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Michael Praetorius's Theology of Music in Syntagma Musicum I (1615): a Politically and Confessionally Motivated Defense of Instruments in the Lutheran Liturgy
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS'S THEOLOGY OF MUSIC IN SYNTAGMA MUSICUM I (1615): A POLITICALLY AND CONFESSIONALLY MOTIVATED DEFENSE OF INSTRUMENTS IN THE LUTHERAN LITURGY Zachary Alley A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF MUSIC August 2014 Committee: Arne Spohr, Advisor Mary Natvig ii ABSTRACT Arne Spohr, Advisor The use of instruments in the liturgy was a controversial issue in the early church and remained at the center of debate during the Reformation. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), a Lutheran composer under the employment of Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, made the most significant contribution to this perpetual debate in publishing Syntagma musicum I—more substantial than any Protestant theologian including Martin Luther. Praetorius's theological discussion is based on scripture, the discourse of early church fathers, and Lutheran theology in defending the liturgy, especially the use of instruments in Syntagma musicum I. In light of the political and religious instability throughout Europe it is clear that Syntagma musicum I was also a response—or even a potential solution—to political circumstances, both locally and in the Holy Roman Empire. In the context of the strengthening counter-reformed Catholic Church in the late sixteenth century, Lutheran territories sought support from Reformed church territories (i.e., Calvinists). This led some Lutheran princes to gradually grow more sympathetic to Calvinism or, in some cases, officially shift confessional systems. In Syntagma musicum I Praetorius called on Lutheran leaders—prince-bishops named in the dedication by territory— specifically several North German territories including Brandenburg and the home of his employer in Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, to maintain Luther's reforms and defend the church they were entrusted to protect, reminding them that their salvation was at stake. -
The Sources of the Christmas Interpolations in J. S. Bach's Magnificat in E-Flat Major (BWV 243A)*
The Sources of the Christmas Interpolations in J. S. Bach's Magnificat in E-flat Major (BWV 243a)* By Robert M. Cammarota Apart from changes in tonality and instrumentation, the two versions of J. S. Bach's Magnificat differ from each other mainly in the presence offour Christmas interpolations in the earlier E-flat major setting (BWV 243a).' These include newly composed settings of the first strophe of Luther's lied "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" (1539); the last four verses of "Freut euch und jubiliert," a celebrated lied whose origin is unknown; "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Luke 2:14); and the last four verses and Alleluia of "Virga Jesse floruit," attributed to Paul Eber (1570).2 The custom of troping the Magnificat at vespers on major feasts, particu larly Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost, was cultivated in German-speaking lands of central and eastern Europe from the 14th through the 17th centu ries; it continued to be observed in Leipzig during the first quarter of the 18th century. The procedure involved the interpolation of hymns and popu lar songs (lieder) appropriate to the feast into a polyphonic or, later, a con certed setting of the Magnificat. The texts of these interpolations were in Latin, German, or macaronic Latin-German. Although the origin oftroping the Magnificat is unknown, the practice has been traced back to the mid-14th century. The earliest examples of Magnifi cat tropes occur in the Seckauer Cantional of 1345.' These include "Magnifi cat Pater ingenitus a quo sunt omnia" and "Magnificat Stella nova radiat. "4 Both are designated for the Feast of the Nativity.' The tropes to the Magnificat were known by different names during the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries. -
Abuses Under Indictment at the Diet of Augsburg 1530 Jared Wicks, S.J
ABUSES UNDER INDICTMENT AT THE DIET OF AUGSBURG 1530 JARED WICKS, S.J. Gregorian University, Rome HE MOST recent historical scholarship on the religious dimensions of Tthe Diet of Augsburg in 1530 has heightened our awareness and understanding of the momentous negotiations toward unity conducted at the Diet.1 Beginning August 16, 1530, Lutheran and Catholic represent atives worked energetically, and with some substantial successes, to overcome the divergence between the Augsburg Confession, which had been presented on June 25, and the Confutation which was read on behalf of Emperor Charles V on August 3. Negotiations on doctrine, especially on August 16-17, narrowed the differences on sin, justification, good works, and repentance, but from this point on the discussions became more difficult and an impasse was reached by August 21 which further exchanges only confirmed. The Emperor's draft recess of September 22 declared that the Lutheran confession had been refuted and that its signers had six months to consider acceptance of the articles proposed to them at the point of impasse in late August. Also, no further doctrinal innovations nor any more changes in religious practice were to be intro duced in their domains.2 When the adherents of the Reformation dis sented from this recess, it became unmistakably clear that the religious unity of the German Empire and of Western Christendom was on the way to dissolution. But why did it come to this? Why was Charles V so severely frustrated in realizing the aims set for the Diet in his conciliatory summons of January 21, 1530? The Diet was to be a forum for a respectful hearing of the views and positions of the estates and for considerations on those steps that would lead to agreement and unity in one church under Christ.3 1 The most recent stage of research began with Gerhard Müller, "Johann Eck und die Confessio Augustana/' Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Biblio theken 38 (1958) 205-42, and continued in works by Eugène Honèe and Vinzenz Pfhür, with further contributions of G. -
Lutherans for Lent a Devotional Plan for the Season of Lent Designed to Acquaint Us with Our Lutheran Heritage, the Small Catechism, and the Four Gospels
Lutherans for Lent A devotional plan for the season of Lent designed to acquaint us with our Lutheran heritage, the Small Catechism, and the four Gospels. Rev. Joshua V. Scheer 52 Other Notables (not exhaustive) The list of Lutherans included in this devotion are by no means the end of Lutherans for Lent Lutheranism’s contribution to history. There are many other Lutherans © 2010 by Rev. Joshua V. Scheer who could have been included in this devotion who may have actually been greater or had more influence than some that were included. Here is a list of other names (in no particular order): Nikolaus Decius J. T. Mueller August H. Francke Justus Jonas Kenneth Korby Reinhold Niebuhr This copy has been made available through a congregational license. Johann Walter Gustaf Wingren Helmut Thielecke Matthias Flacius J. A. O. Preus (II) Dietrich Bonheoffer Andres Quenstadt A.L. Barry J. Muhlhauser Timotheus Kirchner Gerhard Forde S. J. Stenerson Johann Olearius John H. C. Fritz F. A. Cramer If purchased under a congregational license, the purchasing congregation Nikolai Grundtvig Theodore Tappert F. Lochner may print copies as necessary for use in that congregation only. Paul Caspari August Crull J. A. Grabau Gisele Johnson Alfred Rehwinkel August Kavel H. A. Preus William Beck Adolf von Harnack J. A. O. Otteson J. P. Koehler Claus Harms U. V. Koren Theodore Graebner Johann Keil Adolf Hoenecke Edmund Schlink Hans Tausen Andreas Osiander Theodore Kliefoth Franz Delitzsch Albrecht Durer William Arndt Gottfried Thomasius August Pieper William Dallman Karl Ulmann Ludwig von Beethoven August Suelflow Ernst Cloeter W. -
The Christology of Bach's St John Passion
PARADOSIS 3 (2016) ‘Zeig uns durch deine Passion’: The Christology of Bach’s St John Passion Andreas Loewe St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Introduction On a wet, early spring afternoon, on Good Friday 1724, the congregants of Leipzig’s Nikolaikirche witnessed the first performance of Bach’s St John Passion.1 For at least a generation, Good Friday in Leipzig’s principal Lutheran churches—St Thomas’, St Nikolai and the ‘New’ Church—had concluded with the singing of Johann Walter’s chanted Passion.2 As part of the final liturgical observance of the day, the story of the death of Jesus would be sung, combining words and music in order to reflect on the significance of that day. Bach took the proclamation of the cross to a new level – theologically and musically. Rather than use a poetic retelling of the Passion story as his textual basis, Bach made use of a single gospel account, matched with contemporary poems and traditional chorales to retell the trial and death of Jesus. By providing regular opportunities for theological reflection, he purposefully created a “sermon in sound” and so, in his music making, he closely mirrors Lutheran Baroque homiletic principles. An orthodox Lutheran believer throughout his life, Bach’s Passion serves as a vehicle to invite his listeners to make their own his belief that it was “through Christ’s agony and death” that “all the world’s 1 Andreas Elias Büchner, Johann Kanold, Vollständiges und accurates Universal-Register, Aller wichtigen und merckwürdigen Materien (Erfurt: Jungnicol, 1736), 680. 2 As popularised in Gottfried Vopelius, ed., Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch/ Von den schönsten und besten Liedern verfasset/ In welchem Nicht allein des sel. -
Martin Luther and Katharina Von Bora's Wedding As Reform And
To Spite the Devil: Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora’s Wedding as Reform and Resistance Prepared by Diane V. Bowers, Ph.D. For Presentation to the Pacific Coast Theological Society, April 22, 2017 Introduction It is a popular and dramatic tableau in the imagination of Lutherans and historically-minded Christians, memorialized in story, art and film: the young monk Martin Luther stands before the entrance to the Castle Church in Wittenberg on All Saints Eve, October 31, 2017, and nails his “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,”1 or the 95 Theses, to the church door. When upon publication the theses became an instant best seller, Luther’s call to reform was carried throughout German speaking lands and beyond. This date is generally designated as the beginning of the Lutheran or German Reformation. Five years later, on Easter Eve, April 4, 1523, in an equally compelling but lesser-known action, twelve nuns, convinced by the teachings of the German reformation, risked their lives to escape from Marionthron Convent. The nuns had written to Martin Luther asking his help in obtaining their freedom, and Luther made the arrangements for them to escape hidden in the back of an empty delivery wagon. Nine of the twelve nuns were delivered to Martin Luther’s care in Wittenberg, and one was Katharina von Bora, who two years later in 1525 later 1 While there is no scholarly consensus as to whether Luther did in fact post the theses on the Castle Church door, this would have been in keeping with University custom. -
Lutheran Theological Structure of the Troped Magnificats of Michael Praetorius’S Megalynodia Sionia Adrian D
Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology Volume 10 Article 2 Issue 1 Current Issue: Volume 10, Issue 1 (2017) In coelo et in terra: Lutheran Theological Structure of the Troped Magnificats of Michael Praetorius’s Megalynodia Sionia Adrian D. J. Ross University of Toronto Recommended Citation Ross, Adrian D. J. () "In coelo et in terra: Lutheran Theological Structure of theT roped Magnificats of Michael Praetorius’s Megalynodia Sionia," Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology: Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 2. In coelo et in terra: Lutheran Theological Structure of the Troped Magnificats of Michael Praetorius’s Megalynodia Sionia Abstract Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) ranks among the most prolific German musical figures of the seventeenth century. Despite his stature, many of his works, especially his earlier collections, remain largely understudied and underperformed. This paper examines one such early collection, the Megalynodia Sionia, composed in 1602, focussing on the relationship between formal structure of its first three Magnificat settings and the Lutheran theological ideal of uniting the Word of God with music. Structurally, these three Magnificats are distinguished by their interpolation of German chorales within the Latin text. In order to understand his motivations and influences behind the use of this technique unique at the time of composition, the paper explores Praetorius’s religious surroundings in both the personal and civic realms, revealing a strong tradition of orthodox Lutheran theology. To understand the music in light of this religious context, certain orthodox Lutheran liturgical practices are examined, in particular the Vespers service and alternatim, a compositional technique using alternating performing forces which Praetorius used to unite the Latin and German texts. -
The Word They Still Shall Let Remain
The Word they still shall let remain: A Reformation pop-up exhibit This exhibit marks the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. We invite you to explore different perspectives on the Reformation, including the impact of print in producing the German, Swiss, radical, and English reform movements, as well as the response from the Catholic Church and the political ramifications of reform. Indulgences granted by several Popes of Rome in the several churches of Rome collected by William Crashaw in Fiscus Papalis, 1621. V.a.510(8), fol. 1-2v In 1095, Pope Urban II first introduced indulgences as pardons for sin to entice fighters to join the crusades. Later, these ephemeral sheets of forgiveness were granted for completed pilgrimages, for purchase to release souls from purgatory (the doctrine itself authorized in 1439), and were sold to cover sins during life out of the “Treasury of Merits,” a spiritual coffer that contained redemption through the deaths of martyrs and Christ. Rome officially announced the sale of indulgences in exchange for pardon of sin in 1476, 41 years before the 95 Theses. Pope Leo X provided the bishopric of Mainz to Albrecht of Brandenburg and then allowed him to sell indulgences to pay back personal debts. Indulgences are granted to this day for receiving Holy Communion, reciting the rosary, the exercise of the Stations of the Cross and reading scripture, among other acts. Here we see a manuscript account of the various indulgences offered and received, copied from Crashaw’s Fiscus Papalis and provides information on the amount of time remitted from purgatory. -
Katalog Zur Ausstellung
Katalog zur Ausstellung Luthers Lieder - Sprachkunst und Musik von der Reformation bis heute im Buchmuseum und an der Galerie am Lesesaal der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Uni- versitätsbibliothek vom 23.09.2012 - 08.01.2013 ����������������������������� ������������������������������������������ Luthers Lieder - Musik und Sprachkunst von der Reformation bis heute Inhalt Inhalt Einführung 12. Neue Gesangbücher und Liederhefte 1. Ordnungen und Lieder zum Gottesdienst 13. In vielen Sprachen 2. Psalmlieder 14. Ökumenische Gesangbücher - gemeinsam mit anderen Konfessionen singen 3. Katechismuslieder 15. Gesangbücher aus Russland 4. Advents- und Weihnachtslieder 16. Blindengesangbuch/Kindergesangbücher 5. Trostlieder und Gesänge für den Oster- und Pfingstkreis 17. Gesangbücher aus Ostasien 6. Lieder der Reformationszeit 18. Luthers Lieder interpretiert 7. Berühmte Vertonungen Zeittafel 8. Stätten der Reformation Register der Personen, Lieder und Gesangbücher 9. Luthervertonungen in zeitgenössischen Drucken und Tonaufnahmen Literaturverzeichnis 10. Deutsche Gesangbücher ab 1850 Impressum 11. Deutsche Gesangbücher ab 1950 ����������������������������� ������������������������������������������ 2 Luthers Lieder - Musik und Sprachkunst von der Reformation bis heute Einführung Einführung zunächst die Trivialschule in Mansfeld und danach Tagzeitenliturgie die 150 Psalmen aus dem Alten die Magdeburger Domschule. Von 1497 bis 1501 Testament, die ihn im Liederjahr 1523/24 zu sieben war er Schüler der Pfarrschule St. Georg in Eisenach. -
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JONAS, JUSTUS, 1493-1555. Justus Jonas Receipt, 1549
JONAS, JUSTUS, 1493-1555. Justus Jonas receipt, 1549 Emory University Pitts Theology Library 1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 560 Atlanta, GA 30322 404-727-4166 Digital Material Available in this Collection Descriptive Summary Creator: Jonas, Justus, 1493-1555. Title: Justus Jonas receipt, 1549 Call Number: Manuscript Collection No. 114 Extent: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Abstract: Contains a single receipt, on paper, for 20 Gulden which Jonas received as salary from the City Council of Erfurt. Language: Materials entirely in German. Administrative Information Restrictions on Access Unrestricted access. Terms Governing Use and Reproduction All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction. Related Materials Part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection of Pitts Theology Library. Citation [after identification of item(s)], Justus Jonas Receipt, Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University. Processing Processed by Jim Cooper, October 1993. Processed from accession number 94-020 Emory Libraries provides copies of its finding aids for use only in research and private study. Copies supplied may not be copied for others or otherwise distributed without prior consent of the holding repository. Justus Jonas Receipt, 1549 Manuscript Collection No. 114 Collection Description Biographical Note Justus Jonas is chiefly known as a translator of the works of Luther and Melanchthon. He was Dean of the Theology Faculty at Wittenberg from 1523-33 and Rector of the University three times during that period. He attended most of the major theological colloquies of this period. As time went on he became more involved with Reformation activities outside of Wittenberg, to the detriment of his teaching responsibilities to University. -
Luther's Lost Books and the Myth of the Memory Cult
Luther's Lost Books and the Myth of the Memory Cult Dixon, C. S. (2017). Luther's Lost Books and the Myth of the Memory Cult. Past and Present, 234(Supplement 12), 262-85. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtx040 Published in: Past and Present Document Version: Peer reviewed version Queen's University Belfast - Research Portal: Link to publication record in Queen's University Belfast Research Portal Publisher rights © The Past and Present Society. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Queen's University Belfast Research Portal is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The Research Portal is Queen's institutional repository that provides access to Queen's research output. Every effort has been made to ensure that content in the Research Portal does not infringe any person's rights, or applicable UK laws. If you discover content in the Research Portal that you believe breaches copyright or violates any law, please contact [email protected]. Download date:26. Sep. 2021 1 Luther’s Lost Books and the Myth of the Memory Cult C. Scott Dixon On the morning of 18 February 1546, in his birthplace of Eisleben, Martin Luther died of heart failure. Just as Johann Friedrich, Elector of Saxony, had feared, and Luther himself had prophesied, his trip to the duchy of Mansfeld to settle a jurisdictional dispute had proven too much.