1st Edition
The Singing of the Strasbourg Protestants, 1523-1541
By Daniel Trocme-Latter
Copyright 2015
416 Pages
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Routledge
414 Pages
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Routledge
414 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction; The Church and the ‘wonderful art’ of music; Abolishing the mass; The move towards conformity; Song texts and their messages; The 1541 Gesangbuch and Strasbourg’s external influence; Conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr Daniel Trocmé-Latter is Fellow and Director of Studies in Music, Homerton College, Cambridge, UK.
