Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction 1 Structure and Scope of This Book1 Luther's Theory of Music 1 Music among the Seven Liberal Arts 2 Sources for Luther's Theory of Music 3 Luther's Theory of Music 4 The Origins of Music 5 Music as a 'Habitus' and Model of Goodness and Praise2 Hymns and Sacred Songs 1 Singing, Preaching, and Praising God through Music 2 Lutherans, Music, and the Reformation 3 Lutheran Music in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century 4 Lutheran 'Kantoreien' as Instruments of Reform3 Martin Luther's 'Mighty Fortress' 1 Genesis and Dissemination 2 Reception from 1600 to 1945 3 A Hymn of Confidence in God's Eternal Salvation4 Martin Luther on Images 1 Radical Reforms in Wittenberg 2 Luther's Understanding of Images 3 Reading 'Law and Grace': A Composite 'Merkbild' (Image of Remembrance)5 Teaching the Reformation to Read Images of Hate 1 Luther's Adversarial Images 2 Later Reception of Luther's Anti-Semitic Polemic6 Luther and Drama 1 Martin Luther and Popular Pre-Reformation Drama 2 Luther's Objections to Popular Drama and Ceremonies 3 Lutheran Biblical Drama 4 Joachim Greff and Popular Drama 5 Dramatising the Bible 6 Towards a Protestant Dramatisation of the Passion 7 Performing the Passion and Resurrection 8 In Defence of Passion Drama 9 A Matter of Church Polity Conclusion Appendix 1: Luther's Prefaces to the 'Symphoniae Iucundae' Appendix 2: Comparing 'Law and Grace' (1529-1550) Bibliography Index.