If it weren´t for his clever contributions to uncommon genres such as the French sacred cantata or music for hurdy-gurdy, the name René Drouard de Bousset would be all but forgotten in the dusty stacks of fading manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Yet in the early 18th century, de Bousset was the talk of the town, known as a harpsichord teacher and occasional composer, but especially popular as a virtuosic performer on the king of instruments – the organ. His reputation as an organist survived all the way into the 19th century. René is also referred to as Du Bousset and Dubousset, but most commonly as De Bousset, which is how his name is inscribed on the title pages of all his surviving published works. Psalm singing in the vernacular was a popular way of disseminating Biblical teaching, especially since Latin was not widely understood. Louis XIV himself inspired court poets to produce a large collection of religious work, including many psalm paraphrases that were “driven more by an internal spiritual and artistic need than a missionary intention,”