RT Article
T1 Martin Luther and the metaphysics of music
JF Scottish journal of theology
VO 76
IS 4
SP 357
OP 368
A1 Crockford, James R. W.
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1860987621
AB This article traces convergences and differences within the classical philosophical tradition of musica and its later Christianisation, exploring Martin Luther's engagement with such metaphysical accounts of music's significance. Recent scholarship on Luther's agreement with a reformulated Boethian account of music is critiqued, distancing Luther from the main currents of this tradition. The article goes on to explore the way Luther subverts Platonic emphases in his theological understanding of music, drawing on a longer tradition of criticism for musical cosmologies. The article concludes with an extended reading of Luther's most substantial hymnal preface, to articulate his alternative, dynamic account of music in creation, which grounds musical realities in the gifted contingencies of human musicianship.
K1 Martin Luther
K1 Plato
K1 Creation
K1 Metaphysics
K1 Music
K1 Song
DO 10.1017/S0036930623000078