Luther in Worms (Meinardus)

Luther in Worms is an 1876 German-language oratorio by Ludwig Meinardus to a libretto by Wilhelm Rossmann.

The work received several performances around the time of the Martin Luther anniversary year 1883.

[1] The historical opposition of Emperor Charles V to the Reformation is mitigated by the invention of a villain, Glapio, to oppose Luther.

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