Musicology Annotation << Back «The whole psalter translated into English metre» by archbishop Parker with Tallis's music Alexander S. Yevdokimov The book of Psalms is one of the most important components of Christian worship and an obligatory part of religious person`s everyday life. In the Reformation period when the Scripture translations into local languages had appeared Psalter became one of the most often translated biblical books. Not only translations of psalms but also their metrical versions were very popular at that time. They were often published together with the music, so that everyone could both read and sing psalms. This article deals with one of the remarkable English metrical psalters printed in the second half of the XVI century with the music by great composer. Keywords: metrical psalms, English Reformation, Thomas Tallis, Matthew Parker, sacred music, Psalm Tunes, biblical parallelism. Contacts: E-mail: yeas1986@gmail.com Pp. 21-31.