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The Gothic Revolution

The early development of Christian church music from the simplicity of plain song to the glory of gothic polyphony in The Gothic Revolution.

Simon travels to Rome to investigate how the music of the Vatican powered the Renaissance in Palestrina and the Popes.

Tudor England is in turmoil as the national religion changes and Roman Catholic worship goes underground in Tallis, Byrd and the Tudors.

Simon travels to Germany where Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation led to a musical revolution in Bach and the Lutheran Legacy.