Thine the Amen

by Messerli, Carlos R.; Marty, Maritn E.; Schalk, Carl

• ISBN13: 9781932688115
• ISBN10: 1932688110
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Lutheran Univ Pr

Summary

The essays in this book, by distinguished musicologists, teachers, and church musicians, reflect the Lutheran musical heritage of the church and contribute new insights into the vibrant and diverse traditions of twenty-first century church music. Thine the Amen is a practical, instructional, and scholarly book. These essays contain something for everyone interested in sacred music¿the teacher, the singer, or the listener.

Author Biography

Carlos R. Messerli is the Founding Executive Director Emeritus of Lutheran Music Program. He had been Professor of Music at Concordia Teachers College (now University), with a tenure of twenty years. He is the co-author of the Manual on the Liturgy of the Lutheran Book of Worship. A lifelong church musician, he served two terms as president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.

Table of Contents

Preface	5	(6)
Carlos R. Messerli
Foreword	11	(4)
Martin E. Marty
Introduction	15	(6)
Robert Buckley Farlee
Part One Music of the Lutheran Heritage
Figs and Thistles: Luther's Hymns in English	21	(22)
Robin A. Leaver
The Cantica sacra (Hamburg, 1588) of Franz Eler: Latin Chant and German Chorales for the Lutheran Liturgy	43	(22)
Daniel Zager
Johann Krieger's Musical Contrast of Law and Gospel in the Cantata Danksaget dem Vater	65	(18)
Mary Benson Stahlke
The Sacred Vocal Music of Johann Kuhnau	83	(28)
Evangeline Rimbach
Bible and Hymnal in Johann Sebastian Bach's Music: A Commentary on Three Cantata Movements	111	(12)
Christoph Wolff
Dancing Before the Lord: Dance Rhythms in Bach Cantatas	123	(18)
Natalie Jenne
Part Two The Lutheran Musical Heritage and Worship in the Twenty-first Century
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Liturgies: Insights from the Sixteenth through the Eighteenth Century	141	(24)
Joseph Herl
``A New Song Here Shall Be Begun:'' Reformation-era Hymnody for Twenty-first Century Children	165	(14)
Barbara J. Resch
No Special Doctrinaire Schemes	179	(16)
Paul Westermeyer
New Life for the Musical Passion: Selected Passions for Liturgical Worship, 1955--2004	195	(30)
William H. Braun
Choral Classics for the Lutheran Church Musician: A Letter to a Young Church Choir Director	225	(16)
Paul Bouman
The Pastor and the Church Musician	241	(20)
Frank C. Senn
Part Three The Life and Works of Carl Schalk
A Focused Life	261	(28)
Steven Wente
The Works of Carl Schalk	289