The Early Music Show - Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: Developments in Catholic Music

Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: Developments in Catholic Music

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As part of Radio 3's Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution season marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Germany in 1517, Lucie Skeaping looks at music written for the Catholic church as a result of the reforms at the Council of Trent, with music by Palestrina and Giaches de Wert, and also music written by later catholic composers such as Jacobus Handl, Charpentier and Carissimi.

Published on Sunday, 7th May 2017.

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