CATHOLIC MUSIC IN THE DIOCESE OF AUGSBURG c.1600: A RECONSTRUCTED TRICINIUM ANTHOLOGY AND ITS CONFESSIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Christian Thomas Leitmeir
After decades of suffering and agony, Catholicism in Augsburg entered a phase gradual recovery around 1550. The first half the sixteenth century was characterised by rapid expansion Reformation marginalisation Catholics town. At zenith Protestant predominance, Lutherans even managed to force entire Catholic clergy into exile from 1537 1547 for few months 1552. episcopate Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg (1543-73), however, marked turning point Augsburg. Peace (1555) conceded political parity minority Due Waldburg's zealous activities, his severely decimated flock grow again slowly over years.
Early Music History