MARTIN LUTHER: COMPOSER & MUSICIAN

SEE OUR NEW LUTHER & KATHARINA MOVIE MOVIE RECORDED IN WITTENBERG-GERMANY Martin Luther 2017 - 500 years of Reformation project Paula Bär-Giese - soprano Hans Meijer - lute Hein Hof - virginal Music and Martin Luther As with most music students of his time, Luther had a grounding in both singing and the lute and was recognized as a skilled lute-player with a pleasant tenor voice. For Luther, music was not a ’dark art’ but one which he grasped as well as any other educated person of his time. He enjoyed singing and playing his lute at home. Some Christian writers of the past, notably Augustine, were distrustful of music and its emotional effect. Augustine was “afflicted with scruples of conscience whenever he discovered that he had derived pleasure from music and had been happy thereby“ and “was of the opinion that such joy is unrighteous and sinful.“ Not so Luther. He affirmed as a great benefit the power of music to move the emoti