"Sing to the lord a new song"

the interaction of religion and popular music in the case of posaunenchor in the protestant Church in Germany

Ryoto Akiyama

pp. 193-201

in: Ivana Medi, Marija Dumnić Vilotijević, Ivana Medić (eds), Contemporary popular music studies, Berlin, Springer, 2019

Abstract

A Posaunenchor is a congregational brass ensemble mainly in the Lutheran Church in Germany. The performance of Posaunenchor has been regarded as a Christian religious music making, but it seems attuned to the secular environment, embracing secular popular music and the non-faithful brass players. However, this secular popular music is performed for the religious purpose, and the participatory brass ensemble can make space for the religious conceptualization of music.