...the Anglican Church, Lutheran? European society had a rich culture of congregational singing, either Hymns of the Anglican Church, Lutheran Chorales (Hymns), or the chants of the Catholic Church. The first English settlers to North America ignored this large body of popular congregational song and instead brought Psalters (Psalm Books) of the Calvinist church. What were some of the possible reasons the early settlers to the American colonies brought the psalm tradition with them rather than the other sacred traditions?
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