Reforming Music: Music and the Religious Reformations of the Sixteenth Century - Couverture souple

Bertoglio; Chiara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3110636816 ISBN 13 : 9783110636819

Editeur : De Gruyter, 2018

Synopsis

Five hundred years ago a monk nailed his theses to a church gate in Wittenberg. The sound of Luther’s mythical hammer, however, was by no means the only aural manifestation of the religious Reformations.
This book describes the birth of Lutheran Chorales and Calvinist Psalmody; of how music was practised by Catholic nuns, Lutheran schoolchildren, battling Huguenots, missionaries and martyrs, cardinals at Trent and heretics in hiding, at a time when Palestrina, Lasso and Tallis were composing their masterpieces, and forbidden songs were concealed, smuggled and sung in taverns and princely courts alike.
Music expressed faith in the Evangelicals’ emerging worships and in the Catholics’ ancient rites; through it new beliefs were spread and heresy countered; analysed by humanist theorists, it comforted and consoled miners, housewives and persecuted preachers; it was both the symbol of new, conflicting identities and the only surviving trace of a lost unity of faith.
The music of the Reformations, thus, was music reformed, music reforming and the reform of music: this book shows what the Reformations sounded like, and how music became one of the protagonists in the religious conflicts of the sixteenth century.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chiara Bertoglio, Turin, Italien. Chiara Bertoglio, Turin, Italy.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

As legend has it, five hundred years ago an Augustinian monk nailed his theological theses to the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. The sound of Luther’s mythical hammer, however, was by no means the only aural manifestation of the religious Reformations in the sixteenth century.
This book guides the reader through the initial conception and development of Lutheran Chorales and Calvinist Psalmody. It explains how music was thought of and practised by Catholic nuns, Lutheran schoolchildren, pugnacious Huguenots, missionaries and martyrs, cardinals at the Council of Trent and heretics in hiding, at a time when Palestrina, Lassus and Tallis were composing their masterpieces and when forbidden songs could be concealed, smuggled, sold and sung in taverns and princely courts alike.
Music was the expression of faith and prayer in the emerging worship rituals of Protestant Churches and in the traditional ones of the Catholic Church. It was the preferred means for spreading new religious beliefs and countering heresy; it was analysed and dissected by humanist theorists and philosophers, and it comforted and consoled miners, housewives and persecuted preachers. Music became both the symbol of new, conflicting identities and the only surviving trace of a lost unity of faith.
The music of the Reformations, was, thus, at the same time reformed music, reforming music and the reform of music. This book enables the reader to hear what the Reformations sounded like and how music became one of the protagonists in the religious pursuits of the sixteenth century.

Chiara Bertoglio (Turin, 1983) graduated with a degree in Piano from the Conservatory of Turin and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, in Musicology from the Universities of Venice and Birmingham (PhD in 2012), and in Theology from the Universities of Rome and Nottingham (MA, 2016). Her publications and research interests focus on performance practice and on the theology of music.
She is active worldwide as a concert pianist, a researcher and a lecturer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: De Gruyter
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3110636816
• ISBN 13: 9783110636819
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 836
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