Liturgy and Music Practical Theology Lutheran Denominations Christianity

Martin Luther said, "Music is an outstanding gift of God and next to theology." Martin Luther was a composer as well as a reformer and wrote a number of well known hymns such as A Mighty Fortress is Our God. The Lutheran church has quite rightly been called the "singing church".

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• - A study in liturgics and hymnody presented to the 78th Annual Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
  
• - Article about ELCA hymnals and supplements building on the Lutheran Book of Worship. From The Lutheran, April 1998.
  
• - Worship and spirituality site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Includes many Revised Common Lectionary resources, over 1,850 links and 300 documents.
  
• - Presentation by Marty Haugen at the ELCA "The Future of Worship" conference November 1998, informing why the Christian Church should sing.
  
• - Testimonial on the liturgy's effect on one young man and how it and hymns help to proclaim the Gospel in Sunday worship.
  
• - Providing alternative worship forms and hymnody for established congregations and to aid in outreach.
  
• - Theological connotations of the piece from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I with an analysis and performance in Shockwave format. From Sojourn by Timothy A. Smith.
  
• - A national youth music festival, held each summer on a different Lutheran college campus. Includes program information, registration forms, financial aid, contacts, and links.
  
• - Shows the reformer's rationale in crafting a distinctly evangelical form of the Divine Service, giving insight into his role as compiler and composer of music with special emphasis on the Deutsche Messe. Includes MIDI audio files.
  
• - Series of copy-ready documents from the LCMS Commission on Worship designed to explain liturgics, hymnody, and other parts of Lutheran worship to young people. Ordering information and price included.
  
• - Carl Schalk studies the relationship between the Christian Church and its music with special emphasis on Luther and the Lutheran Church.
  
• - Links to biographies of composers of early Lutheran religious music, including hymns, chorales, motets, and masses. From the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
  
• - Series of woodcuts matched with selections from the St. Matthew Passion. Includes scenes from late in the life of Christ, his suffering, death, burial.
  
• - Introduction to and resources for new Missouri Synod volume, intended to test new hymns and introduce new worship orders aid in development of a new LCMS hymnal
  
• - A beginning look at Lutheranism's musical heritage as continuation and expansion of western Christian worship and catechesis.
  
• - Offers a sizeable library of articles for pastors, church musicians, and interested laity, as well as information on the Lutheran Hymnal Project and Lutheran Musician Enrichment.
  
• - Outline of a book by Carl Schalk with biographical sketches of Walter, Rhau, Hassler, Praetorius, Schein, Scheidt, and Schuetz. Summarizes the book and gives pricing information.
  
• - Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel collection of worship materials.
  
• - A collection of essays and etexts at Smith Creek Music covering the music of historic and contemporary Lutheranism including Luther, Bach, chorales, liturgical reforms, collections of works, and links to related religious material.
  
• - Includes tour schedule, music CDs, and midi music. Also information about this Northfield, Minnesota college's music department.
  
  

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