Thursday, January 1, 2026

January 1 - Ulrich Zwingli (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for January 1st are here: Xavier Cugat (2020), Milt Jackson (2021), Country Joe McDonald (2022)Johann Christoph Altnickol (2023),  Edwin Franko Goldman (2024), and Hugo Leichtentritt (2025)

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Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop the Music!


Zwingli enjoyed music and could play several instruments, but he criticized the practice of priestly chanting and monastic choirs.  - adapted from Wikipedia


A pious reformer named Zwingli

Was triggered and zealously tingly

On the subject of chant,

And was given to rant

Against scholae or priests singing singly.


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Not in My House, You Don't


Though Zwingli played music in homes,

But abhor every note that was Rome's;

He didn't find glory in

The chant called Gregorian

Under Protestant steeples or domes.

 

 

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