Thomas Sternhold
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Description: Biography of Sternhold and history of his work on the Psalter.
English psalmist. Attended Oxford, but did not graduate. He became the "Groom of the Robes" of Henry VIII, and retained this office under Edward VI. Sternhold first began his work on the Psalms for his own "Godly Solace" and is said to have sung them while accompanying himself on the organ. Apparently the young Edward VI heard them and asked for them to be repeated in his presence. Edward later provided patronage for Sternhold to work on his Psalms. Sternhold set his translations of the Psalms to be sung as ballads, which he hoped would replace the "amorous and obscene" songs commonly sung by the courtiers. To the extent that Sternhold's psalms were intended for court circles they are comparable to those of Marot, but they are by no means comparable in poetic quality.
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