Music, Rhetoric, and the Edification of the Church in the Reformation: The Humanist Reconstruction of Modulata Recitatio
This article elucidates the rhetorical framework within which the new culture of popular sacred music flourished in both Protestant and Catholic Reformations, focusing on modulata recitatio , the ancient manner of ecclesiastical singing reconstructed by the humanists as an embodiment of musica divin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017
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Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church RD Hymnology RF Christian education; catechetics |
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modulata recitatio
B Music B metrical psalmody B lay spiritual music B Rhetoric B edification of the church B Oratorio |
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| Summary: | This article elucidates the rhetorical framework within which the new culture of popular sacred music flourished in both Protestant and Catholic Reformations, focusing on modulata recitatio , the ancient manner of ecclesiastical singing reconstructed by the humanists as an embodiment of musica divina . It discusses how metrical psalmody and oratorios, originating from the modulata recitatio and aimed at edifying the laity, paved the way for modern hymnody and church cantatas respectively - the new music which facilitated the promotion of Christian spirituality and virtue by appealing to emotion. Considering the cultural development of popular sacred music the article demonstrates that in combining moral education with Christian devotion the modulata recitatio lies at the heart of lay spiritual music shaped by the Reformation. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2017-0001 |