Lutheran hymn

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Achtliederbuch (1524), known as the first Lutheran hymnal

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:

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

  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.
  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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