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What was the reformation and counter-reformation? How did they both impact sacred music during the Renaissance?

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Answer:Counter-Reformation, also called Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival, in the history of Christianity, the Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th and early 17th centuries both against the Protestant Reformation and toward internal renewal. The Reformation began in 1517 when a German monk called Martin Luther protested about the Catholic Church. His followers became known as Protestants. The most important impact on religious music in Europe following the Protestant Reformation is that composers of Protestant music could now write texts in their own vernacular. Beforehand, the Roman Catholic Church dominated much of Europe and it was only permissible to give mass and write music in Latin. The Reformation had a significant impact on church music. The song schools of the abbeys, cathedrals and collegiate churches were closed down, choirs disbanded, music books and manuscripts destroyed and organs removed from churches

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