Influences Of Martin Luther On J.S. Bach’s Religious Music

In Baroque period when religion was integrated with music, J.S.Bach-the great father of western music and devout Lutheran-was born in1685in Eisenach, which is situated in the Thuringian Forest in central Germany. As a Lutheran, Martin Luther exercised not only a profound influence over J.S.Bach’s outlook on religious music by dint of his religious outlook and music thoughts, but also a far-reaching influence over J.S.Bach’s music creation. Additionally, the humanistic spirit embodied in J.S.Bach’s religious musical works has also reflected Martin Luther’s musical values. Meanwhile, the chorale created by Martin Luther in protestant reformation has also evolved into the source of J.S.Bach’s music creation, and at least1/3of J.S.Bach’s religious musical works were composed based on chorale. Thus, Martin Luther’s protestant reformation has been magnificently demonstrated by J.S.Bach.This paper consists of introduction and three chapters. Introduction makes an elaboration on the research significance, purpose, status, methods of this paper. The first chapter focuses on discussing Martin Luther’s protestant reformation, religious outlook and musical thoughts. The second chapter revolves around the influence of Luther’s protestant reformation on the sociocultural environment and the religious belief of the Bach family in the period of J.S.Bach. The third chapter primarily probes into the influence of Luther’s thoughts on J.S.Bach’s religious outlook and music creation from two aspects, including J.S.Bach’s outlook on religious music and religious musical works. Finally, the third chapter is about the conclusion of this paper, which sums up this paper briefly.