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In their analyses of a pivotal work from the Counter Reformation in Germany, the authors provide a broader knowledge of the religious, political, and humanistic currents of the sixteenth century. Their book adds to established scholarship, and will be an essential reference work for research in the history of hymnody and religion in Germany.
List of contents
Contents
Preface
Part 1 Context, Format and Style
Chapter 1 Johann Leisentrit and the Council of Trent Decades
Chapter 2 Early Sixteenth Century Hymnbooks
The Protestants
Johann Walter, Geistliche Gesang BÙchleyn, 1524,
1525
Michael Weisse, Ein New Gesengbuchlen, 1531
Joseph Klug, Geistliche lieder, 1533, 1535
Valentin Babst, Das Babstsche Gesangbuch, 1545
Lucas Lossius Psalmodia hoc est Cantica sacrä, 1553 Nikolaus Herman Sonntagsevangelia, 1561
The Catholic Pioneers
Michael Vehe, Ein new GesangbÙchlin Geystlicher Lieder, 1537
Georg Witzel, Psaltes Ecclesiasticus¿, 1550
The Printers
Georg Rhau
The Wolrabs
Chapter 3 The Texts of Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1567
Commendations and Endorsements
Instructional Texts
Hymn Texts and Sources
Latin Texts and Melody Titles
German Texts and Sources
Leisentrit's Process of Adaptation
Chapter 4 The Melodies of Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1567
Printing, Notation, and Transcription Issues
Melody Sources
Mode and Style
Chapter 5 Illustrations, Borders and Symbols
Plates
Title Page to Das erste Theil
Leisentrit in Prayer
Leisentrit's Coat of Arms
Dedication to the Holy Roman Emperor
Symbols of the Struggles of the Church with Heretics
Symbols of the Struggle for Correct Interpretation of Scripture
Celebrating the Eucharist with Cup and Loaf
Symbols of the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Eucharist
The Murder of Abel by Cain
The Temptation of Christ
Administering Extreme Unction
Christ and the Seven Sacraments
A Pastor Teaching
Symbolic Portrayal of Simultaneous Lutheran Preaching and Catholic Celebration of the Eucharist
Chapter 6 Epilogue
Part 2 The Melodies and First Stanzas of Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1567, Transcribed. Sources and Concordances
Appendix 1Melody Titles and Text Incipits in Order of Appearance in Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1567
Appendix 2Alphabetical Index of Melody Titles with Text Titles or First Line Incipits
Appendix 3Alphabetical Index of First Lines
Appendix 4 Table of Modal Characteristics of the Melodies
Appendix 5Table of Wood Engravings and Subjects
Appendix 6 Latin Hymns and their Adaptations
Bibliography
General Index
About the author
By Richard D. Wetzel and Erika Heitmeyer
Summary
In their analyses of a pivotal work from the Counter Reformation in Germany, the authors provide a broader knowledge of the religious, political, and humanistic currents of the sixteenth century. Their book adds to established scholarship, and will be an essential reference work for research in the history of hymnody and religion in Germany.
