Singing the Gospel : Lutheran hymns and the success of the Reformation / Christopher Boyd Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Christopher Boyd, 1972-

Series:

Harvard historical studies ; v. 148.

Harvard historical studies ; 148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lutheran Church--Czech Republic--Jachymov--Hymns--History and criticism.

Lutheran Church.

Hymns, German--Czech Republic--Jachymov--History and criticism.

Hymns, German.

Reformation--Czech Republic--Jachymov.

Reformation.

Jáchymov (Czech Republic)--Church history.

Jáchymov (Czech Republic).

Physical Description:

298 p. : ill., 1 map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a new appraisal of the Reformation and its popular appeal, based on the place of German hymns in the sixteenth-century press and in the lives of early Lutherans. The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal--where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an enduring and influential union of Lutheranism, music, and culture--is at the center of the story.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

1. Hymns, Hymnals, and the Reformation

2. Reformation and Music in Joachimsthal

3. Lutheranism, Music, and Society

4. Music and Lutheran Education

5. Lutheran Music in the Church

6. Lutheranism and Music at Home

7. Counter-Reformation in Joachimsthal

8. Joachimsthal's Influence

Conclusion: Lutheran Hymns and the Success of the Reformation

Appendices. Abbreviations. Notes. Index

Appendix 1: Printing of Nicolaus Herman, Sonntags- Evangelia, 1560-1630

Appendix 2: Printing of Nicolaus Herman, Historien von der Sindflut, 1562-1607

Appendix 3: Contents of Nicolaus Herman, Sonntags- Evangelia

Appendix 4: Contents of Nicolaus Herman, Historien

Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-278) and index.

ISBN:

9780674028913

0674028910

OCLC:

1013960691