Martin Luther and the arts : : music, images and drama to promote the Reformation / / Andreas Loewe and Katherine Firth.

• Superior document: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 236
• VerfasserIn: Loewe, Andreas,; Firth, Katherine,
• TeilnehmendeR: Firth, Katherine,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; v. 236.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (295 pages)

Martin Luther was the architect and engineer of the Protestant Reformation, which transformed Germany five hundred years ago. In Martin Luther and the Arts , Andreas Loewe and Katherine Firth elucidate Luther’s theory and practice, demonstrating the breadth, flexibility and rigour of Luther’s use of the arts to reach audiences and convince them of his Reformation message using a range of strategies, including music, images and drama alongside sermons, polemical tracts, and his new translation of the Bible into German. Extensively based on German and English sources, including often neglected aspects of Luther’s own writings, Loewe and Firth offer a valuable survey for theologians, historians, art historians, musicologists and literary studies scholars interested in interdisciplinary comparisons of Luther’s work across the arts.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Copyright page / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Dedication / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Acknowledgements / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Figures and Tables / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Abbreviations / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Introduction / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Chapter 1 Luther’s Theory of Music / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Chapter 2 Hymns and Sacred Songs / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Chapter 3 Martin Luther’s ‘Mighty Fortress’ / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Chapter 4 Martin Luther on Images / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Chapter 5 Teaching the Reformation to Read Images of Hate / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Chapter 6 Luther and Drama / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Conclusion / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Appendix 1 Luther’s Prefaces to the ‘Symphoniae Iucundae’ / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth, Katherine Firth -- Appendix 2 Comparing ‘Law and Grace’ (1529–1550) / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Bibliography / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth -- Index / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth.