Singing the Gospel : Lutheran hymns and the success of the Reformation /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Christopher Boyd, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Series:Harvard historical studies ; v. 148.
Subjects:
Lutheran Church > Czech Republic > Jáchymov > Hymns > History and criticism.
Hymns, German > Czech Republic > Jáchymov > History and criticism.
Reformation > Czech Republic > Jáchymov.
General European History.
History.
Hymns, German.
Lutheran Church.
Reformation.
Regional History.
Theologie, Christentum.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > Worship & Liturgy.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Hymns, German
Lutheran Church
Reformation
Musik
Jáchymov (Czech Republic) > Church history.
Czech Republic > Jáchymov
Hymns
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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
  • 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.

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