I did not know where to ask this, in the worship forum of the church history forum.
If we attempt to classify artistic styles of Church Music how do we classify the reformation era music.
Early plain song chant like the Ambrosian Chant was replaced by later plain song chant that was influenced by the Renaissance and evolved into Gregorian Chant
Early Lutheran hymns were put back into a form that was singable by the congregation. This Lutheran style seems to draw on the musical style of the popular secular Madrigal. I will grant you that Madrigals were historically normally unaccompanied, and Luthern Church music was accompanied but otherwise there tends to be a stylistic similarity. I would classify the Madrigal as standing in the artistic tradition called Mannerism.
The musical settings for the Geneva Psalter and the early Anglican Chant tunes for the Psalter found in the Book of Common Prayer seem to draw more on the plain song chant. Are the styles of music represented in these traditions a throw back to the Renaissance?
Most 17th Century Lutheran and Anglican Choral music seem to reflect a transition to the Baroque era.
Am I on target with my classifications?
How should we classify the early musical tunes used to sing the Scottish Psalter?
If we attempt to classify artistic styles of Church Music how do we classify the reformation era music.
Early plain song chant like the Ambrosian Chant was replaced by later plain song chant that was influenced by the Renaissance and evolved into Gregorian Chant
Early Lutheran hymns were put back into a form that was singable by the congregation. This Lutheran style seems to draw on the musical style of the popular secular Madrigal. I will grant you that Madrigals were historically normally unaccompanied, and Luthern Church music was accompanied but otherwise there tends to be a stylistic similarity. I would classify the Madrigal as standing in the artistic tradition called Mannerism.
The musical settings for the Geneva Psalter and the early Anglican Chant tunes for the Psalter found in the Book of Common Prayer seem to draw more on the plain song chant. Are the styles of music represented in these traditions a throw back to the Renaissance?
Most 17th Century Lutheran and Anglican Choral music seem to reflect a transition to the Baroque era.
Am I on target with my classifications?
How should we classify the early musical tunes used to sing the Scottish Psalter?