The Singing of the Strasbourg Protestants, 1523-1541

by Daniel Trocmé-Latter

Overview

Drawing upon a range of sources, this book explores the part played by music, especially group-singing, in the unfolding of the Protestant Reformation 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472432087
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	05/28/2015
Series:	St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	21 MB
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About the Author

Dr Daniel Trocmé-Latter is Fellow and Director of Studies in Music, Homerton College, Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

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.