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The Singing of the Strasbourg Protestants, 1523-1541 (Paperback)
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The Singing of the Strasbourg Protestants, 1523-1541 (Paperback)
Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
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Music was, in some form or another, a pastime enjoyed by all in
sixteenth-century society, and a fundamental part of their lives.
It was both through the use of music and partly as a result of its
existence that many religious changes occurred during the
Reformation. This book explores the part played by music,
especially group singing, in the unfolding of the Protestant
reforms in Strasbourg. It considers both ecclesiastical and
'popular' songs in the city, examining how both genres fitted into
people's lives during this time of strife, and how the provision
and dissemination of music as a whole affected, and in turn was
affected by, the new ecclesiastical arrangement. Whilst it would be
naive to assume that the congregations were transformed from
impious to pious overnight as the result of the introduction of
German hymns, it is clear that there were real and concerted
efforts on the part of reformers to get people to embrace the new
faith, and writing hymns for them to sing was central to the
process. Drawing upon a range of sources - including liturgical
orders and hymnals, polemical songs, chronicles of the Reformation
and text manuscripts - the book explores the methods by which new
songs were introduced in Strasbourg churches, and suggests how
congregations might have learnt them. In so doing it provides an
account of the process by which reformers found music a place in
the new Church, and used it to promote their wider reform agenda.
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