The Gude and Godlie Ballatis

Author: 
Douglas Galbraith

A contribution to a seminar at the Reformation Studies Institute of the University of St Andrews in 2015, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in Europe. Based on a new edition of the earliest version of the Gude and Godlie Ballatis (1565), edited by Professor Emeritus Alasdair A. MacDonald of Groningen, the seminar explored the nature and purpose of the Ballatis and, given that the original publication did not print the music, brought text and music together for a handful of the items so that they could be sung by the audience.

Reference: 
Volume 53 2018, p42-51
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Douglas Galbraith is the Secretary of the Church Service Society and after a varied career in church-related pastoral, teaching and administrative work in Scotland and Australia continues in retirement in research and writing in the area of church music and has become involved in the pilgrim routes movement in Scotland.