Why Music Is Important in Church According to Luther
April 9, 2019
This post is an excerpt from Luther on Music: Paradigms of Praise by Carl F. Schalk.
No one considering the development of worship and church music in the Lutheran church of the sixteenth century can avoid facing squarely the pivotal role played by Martin Luther. He was important, however, not only because he was the focal point of a new theological movement. He stood, as well, at the center of a new musical movement that was to affect profoundly the church that would come to bear his name.
