Theology in Music

A blog considering theology as illustrated by Western Art Music

Lutheranism

  • Fugue for the Mother

    My post in the week of Mothering Sunday takes as a starting point the mother of Christ: it is a work for organ, but closely associated with the Magnificat, the song of Mary. Bach’s BWV 733 is sometimes called a chorale prelude and sometimes a fugue on the Magnificat. The German text, Meine Seele erhebt… Read more