MUS 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Innsbruck, Ich Muss Dich Lassen, Lutheran Chorale, Anglican Church Music
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Music in england: byrd; madrigal & song dowland. Sacred music in the era of the reformation. European society was disrupted by the protestant reformation, as central and western europe entered a century of religious wars. Leaders of the reformation sought to involve worshipers more directly, through congregational singing and services presented i the vernacular rather than in latin. It began as a theological dispute and mushroomed into a rebellion against the authority of the. He was the instigator of the reformation. He was a professor biblical theology at the university of wittenberg. He affirmed the primacy of scripture over the catholic hierarchy. In response, the pope charged him with heresy in 1519 and excommunicated him in 1520. In creating his church, luther sought to give the people a larger role. He made the services easier to understand by increasing the use of the vernacular.
