Compiled in volume 54 of the works of Martin Luther published by Fortress Press, the collection is a daily compilation of the conversations, proclamations, and dissertations by the Doctor with his friends, colleagues, students, and fellow mavericks at the daily dinner table. In these daily reports and summaries, Luther comes across as being the wise old professor-reformer whose economy of language is indicative of a man who has fought the battles and envisions a direction that will change the life of the Western Church. Church people tend to talk about church things.
Musicians are no exception.
I would like to offer some observations and commentary on existent music practices and taste. I want to do a little historical comparison to what we have done in the Church and what we have failed to do. Some of you, friends, neighbors, and students, will find some the stuff familiar, since you and I talked about much of it at our own tables with food and drink, which inevitably included a chocolate morsel. Click here to read my most current column. Click here for the column archive.