Sample Of A Welcome Song

Reforms religious music of the sixteenth century and the tradition

L ' religious unity that Christianity was able to maintain throughout the Middle Ages, was broken in the sixteenth century with the emergence of various reform movements . People like Martin Luther (1483-1546), John Calvin (1509-1564) of England and King Henry XVIII Tudor were the protagonists of these reforms. Following the reform changed the religious ceremonies and the role and the form of sacred music, therefore, was modified. A common consequence of the reforms was the replacement of Latin with the national language in the rituals of the Reformed churches.

-THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION AND THE CHOIR : The Lutheran was certainly the most important with regard to music. Martin Luther, the founder, was a connoisseur of the sacred music of his time and the Lutheran Mass for the faithful wanted to interact with the choral singing. The choir had thus a function that can be compared to that of Gregorian chant in the Middle Ages. The chorales were sung in unison by accompanied, if necessary, organ or other instruments.

-Huguenots and the chanting of psalms : More severe was, however, thought that Calvin in his post limited space for music admitting only the singing of psalms . The practical problem of this choice was related to the preparation of repertoire that took several years and was the work of famous poets and musicians of the era including Marot, Beza, and Bourgeois Goudimel.

-THE SONG AND THE ANGLICAN "Anthems" : The Anglican Church was the one who brought fewer changes in the liturgy. The main innovations were the Prayer Book (= prayer book) in 1549 the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cranmer Th in English and Book of Common Prayer Noted (= Book of Common Prayer set to music) contains the songs for the main prayers.