Church music – Reformation Academic Essay

Read this book called A History of Western Music, by Burkholder, Grout, & Palisca and answer the 3 questions below:

1. Who was Martin Luther, and what was he known for. How did he use the chorale in the German Lutheran Mass as opposed to the polyphonic Mass of the Roman Catholic Church?

2. How did the Council of Trent affect the Roman Catholic music of the counter-Reformation? What composer was famous for “saving” polyphony in the Catholic Mass?

3. What were the unique aspects of the Mass, as performed in St. Mark’s in Venice, and how did it influence 17th-century European music? Name at least two composers.

 

 

 

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