Why do Lutherans sing?: Lutherans, music, and the Gospel in the first century of the Reformation
Looks to the 16th century to find the roots of a strong and enduring Lutheran tradition of choral music. Luther’s love for music and his conviction that the combination of music with sacred words would be ideal for spreading the Gospel is explored. Luther’s use of vernacular hymnody using familiar m...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Church history
Year: 2013, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-89 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ Musik
/ Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix 1809-1847, Sinfonien MWV N 15. Satz 3
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance RD Hymnology |
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| Summary: | Looks to the 16th century to find the roots of a strong and enduring Lutheran tradition of choral music. Luther’s love for music and his conviction that the combination of music with sacred words would be ideal for spreading the Gospel is explored. Luther’s use of vernacular hymnody using familiar melodies spread his Reformation message quickly throughout a population that was still largely illiterate. They were communicated by word of "mouth, letter, and broadsheet", and were soon sung throughout Germany, even in Catholic regions where his writings were banned. Lutheran schools were established and music had a prominent place in their curricula; by the late 16th century, music education was available to all German children, “even working children". In the Kantoreien (town choirs), students and tradesmen would meet and sing under one common baton, learning from one another. (AN: 2013-37185) (RILM) |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | In: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0009640712002521 |