Editing Old 100th (section)

==Background==
The [[Genevan Psalter]] was compiled over a number of years in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] city of [[Geneva]], a center of [[Protestant]] activity during the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]], in response to the teaching of [[John Calvin]] that communal singing of [[psalms]] in the [[vernacular]] language is a foundational aspect of church life.<ref name="Schuler">Schuler, Dr. Louis E. "Duck". [http://www.credenda.org/issues/13-1musica.php "History of the Genevan Psalter – Part 1"]. ''Credenda/Agenda'', vol.13, no.1 (2007). {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070612055757/http://www.credenda.org/issues/13-1musica.php |date=June 12, 2007 }}</ref> This contrasted with the prevailing Catholic practice at the time in which sacred texts were [[Gregorian chant|chanted]] in [[Latin language|Latin]] by the clergy only.<ref name="PsalterIntro">{{cite web | title = Introduction to the Genevan Psalter | work = The Genevan Psalter | url = http://genevanpsalter.redeemer.ca/psalter_intro.html | access-date = 2008-02-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100328022433/http://genevanpsalter.redeemer.ca/psalter_intro.html | archive-date = 2010-03-28 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Calvinist musicians including Bourgeois supplied many new melodies and adapted others from sources both sacred and secular. The final version of this psalter was completed in 1562.<ref>Havergal, William Henry (1854). ''A history of the old hundredth psalm tune, with specimens.'' Mason Brothers. p. 13.</ref> Calvin intended the melodies to be sung in [[plainsong]] during church services, but harmonized versions were provided for singing at home.