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The Whole Church Sings: Congregational Singing in Luther's Wittenberg

The Whole Church Sings: Congregational Singing in Luther's Wittenberg

Leaver, Robin a.

Paperback

Series: The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies (Cicw)

General Christianity

Publisher Price: $36.99

ISBN10: 0802873758
ISBN13: 9780802873750
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: May 12 2017
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Authoritative study by a renowned musicologist and Reformation scholar

Many scholars think that congregational singing was not established in Lutheran worship until well after the start of the Reformation. In this book Robin A. Leaver calls that view into question, presenting new research to confirm the earlier view that congregational singing was both the intention and the practice right from the beginning of the Wittenberg reforms in worship.

Leaver's study focuses on the Wittenberg hymnal of 1526, which until now has received little scholarly attention. This hymnal, Leaver argues, shows how the Lutheran Reformation was to a large degree defined, expressed, promoted, and taken to heart through early Lutheran hymns. Examining what has been forgotten or neglected about the origins of congregational hymnody under Martin Luther's leadership, this study of worship, music, and liturgy is a significant contribution to Reformation scholarship.

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