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Bach: Luther's Musical Prophet?
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Introduction
It is impossible to read much theological analysis of Bach without encountering Martin Luther. The reformer's name is ubiquitous: he is given both as source and as ultimate authority for the theological ideas supposedly expressed in Bach's music.
To cite just a few exam
ples: according to two theologically minded interpreters of Bach, Lothar Steiger and Renate Steiger, Bach's church music "was theologically grounded solely on Luther's teaching about the Word of God and of the essence of music" (1992:15). Bach scholars even cite Luther's love of music and his assertions of its ...
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