Historical Periods of Lutheran Hymnody

Lutheran hymnody can be divided into the following periods:

Martin Luther 1483-1546

Period of Lutheran Orthodoxy 1546-1617

Thirty Years War 1618-1648

Pietism 1648-1750

Enlightenment 1750-1800

Romanticism 1800-1890

Neo-classicim 1900-

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