Reforming Music: Music and the Religious Reformations of the Sixteenth Century
Five hundred years ago a monk nailed his theses to a church gate in Wittenberg. The sound of Luther’s mythical hammer, however, was by no means the only aural manifestation of the religious Reformations.This book describes the birth of Lutheran Chorales and Calvinist Psalmody; of how music was pract...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | Reforming Music. Music and the Religious Reformations of the Sixteenth Century (2021) (Klek, Konrad, 1960 -)
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| Summary: | Five hundred years ago a monk nailed his theses to a church gate in Wittenberg. The sound of Luther’s mythical hammer, however, was by no means the only aural manifestation of the religious Reformations.This book describes the birth of Lutheran Chorales and Calvinist Psalmody; of how music was practised by Catholic nuns, Lutheran schoolchildren, battling Huguenots, missionaries and martyrs, cardinals at Trent and heretics in hiding, at a time when Palestrina, Lasso and Tallis were composing their masterpieces, and forbidden songs were concealed, smuggled and sung in taverns and princely courts alike.Music expressed faith in the Evangelicals’ emerging worships and in the Catholics’ ancient rites; through it new beliefs were spread and heresy countered; analysed by humanist theorists, it comforted and consoled miners, housewives and persecuted preachers; it was both the symbol of new, conflicting identities and the only surviving trace of a lost unity of faith.The music of the Reformations, thus, was music reformed, music reforming and the reform of music: this book shows what the Reformations sounded like, and how music became one of the protagonists in the religious conflicts of the sixteenth century 1.3. Culture, art and thought in the sixteenth century 1.3.1. Thinking the sixteenth century ; 1.3.2. Applied humanism ; 1.3.3. Philosophy and theology ; 1.3.4. Science and literature ; 1.3.5. Visual arts ; 1.4. Music ; 1.4.1. Setting a text 1.4.2. Travelling music, travelling musicians 1.4.3. Genres in vocal music ; 1.4.4. Aprotagonist: the madrigal ; 1.4.5. Anursery for opera ; 1.5. Society and politics ; 1.6. Church matters ; 1.6.1. At the roots of the Reformations ; 1.6.2. 1500-1525: Enter Luther 1.6.3. 1526-1550: Spreading the word 1.6.4. 1551-1575: Consolidating confessions ; 1.6.5. 1576-1600: Finding a modus vivendi ; Chapter 2 -- Music, society and culture ; 2.1. Introduction ; 2.2. Music and faith: an overview ; 2.2.1. Aresounding landscape 2.2.2. Atime of religious renewal 2.3. Humanism and music ; 2.3.1. Sounding Greek ; 2.3.2. Dialoguing with Plato (and Aristotle) ; 2.3.3. Fashioning antiquity ; 2.3.4. At the sources of Christian music ; 2.3.5. "Should God be praised with song?" ; 2.3.6. Magisterial music Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Contents ; Introduction ; Abbreviations and reference works ; Chapter 1 -- Framing a century ; 1.1. Introduction ; 1.2. Theology: the issues at stake ; 1.2.1. How are we saved? ; 1.2.2. Justified by grace ; 1.2.3. Substantial differences |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 3110520818 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110520811 |