.

This volume provides an anthology of parish church music of all kinds from the fifteenth century to the twentieth, newly edited from primary sources for study or for performance. The extensive bibliography includes a numbered chronological list of printed collections of parish church music, comprehensive up to 1800, with summaries of their contents.