Worship wars in early Lutheranism: choir, congregation, and three centuries of conflict
ISBN: 9780195154399
Platform/Publisher: ACLS / Oxford University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Ten pages at a time; Download: Ten pages at a time
Subjects: Music & Musicology;

Drawing on hundreds of liturgical documents, contemporary accounts of services, books on church music, and other sources, Joseph Herl rewrites the history of music and congregational song in German Lutheran churches from the Reformation to 1800. Includes translations of important documents and outlines of 172 Lutheran mass orders.

Joseph Herl is assistant Professor of Music at Concordia University, where he teaches courses in music history, music theory, and church music. He has also published compositions for choir and organ.

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