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Church Music and the Council of Trent 577 November 1563, a new formulation was devised and the task of carrying out the provisions for church music was entrusted to the Provincial Synods.3 The Council confined itself to a few principles which were designed to delimit the scope of church music.
Trent John W. O'Malley,2013-01-15 Winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize The Council of Trent (1545–1563), the Catholic Church’s attempt to put its house in order in response to the Protestant Reformation, has long been praised and blamed for things it never did.
The article then provides a summary of the three main periods of the Council of Trent: 1545–1547; 1551–1552; and 1562–1563 along with the 1547–1549 Bologna period. This is followed by a detailed overview of the reforms of the council, which were both doctrinal and disciplinary.
The Council of Trent addressed church music in the 16th century to curb abuses and establish fundamental principles. It insisted that music uplift worshippers and have intelligible text, avoiding secular expressions.
The Council of Trent played a significant role in establishing the Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation, but its importance in the history of sacred musical practice has at times been overstated.
Summary. The council’s principal ruling on sacred music, its condemnation of the “intermingling of anything wanton or impure,” took aim at immoderate practices such as self-indulgent virtuosity, complex counterpoint that obscured verbal texts, and the incorporation of music originally associated with lascivious lyrics.
The Council of Trent: Reform and Controversy in Europe and Beyond (1545–1700). Vol. 1 Louvain’s Contribution to the Ongoing Historiography on the Council of Trent 19 and musical culture. Moreover, this volume focusses on the global impact of Trent through missions in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
