From Choir to Chamber: Negotiating Vocal Music in the Zurich Reformation
This article discusses the role of music, singing and voice in the development of the Zurich Reformation. It argues that the silencing of musical elements in the course of the Zwinglian liturgical reform was due to a new understanding of devotion, prayer and both individual and communal agency in ch...
| Published in: | Journal of Early Modern Christianity |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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| In: |
Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBC Switzerland RC Liturgy RD Hymnology |
| Further subjects: | B
Music
B Reformation B Zurich B Voice B Zwingli B Erasmus |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the role of music, singing and voice in the development of the Zurich Reformation. It argues that the silencing of musical elements in the course of the Zwinglian liturgical reform was due to a new understanding of devotion, prayer and both individual and communal agency in church services. Zwingli and the Zurich reformers took issue with Gregorian chant in particular and applied a decidedly Erasmian understanding of religious communication as inward, silent devotion. Musical religiosity was transferred from the sacred space of the choir ( kor ) to the private homes of believers ( kämerlin ). Moreover, by simultaneously extending the notion of devotion and prayer to practices of everyday urban life, the liturgical reforms contributed to a sacralization and Christianization of the city as an urban space. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2023-2044 |