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Worship wars in early Lutheranism : choir, congregation, and three centuries of conflict
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herl, Joseph, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church music--Lutheran Church.
- Church music.
- Hymns, German--History and criticism.
- Hymns, German.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 354 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How important was music to Martin Luther? Drawing on hundreds of liturgical documents, contemporary accounts of services, books on church music, and other sources, Joseph Herl rewrites the history of music and congregational song in German Lutheran churches. Herl traces the path of music and congregational song in the Lutheran church from the Reformation to 1800, to show how it acquired its reputation as the 'singing church'.
- Contents:
- Luther and the liturgy in Wittenberg
- Catholic liturgy, Lutheran liturgy
- The church orders: an introduction
- Choral and congregational singing in the church orders
- Ecclesiastical visitations
- Congregational hymnals
- Choral music versus congregational singing
- The organ and hymn singing
- Performance practice.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988246-0
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