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Pictet, Bénédict
(217 words)
[German Version] (May 30, 1655, Geneva – Jun 10, 1724, Geneva), orthodox Reformed theologian. Pictet made educational journeys through France, the Netherlands, and England. He was ordained in 1678 and admitted to the Compagnie des Pasteurs in Geneva. From 1686 he was professor of theology at the Geneva Academy. The church entrusted him, as chair of the commission for the revision of the Geneva Psalter (Church song: I, 5), with the task of modernizing the version of the Psalms by Valentin Conrart (…
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Religion Past and Present
Gérold, Théodore
(179 words)
[German Version] (Oct 26, 1866, Strasbourg – Feb 15, 1956, Allenwiller, France). musicologist, singer, student of Romance languages, and Protestant clergyman, studied at Strasbourg, Frankfurt, and Paris, earning degrees in musicology, theology, and philosophy. He held a variety of teaching positions in Basel and Strasbourg. French singing technique was his particular field of interest. His
La musique au Moyen Age (1932) and
Histoire de la musique des origines à la fin du XIVe siècle (1936) were considered pioneering classics of musicology. His theological dissertation
Les pères…
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Huguenots
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[German Version] I. Church History – II. Music
I. Church History
1. Europe The term Huguenot – whose etymology is unclear, although it probably traces back to the French
eyguenot (cf. Ger.
Eidgenossen) attested since 1520 – surfaces in relation to the Amboise conspiracy in 1560 and soon also found entry – in addition to the otherwise customary designation of French Protestants as adherents of the “supposedly reformed religion” (
religion prétendue réformée, R.P.R.) – into official texts. As early as the 1520s and 1530s, under the influence of the biblical humanism…
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