The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
By weaving together songs, sounds, words, and visuals, Psalms gives audiences a real feel for the broader culture.
If Wyatt and Surrey could pen brilliant sonnets under Tudor tyranny, then certainly great art can be produced under capitalism despite its particular degradations.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Today’s large language models can write sonnets and debug code.
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