Protestant chorale – the history, definition attempts, and contexts of the notion
Journal Title: Notes Muzyczny - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
The term “Protestant chorale” only refers to part of song repertoire of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, i.e., Lutheran Church. Determining the exact range of songs falling into this notion category is problematic. In the subject literature, classification of songs as chorales is based on different criteria, depending on the time and author of a statement as well as the context or environment a given opinion emerged from. The aim of this article is addressing some semantic contexts of the term “Protestant chorale”. Marek Pilch attempts to touch on its history and problems connected with classification of the songs, which fall (or not) into the “chorale” category. The history, however, is not complete – it is an outline which shall require further study and additions. The article also describes how strongly this notion is rooted in the Polish culture and understood as a collective term referring to all song-related Protestant heritage, stressing its official nature. The problem connected with such a way of understanding was illustrated in two generally available Polish definitions. Moreover, this characterisation points out to certain factual errors resulting in the necessity to create a new definition and additional elaborations on this subject in the Polish language. Nevertheless, as the Protestant Church in Poland is dispersed, using the term “Protestant chorale” also has a value which consists in emphasising the confessional distinctness of Protestant music and is a distinguishing mark in terms of quality. It is a more academic term, however, because Polish Protestants themselves do not seem to use it. At the end, it describes the use of the term in the context of organ accompaniment collections (the so-called chorale books) and “chorale” in artistic music.<br/><br/>
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Marek Pilch
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