Huguenot hymns and psalms

Texts From the early times of the reformed movement onwards (les Luthériens), many poets expressed their perception of the new religious feelings through the writing of cantiques, odes, sonnets, hymnes and other poems ‘pleins de piété’: among them were Antoine de Baïf (1532-1589) who composed a Psautier (1587); Eustorg de Beaulieu (1495-1552), pastor in Thierrens (Swiss Jura) and author of La Chrétienne Réjouissance (1546) as well as many chansons; Pey de Garros (1530-1585) with his translation of the Psalms into the Gascon dialect (Toulouse, 1565); and Louis des Masures (ca 1515-1574) who finished his pastoral career in Ste Marie-aux-Mines and authored three Tragédies saintes and a new...