Before and After: Reforming Scottish Liturgical Music

Timothy Duguid

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Chapter 11 Before and After: Reforming Scottish Liturgical Music

In: A Companion to the Reformation in Scotland, c.1525â1638

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004335950_013

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A common accusation levelled against the Protestant Reformation in Scotland is that its strict âCalvinistâ approach to liturgical music effectively killed both sacred and secular music in the country. This chapter assesses the Reformationâs impact on the former, and particularly liturgical music, by comparing the liturgical experiences of Scots both before and after 1560. Through the exploration of extant Church records and firsthand accounts of liturgical practice, it is argued that the Reformation of the Kirk had both positive and negative effects on liturgical music. In major urban centres where choirs were employed liturgically, the innovation of congregational singing forced a recasting of the choir to a supportive role (if it continued to exist at all), which undoubtedly resulted a significant downgrade both in terms of the type of music that was sung and in terms of the quality with which it was sung. However, congregational singing was probably an upgrade in parish churches, which had hitherto featured a single priest trying to read or sing the chants of the liturgy.

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A Companion to the Reformation in Scotland, c.1525â1638

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Series:Â Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, Volume: 100

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