Martinho Lutero e os usos da música: o passado ainda canta

Abstract

Addresses issues relevant to the music and its relationship with the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, whose main exponent the Augustinian monk Martin Luther. Pointed out the implications of the ideals of the Reformation in the art of music because he has exercised very important role in disseminating the principles Lutherans. Shows the place occupied by music in the path of reformer from his childhood to the academic context and the relevance of this theme throughout his work. Join the legacy left by the reformer to the world of liturgical music and its impact to this day. Presents Luther as a composer and reveals his intention of making music, especially those intended for the liturgy, a prerogative of all participants of the masses, not just the clergy, as was the case until then. Emphasizes the uses of music in the work of the reformer who view it as a pedagogical tool, to be a communication vehicle for their doctrines, and also as an object of study, since their education is encouraged by him from the early grades. It concludes that Luther still appears relevant to contemporary given their concern to make use of music as a training tool and also for information