Reforming Music - Music and the Religious Reformations of the Sixteenth Century (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	November 2018
First published:	2017
Authors:	Chiara Bertoglio
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 60mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Paperback (DE)
Pages:	872
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-063681-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Techniques of music > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Music > Techniques of music > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches
LSN:	3-11-063681-6
Barcode:	9783110636819

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