Lutheran hymn

Martin Luther was a great enthusiast for music, and this is why it forms a large part of Lutheran services; in particular, Luther admired the composers Josquin des Prez and Ludwig Senfl and wanted singing in the church to move away from the ars perfecta (Catholic Sacred Music of the late Renaissance) and towards singing as a Gemeinschaft (community).^[1] Lutheran hymns are sometimes known as chorales. Lutheran hymnody is well known for its doctrinal, didactic, and musical richness. Most Lutheran churches are active musically with choirs, handbell choirs, children's choirs, and occasionally change ringing groups that ring bells in a bell tower. Johann Sebastian Bach, a devout Lutheran, composed music for the Lutheran church: more than half of his over 1000 compositions are or contain Lutheran hymns.

History

Lutheran hymnals include:

Achtliederbuch, a.k.a. the first Lutheran hymnal (1524). Contains, among others, "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein", "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her", "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein", "Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl" and "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir".
Erfurt Enchiridion (1524)
Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn (1524)
Becker Psalter (1602)
Praxis pietatis melica (1640/47)
Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (1682)

Characteristics

When Johannes Zahn catalogued the tunes of over 8800 Evangelical hymns in the late 19th century, he used the verse characteristics of the lyrics as basis of his classification system.^[2]

Hymnodists

Lutheran hymnodists or hymn-writers:

Hymnologists

Hymnologists who published on Lutheran hymns:

References

Citations

^ Taruskin, Richard (2010). The Oxford History of Western Music. Volume I: Music in the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 753–758.
^ Zahn 1889, p. 4.
^ "Nancy M Raabe, Pastor, Musician". nancyraabe.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ "Nancy M Raabe, Books, Articles, Presentations". nancyraabe.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.

Sources

Zahn, Johannes (1889). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, Vol. I: Zweizeilige bis fünfzeilige Melodien (in German). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. Melodies in two to five lines (Nos. 1–2047){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Zahn, Johannes (1890a). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, Vol. II: Sechszeilige Melodien (in German). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. Melodies in six lines (Nos. 2048–4216){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Zahn, Johannes (1890b). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, Vol. III: Die siebenzeiligen und jambischen achtzeiligen Melodien (in German). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. Melodies in seven and eight iambic lines (Nos. 4217–6231){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Zahn, Johannes (1891). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, Vol. IV: Die Melodien von den achtzeiligen trochäischen bis zu den zehnzeiligen inkl. enthaltend (in German). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. Melodies in eight trochaic up to and including ten lines (Nos. 6232–8087){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Zahn, Johannes (1892). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, Vol. V: Die übrigen Melodien von den elfzeiligen an, nebst Anhang und Nachlese, sowie das chronologische Verzeichnis der Erfinder von Melodien und alphabetische Register der Melodien (in German). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. The other melodies of eleven lines and more, with an annex and complement, and also a chronological index of composers of melodies and an alphabetical register of melodies (Nos.8088–8806){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Zahn, Johannes (1893). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, Vol. VI: Schlüßband: Chronologisches Verzeichnis der benutzten Gesang-, Melodien- und Choralbücher, und die letzten Nachträge (in German). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. Closing volume: chronological catalogue of used song-, melody- and choirbooks, and the last additions{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[1] Taruskin, Richard (2010). The Oxford History of Western Music. Volume I: Music in the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 753–758.

[FOOTNOTEZahn1889[httpsarchiveorgstream1508283124bsb11304498pagen11mode2up_4]-2] Zahn 1889, p. 4.

[3] "Nancy M Raabe, Pastor, Musician". nancyraabe.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[4] "Nancy M Raabe, Books, Articles, Presentations". nancyraabe.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.

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