For compositions based on Lutheran hymns, see Lutheran chorale.
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Front page of the Achtliederbuch (1524), known as the first Lutheran hymnal
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.
^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.
devout Lutheran, composed music for the Lutheran church: more than half of his over 1000 compositions are or contain Lutheranhymns. Lutheran hymnals...
A Lutheran chorale is a musical setting of a Lutheranhymn, intended to be sung by a congregation in a German Protestant Church service. The typical four-part...
(community). Lutheranhymns are sometimes known as chorales. Lutheran hymnody is well known for its doctrinal, didactic, and musical richness. Most Lutheran churches...
hymnal, succeeding the 1912 Evangelical LutheranHymn-Book. The 1969 Worship Supplement contains additional hymns and service music. Development of TLH...
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed...
musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale: Hymn tune of a Lutheranhymn (e.g. the melody of "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme")...
Lutheranhymn writers of that era. In the English-speaking world, the art of writing hymns was brought to prominence by the approximately 750 hymns composed...
the Preface to the Hymnal with Supplement, this work, the Australian LutheranHymn Book, was first published as a word edition in 1922, with the accompanying...
therefore of the Gloria in excelsis Deo. The hymn is used in the Mass (Divine Service) of the Lutheran Churches. In the Church of England's 1549 edition...
one of the best known hymns of the Lutheran tradition, and among Protestants more generally. It has been called the "Battle Hymn of the Reformation" for...
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ich zu dir", later also "Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir", is a Lutheranhymn of 1524, with words written by Martin Luther as a paraphrase of Psalm...
Lutheran churches.[citation needed] They are often used in the month of May devotions. Some have also been adopted as Christmas hymns. Marian hymns are...
Pietism (/ˈpaɪ.ɪtɪzəm/), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an...
English-language hymnal and was intended to replace The Lutheran Hymnal (TLH). Additional hymns and service music are contained in the companion, Hymnal...
in "Be Still, My Soul" (1855), the English translation of the German Lutheranhymn. Meaning of life Mortal coil Valley of Tears, site of a battle in the...
"Vater unser im Himmelreich" (Our Father in Heaven) is a Lutheranhymn in German by Martin Luther. He wrote the paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer in 1538...
is a Lutheranhymn by Paul Gerhardt. It is one of his best known hymns, and was first published in 1653 in Johann Crüger's collection of hymns and popular...
Hymnody of continental Europe Music of the British Isles Hymn tune Lutheran chorale Lutheranhymn Anglican church music Exclusive psalmody Scottish church...
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