Paul Westermeyer: Publications, Papers, Professional Activities
I. Books
The
Church Musician.
The
Church Musician. Second Revised Edition.
The Heart of the Matter: Church Music
as Praise, Prayer, Proclamation, Story, and Gift.
Hymns
of Lent.
Let
Justice Sing: Hymnody and Justice. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1998.
Let the People Sing: Hymn Tunes in
Perspective.
Rise, O Church: Reflections on the
Church, Its Music, and Empire. St. Louis:
MorningStar, 2008.
Te
Deum: The Church and Music.
With
Tongues of Fire: Profiles in 20th Century Hymn Writing.
II. On-Line
The
Stewardship of the Church Musician. “Living in Abundance,” Lessons on Generous
Living from Luther Seminary
http://www.luthersem.edu/stewardship/resource_detail.asp?resource_id=968
http://www.luthersem.edu/stewardship/resource_detail.asp?resource_id=969
http://www.luthersem.edu/stewardship/resource_detail.asp?resource_id=970
III. Articles
“Acoustics for Liturgy” (ed.), Meeting House Essays, Number Two.
“Advent and Christmas,” Grace Notes XII:6 (December 1996): 4.
"Affirm Your Vocation ‑ Part
I," Grace Notes X:2 (April
1994): 9.
"Affirm Your Vocation ‑ Part
II," Grace Notes X:3 (June
1994): 9.
"All Things," Perspective
(Fall 1994): 8‑9.
Originally prepared as a sermon for the Seminary Musicians Conference of
the American Guild of Organists, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist
University,
"All My Fresh Springs Are in
You," The American Organist 28:9
(March 1994): 40‑41.
“Anglican and Lutheran Hymnody
and Liturgy,” The
“The Anxious Bench or Let God Be
God,” The New Mercersburg Review
24 (Autumn 1998): 9, originally prepared for the Mercersburg Convocation, Ecumenical Vision: A Lutheran and Reformed
Conversation,
"Beyond 'Alternative' and 'Traditional'
Worship." The Christian Century 109:10 (March 18‑25, 1992): 300‑302. Reprinted in The Hymnology Annual: An
International Forum on the Hymn and Worship, Volume Three, 1993 (Berrien
Springs: Vande Verre, 1993), pp. 13‑16.
“Book Forum:
Sing with Understanding, A Conversation with Harry L. Eskew.” The
Theological Educator 55 (Spring 1997): 137-140.
"The Bottom Line:
What Provides the Chief Influences in the Direction of Church Music in
the Late Twentieth Century?" Choristers
Guild LETTERS XLII: 5 (December 1990): 129‑131; reprinted in the Southern Baptist Church Music Journal 8 (1991): 22‑26.
"Boundless Omega," The Hymn 39:3 (July 1988): 7; and News Notes: A Publication
of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Worship, Music and Other Arts
(November 1988): 3. Originally the Reflection for Morning Prayer, Monday, June
20, 1988, at the Annual Conference of the Hymn Society of America, Bryn Mawr
Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
“The Breach Repair’d,” The Hymn 47:1 (January 1996): 10-16. Originally the Gheens Lecture for
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
“But Who Am I?” The American Organist 36:10 (October 2002): 66. Sermon for the AGO Philadelphia 2002
Gathering Celebration.
“Called to Serve the Song of the Community,” Pastoral Music 25:3 (February-March
2001): 17-24.
"Cantor," Grace Notes 2:2 (May 1987): 3‑4.
“The Challenges of Using
Inclusive Language in Church Music,” Mutuality: The Voice of
Christians for Biblical Equality 13:4 (Winter 2006): 16-17.
"Chant, Bach, and Popular Culture," The American Organist 27:11
(November 1993): 34‑39.
Originally prepared for the American Guild of Organists, Region VIII
Convention,
“Chant: Tension between the Indigenous and the
Alien,” GIA Quarterly 12: 1
(Fall 2000): 14-15, 38.
"The Chief Singer," Reformed Worship 23 (March 1992): 30‑31.
"
"The Christian When He Sings," pamphlet prepared
for
“Choosing Music: Choices for Holiness,” Cross
Accent 12:3 (2004): 4-11.
“Church Music,” Christianity: The Complete
Guide, ed. John Bowden (
"Church Music at the End of the Nineteenth
Century," Lutheran Quarterly
VIII:1 (Spring 1994): 29‑51. Originally
prepared for an alumni convocation at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at
"Church Music at the End of the Twentieth
Century," Lutheran Quarterly
VIII:2 (Summer 1994): 197‑211.
Originally prepared for an alumni convocation at the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at
“Church Music in the Seminary Curriculum,” Cross
Accent 9:3 (Fall 2001): 14-16.
“A Church Musician’s Journey with Amos,” Word and World 28:2 (Spring 2008):
150-158.
"Clergy‑Musician
Relationships," The American
Organist 20:4 (April 1986): 207‑210.
“Current Theological Trends Affecting Congregational
Song,” We’ll Shout and Sing
Hosanna: Essays on Church Music in
Honor of William J. Reynolds (Fort Worth: School of Church Music, Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary, 1998), pp. 39-57.
“Dissonance and Discordance, Consonance and
Concordance: An Analysis of Late 20th
Century Music as Endemic of a Violent Society [?],” Review and Expositor 93:4 (Fall 1996): 465-483. Reprinted with corrections in Word & World XX: 1 (Winter
2000): 72-89.
"Eastertide, Lenten Spirits, and
Planting Trees," Grace Notes 9:2
(April 1993): 1‑2.
"Ecclesiastical Concerns: Reflections on the Office," Grace Notes 9:6 (December 1993): 4.
“Exegesis of Isaiah in Choral
Music,” Word & World XIX:2
(Spring 1999): 171-179.
"The Ethnic Diversity of Catholicity in
“The Evolution of the Music of German American Protestants
in Their Hymnody: A Case Study from an American Perspective,” Music in American Religious Experience,
ed. Philip V. Bohlman, Edith L. Blumhofer, and Maria M. Chow (
“Face to Face: Christmas Hymns in Advent? No,
We Are Not the Chapel of the Culture,” Word and World 27:4 (Fall
2007): 453, 455.
"Family Advent Office," prepared
for
“Finding Perspective on the Generation Gap in Church
Music,” Interview [by Robert Jeambey] in On Our Minds: An Occasional
Paper from Logos Productions, Inc. ([Fall 1995]).
“Freedom and Faith,” Christian History & Biography 95 (Summer 2007): 34-37.
“From Idolatry to Freedom,” Perspectives 11:9 (November 1996):
10-12.
“The Future of the Denominational
Hymnal,” Word & World 25:1
(Winter 2005): 51-59.
“The Future of Congregational Song,” The Hymn 46:1 (January 1995): 4-9. Originally the keynote address for
the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, Maryville College, Maryville,
Tennessee (June 27, 1994).
Reprinted in a slightly modified form in The Covenant Companion 35:1 (January 1996): 10-12, 37. Reworked for the Opening Plenary lecture
of the American Guild of Organists Region VI Convention, Paper Valley Hotel,
"German Reformed Hymnody in the
"German Reformed Hymnody in the
"God Is Love, Let Earth
Rejoice," The American Organist
(February 1994): 72‑73.
"Grace and the Music of
Bach," The Christian Century
102:10 (March 20‑27, 1985): 291‑294.
“Guild Service—AGO Region
III,” The American Organist
37:11 (November 2003): 76‑78.
“How Many Angels Can Dance on the
Head of a Pin?” Grace Notes
XI:5 (October 1995): 4.
“How Shall We Worship?” Reformed Liturgy and Music XXXI: 1 (1997): 3-10. Originally prepared for the Faith,
Reason, and World Affairs Symposium,
"Hymns, Hymnals," Dictionary of Christianity in
"The Hymn in Perspective," The Hymn 36:1 (January 1985): 7‑9.
"The Hymnal Noted: Theological and
Musical Intersections," Church Music
73:2: 1‑9.
"Hymnody," Parish
Education Series: Study Guides
Relating to Worship and Music (St. Louis: Morning Star, 1992): 55‑63.
"Hymnody and
"Hymnody's Hub and Spokes," The Hymn 32:4 (October 1981): 218‑223. Originally the keynote address to the
Chicago‑Milwaukee Conference of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran
Churches,
"Hymnody in the
"An Interview: Copyright
Considerations," The Hymn 37:4
(October 1986): 13‑16.
"An Interview with Svein
Ellingsen," The Hymn 37:2 (April
1986): 7‑13.
"Interview with Timothy Dudley‑Smith,"
The Hymn 36:1 (January 1985): 10‑13.
“In the Shadow of the
Cross,” for Abiding in the Shadows, Devotions for Lent 2005 (Luther
Seminary and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary).
"Instruments in Christian Worship," Reformed
Liturgy and Music XXV: 3 (Summer 1991): 111‑114.
"John Rutter:
Popular Romantic," The
Christian Century 111:35 (December 7, 1994): 1158. Response to
“Keynote Address, AGO Region III Convention,
“Kirchenmusik: V. Gegenwart, 2. Amerika,” Religion
in Geschichte und Gegenwart IV, I-K (2001): 1246-1247.
“Kirchenmusik: IV. Westlichen Kirchen, 3.
Reformation,” Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart IV, I-K (2001):
1238-1241.
"'LBW'" at 10," The Lutheran
"Let All Things Their Creator Bless," Currents in Theology and
“Let the People Say Amen,” The New Mercersburg Review:
Journal of the Mercersburg Society 18 (Autumn 1995): 3-11.
“Let the People Sing,” Cross Accent 14:1
(2006): 10-16.
"Lift Up Your Hearts!" Sursum
Corda: Variationen zu einem Motiv
für Philipp Harnoncourt zum 60. Geburtstag, ed. Erich Renhart und
Andreas Schnider (
"Lineaments of the Reformed and Lutheran Traditions:
Liturgy and Hymnody in 19th Century
“Literaturbericht zur Hymnologie, Vereinigte Staaten
von Amerika und Kanada (1979-1981),” Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 27 (1983), ed. Konrad Ameln, et al. (Kassel: Johannes Stauda Verlag, 1984): 288-291.
“Literaturbericht zur Hymnologie, Vereinigte Staaten
von Amerika 1982,” Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 28 (1984), ed. Konrad Ameln, et al. (Kassel: Johannes Stauda Verlag, 1984): 234-235.
“Literaturbericht zur Hymnologie, Vereinigte Staaten
von Amerika 1983,” Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 29 (1985), ed. Konrad Ameln, et al. (Kassel: Johannes Stauda Verlag, 1986): 259-261.
“Literaturbericht zur Hymnologie, Vereinigte Staaten
von Amerika 1984,” Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 30 (1986), ed. Konrad Ameln, et al. (Hannover: Lutherisches Verlaghaus, 1987): 248-250.
“Literaturbericht zur Hymnologie, Vereinigte Staaten
von Amerika 1985,” Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 31 (1987/88), ed. Konrad Ameln, et al. (Hannover: Lutherisches Verlaghaus, 1988): 234-236.
“Literaturbericht zur Hymnologie, Vereinigte Staaten von
Amerika 1986-1989,” Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 33 (1990-1991), ed. Konrad Ameln, et al. (
“Literaturbericht zur Hymnologie, Vereinigte Staaten
von Amerika 1990-1994,” Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 35 (1994-1995), ed. Karl-Heinrich
Bieritz, et al. (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996):
265-273.
“Liturgical Music: Soli
Deo Gloria,” Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch Before God,
Essays in Honor of Don E. Saliers, ed. E. Byron Anderson, Bruce T. Morrill
(Collegeville: The Liturgical
Press, 1998), pp. 193-208.
“Liturgy and Music: The Lutheran Tradition Today,” A Reforming Church . . . Gift and Task: Essays from a Free Lutheran Conference,
ed. Charles P. Lutz (Minneapolis:
Kirk House Publishers, 1995), pp. 126-137.
“Lutheran Observer,” Popular Religious Magazines of the United States, ed. P. Mark
Fackler and Charles H. Lippy (Westport:
Greenwood Press, 1995), pp. 312-318.
“The Madness Hymns
Express,” Grace Notes XII:3
(June 1996): 11.
“The Meaning of the Term “Altered,” How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?,
ed. Richard L. Christensen (Centerville:
Confessing Christ, 1997), pp. 129-131.
“Meaning What We Sing,” Pastoral Music 25:1 (October-November 2000): 27-33.
“Musical Art in Worship and Beyond,” Image 49
(Spring 2006): 30-35.
“The Musical Impact of the Constitution on the
Sacred Liturgy in Historical Context,” Singing Faith into
Practice: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Hovda, Series II (
“Musical Leadership,” Encountering God: The Legacy of Lutheran Book of Worship
for the 21st Century, ed. Ralph Van Loon (Minneapolis: Kirk House Publishers, 1998), pp.
115-135.
"Music and the Seminary Curriculum," The American Organist 26:10 (October
1992): 38‑43. Originally
prepared for the Conference of Seminary Musicians,
"Music, Christian," Dictionary of Christianity in
“Music in the Liturgy and the Cantor,” for the
Curriculum “Liturgy and Music:
Foundations for Christian Worship” pp. 71-79, Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations (2000
edition).
“Music in Relation to the Centrality of Christ, the
Word,” In Essentials Unity:
Reflections on the Nature and Purpose of the Church In Honor of
Frederick R. Trost (
“Music in Our Two Traditions,” The Window:
Newsletter of the Anglican-Lutheran Society No. 68 (December 2001): 4-6.
"Music in Worship," a series of six articles for
the Grace Guardian (February 19, 1980‑May
6, 1980).
“Music:
Poured Out for the World,” Inside
Out: Worship in an Age of
“Musical
Art in Liturgy, Worship, and Devotion,” Cross Accent 15:2 ((2007): 6-13.
“A New Song,” The American Organist 31:9 (September 1997): 44-47. Originally prepared for the American
Guild of Organists Region VI Convention,
“No Special Doctrinaire Schemes,” Thine the Amen: Essays on
"Now," Church
Music Memo, 48, pp. 1‑3.
Sermon preached at the 1987 Biennial Conference of the Association of
Lutheran Church Musicians,
“The Old, the New, and Song,” The American Organist 34:8 (August,
2000): 60-62, originally for The Sacred Voice in the New Millennium: Steering
the Course in a Sea of Change, A Symposium for Musicians, Chicago, Illinois
(October 10-12, 1999,), and for the Gathering of Presbyterian Musicians, Fourth
Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois (October 11, 1999).
“An Open Letter,” The Clergy Journal LXXIII:2
(November/December 1996): 13-15.
"Our Lutheran Hymnic Heritage and Responsibility,"
Currents in Theology and
Parish Education
Series: Study Guides Relating to
Worship and Music. Ed.
“Paul Gerhardt: Who He Was and Why We Should
Care,” Word & World 27:1
(Winter 2007): 69-72.
“
"Perfection and Grace," Psalmist Magazine 7:4 (August, September
1992): 48‑47 [sic].
"The Practical Life of the Church Musician," The Christian Century 106:26 (September
13‑20, 1989): 812‑814.
(Prepared originally for "Sunday Morning: A Convocation on Worship
and Music," at
“Praise and Life Together,”
The American Organist 31:2 (February,
1997): 20-28.
"Prayer Life and the Lutheran Book of Worship," Lutheran Woman Today 5:2 (February
1992): 12‑14.
Prepare
the
"The Present State of
Profiles of "The Evangelical Review," "The
Lutheran Church Review," "The Lutheran Church Quarterly,"
"The Augustana Quarterly," "The Lutheran Quarterly," the
"Concordia Theological Monthly," in Religious Periodicals of the United States, ed. Charles H. Lippy
(New York:
"Program Notes" for "Christmas Oratorio, BWV
248, J. S. Bach," The Bach Society of Minnesota and The Lyra Concert, The
Church of St. Leo the Great, St. Paul, Minnesota (December 2, 1990).
"Prospects of Psalmody in the
"Recent Hymnals and Related materials," compiled
for "Members of One Body: Planning for Worship, A Workshop for Clergy and
Musicians,"
"Recommended Resources," Christian History Issue 31 (X:3): 38.
“Reflections: An Open Letter,” Grace Notes XIII:3 (June 1997): 9.
"Reflections on Music and
Theology," Theological Education
XXXI:1 (Autumn 1994): 183‑189.
"Religious Music and Hymnody, "Encyclopedia of the American Religious
Experience, ed. Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams (New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1988), III, pp. 1285‑1305.
“The Role of Congregational Song in Worship {Part
One),” the chorister LIII:4 (October 2001): 9.
“The Role of Congregational Song in Worship {Part
Two),” the chorister LIII:5 (October 2001): 6.
“Sabbaticals . . . ,” The
“Schütz, Heinrich,” The Encyclopedia of Protestantism, ed.
Hans J. Hillerbrand (
“Sermon at LPM Closing
Eucharist,” Much Has Been Begun:
The Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations VI:5
(August 2002): 1-3, 6-7.
"A Service of Lessons and Carols" and "A
History of the Service," Christmas:
The Annual of Christmas Literature and Art, Volume Sixty‑Two
(Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1992), pp. 5‑17.
"Sharper Than Any Two‑Edged Sword," Liturgy 11:1 (Summer 1993): 51‑57. Originally prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Conference of
the United Church of Christ,
“Singing New Hymns,” Sing! A New Creation,
Leader’s Edition (
“Singing the Story,” Story Lines: Chapters on Thought, Word, and Deed for Gabriel Fackre,
ed. Sky Gibson Fackre (
"Some Reflections on Psalm
131," Grace Notes XI:6 (December
1994): 8.
“Some Theological Bases for the
Self-Assertiveness of the Church Musician,” Cross Accent 8:1 (Spring 2000): 33-39. Reprinted in The Journal of the
Association of Anglican Musicians 14:5 (May/June 2005): 1, 4-9.
“Te Deum Laudamus: Church Music, the People’s
Office—Part 1: Past: Participation or Audience,” Cross Accent 10:1
(Spring 2002): 30-36.
“Te Deum Laudamus: Church Music, the People’s
Office—Part 2: Present: The People’s song or Music to Sell,” Cross
Accent 10:2 (Summer 2002): 11-15.
“Te Deum Laudamus: Church Music, the People’s
Office—Part 3: Future: Peril or Promise,” Cross Accent 10:3 (Fall 2002): 19-22.
"Theology and Music," The American Organist 14:9 (September 1980): 52‑54. Originally prepared for the
"Theology and Music in the Context of Popular
Culture," The American Organist
28:11 (November 1994): 30‑36.
Originally prepared for the American Guild of Organists National
Convention,
“Thoughts about Hugo Distler and his Totentanz,”
for the Luther Seminary Distler Conference (March 1, 2008).
"Three Books of Worship: An Ecumenical Convergence," The Christian Century 110:30 (October
27, 1993): 1055‑1057.
“The Threefold Vocation of the Pastoral
Musician,” Pastoral Music 28:6
(August-September 2004): 9-12.
"Timeline: The Golden Age of
Hymns," Christian History Issue
31 (X:3): 24‑25.
"To Be Human Is To Sing," The Luther Northwestern Story 7:1 (Winter, 1990): 4‑8. Originally a convocation address at
Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary (October 11, 1990).
“To Episcopalians, with Gratitude: Some Personal
Reflections,” The Journal of the
Association of Anglican Musicians 9:5 (May/June, 2000): 10-14. Originally an address for the
Association of Anglican Musicians, Region VI Spring Conference, St.
Mark’s Cathedral, Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 16, 1999).
"Tradition, Liturgy, and the Visitor," Word & World XIII:1 (Winter 1993): 76‑84. Reprinted in The American Organist 27:9 (September 1993): 82‑87. Originally prepared for the Liturgical
Fine Arts Festival,
"Twentieth Century American Hymnody and Church Music,"
New Dimensions in American Religious
History: Essays in Honor of Martin
E. Marty, ed. Jay P. Dolan and James P. Wind (Grand Rapids: Williams B.
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993), pp. 175‑207.
“Uncommon, Common, and Holy Ground: Ninth Annual Conference
on Denominational Relations,” with
“Viewing ‘Renewing Worship’
Broadly,” Word & World 26:2
(Spring 2006): 162-171.
“Vocation: A Homily and Three Reflections: Part
I,” The American Organist 35:11 (November 2001): 81-87. Originally prepared for the Northwest
AGO Regional Convocation,
“Vocation: A Homily and Three
Reflections: Part II,” The American Organist 35:12 (December
2001): 70-73. Originally prepared
for the Northwest AGO Regional Convocation,
"Vocation and the Church Musician," Cross Accent: Journal of the Association of
“The Voice of the People: Here, Now, and
Beyond,” The Hymn 54:1
(January, 2003):14-20.
"What Does the Church Need from the Composer?" Cross Accent: Journal of the Association of
"What Is a Hymn?" Reformed Liturgy and Music XXI:3 (
“What Is a Hymn Heritage?” The
Hymn 59:1 (Winter 2008): 7-13.
“What Music Should We Use in Worship?” Open
Questions in Worship, Volume 2 (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1995):
6-14.
"Why We Sing," Association
of
“Worship and the Oratorio Tradition,” With a
Voice of Singing: Essays on Children, Choirs, and Music in the Church in Honor
of Ronald A. Nelson, ed. Zebulon Highben and Kristina Langlois (
Worship
Music: A Concise Dictionary.
Collegeville: The Liturgical
Press, 2000. Contributor.
“Worshiping God As We Are,” Reformed Worship 70 (December, 2003): 32-33.
IV. Forewords
“Foreword,” for Susan Palo
Cherwien, O Blessed Spring
(Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1997).
"Foreword," for Gerald Patrick Coleman, "How Can I Keep from Singing?"
(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1991).
“Foreword,” for Robert A. Hausman, The Days Are Surely Coming: Sermons for Advent,
Christmas and Epiphany, Cycle C First Lesson Texts (Lima: CSS Publishing Company, Inc., 1994).
“Foreword,” for Don Hustad, True Worship: Reclaiming the Wonder and Majesty (Carol Stream: Hope Publishing Company, 1998).
“Foreword,” for Leading the Church’s Song (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress,
1998).
V. Letters to the
Editor
The
American Organist
13:1 (January 1979): 6‑8.
"Church‑Related," The Christian Century 105:31 (October
26, 1988): 964.
"Not Letting Go," The Christian Century 97:12 (April 2,
1980): 388‑389.
"UCC and LC‑MS," The Christian Century 101:27 (September
12‑19, 1984): 851‑852.
VI. Interviews
"German Sacred Music," taped interview for
Northwest Orient Airlines (on the planes during and after the summer of 1986).
"Interview:
Paul Westermeyer and the Lutheran Book of Worship," interview with
Paul Oakley in Creator
(November/December, 1991): 40‑42.
"Paul Westermeyer," interview by Susan Hamre in The Journal of the Choral Conductors
Guild: An Association of Church Musicians
XLV: 4 (April/May/June, 1994): 6‑7.
VII. Hymns
"Beloved, Let Us Love." On I John 4:7‑12, for the sermon,
"God's Yes to Our No," for Grace Lutheran Church, Villa Park,
Illinois, Easter 6, Series B (May 16, 1982).
"See What Love the Father Gives Us." On I John 3:1‑2, for a
Confirmation Service at
"Seeking Bread, the Crowds Are Thronging." Based on John 6 to conclude a sermon
series at
VIII. Limericks
"When Leo, with Angry Conviction." "Runner‑up Limericks" in
Martin E. Marty's "Martin Luther and Ecumenical
Additional unpublished limericks were written for this and
other occasions, including:
A Bibfeldt named Franz (for Marc Kolden)
A Bittersweet Tale (for Linda Huebner)
A Memo to Bohnert the Dad (for John Bohnert)
Betty of Staple a Ton (for Betty Stapleton)
Dear Luke (for Luke Westermeyer)
Guilt and Gusto (for Audrey and Jim Stensgaard)
In his namesake’s 500th year (for Martin
Marty)
In the spring when the birds do all sing (for Bob Brusic)
Linda and Jim (for Linda and Jim Lee)
On Tim Strand’s 40th Birthday
Sandra’s Request (for Jeremy Burke and Andrea)
Since the villains have wandered away (for Luther Seminary
students)
Then there’s Jenny, a liminal lass (for Jenny Moye)
There once was a David on
There once was a fellow named Eck (for Marty’s
contest)
There once was a Hinkle named Mary (for Mary Hinkle)
There once was a Miller so fine (for Vera Miller)
There once was a Rick, very sad (for Rick Paulson)
There once was a Sally of plenty (for Sally Westermeyer)
There once was a Santa whose Button
There once was an organ whose flute
There once was a Lutheran pastor (for Marty’s contest)
There once was a Luther named Martin (for Marty’s
contest)
To Mom, here’s a limerick or two (for Ruth Westermeyer)
To Sally whose fame we have quoted (for Sally Westermeyer)
When Gloria entered the lot (for David Anderson)
When Luther, his troubles not few (for Marty’s
contest)
When Ulrich and Martin debated (for Marty’s contest)
IX. Reviews
Beck. Guy L. (ed.). Sacred
Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions. Worship 81:5
(September 2007): 474-476.
Blackwell, Albert. The
Sacred in Music. Word & World XXI:1 (Winter 2001): 113-115.
Blumhofer, Edith L. Her Heart Can See, The Life and Hymns
of Fanny J. Crosby. Worship 80:3 (May 2006): 272-273.
Braun, William H. and Prange, Victor H., Not Unto Us: A Celebration of the Ministry
of Kurt J. Eggert. The Hymn 53:4
(October 2002): 55-56.
Brown, Christopher Boyd. Singing the Gospel: Lutheran
Hymns and the Success of the Reformation. The Christian Century
123:10 (
_______. Singing the Gospel: Lutheran Hymns and the
Success of the Reformation. Christianity and Literature 56:3 (Spring
2007): 523-527.
Chase, Robert. Dies Irae:
A Guide to Requiem Music. Worship 78:4 (July 2004): 374-375.
Christ‑Janer, Albert, et al. American Hymns Old and
New, and Hughes, Charles W., American
Hymns Old and New: Notes on the Hymns and Biographies of the Authors and
Composers. The Hymn 32:3
(July 1981): 179‑181.
Davie, Donald. The
Eighteenth-Century Hymn in
Davies, J. G. (ed.). The
Donakowski, Conrad L. A
Muse for the Masses: Ritual and Music in an Age of Democratic Revolution, 1770‑1870. The Journal of Religion 58:4
(October 1978): 445‑447.
Durnbaugh, Hedwig T. The
German Hymnody of the Brethren, 1702‑1903. Brethren Life and Thought 32
(Spring 1987): 117‑118.
Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Lutheran Service Book. The Hymn
58:4 (Autumn 2007): 63-67.
Faulkner, Quentin. Wiser Than Despair. Church
History 66:3 (September 1997): 685.
Fink, Robert, and Ricci, Robert. The Language of Twentieth Century Music. Journal of Church Music 20:4
(April 1978): 48.
Fischer, Hans Conrad. Johann
Sebastian Bach: His Life in Pictures and Documents, with CD. Worship 80:5 (September 2006):
476-478.
Geerdes, Harold P. Worship
Space Acoustics: A Guide to Better Sound in Your Parish. GIA Quarterly 1:1 (Spring 1990):
41.
Gilbertson, Carol, and Muilenberg, Gregg, ed. Translucence: Religion, the Arts, and
Imagination. Worship 79:5 (September 2005): 477-479.
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X. Unpublished
American Music Project for a Yale University Press book,
edited by Robin Leaver, chapters between 1860 and 1901: Revivalism, Anglican
Influences, European Protestant Influences, Catholic Sacred Music, Other
Streams, Bibliography,
"Analytical Program Notes for a Choral
Vespers." S.M.M. Thesis: Union
Theological Seminary, 1966.
(Lengthy analysis and brief program notes for Joseph Gelineau, Psalm 22; Heinrich Schütz, Matthew Passion; Ernst Pepping, “O
Dearest Jesus;” and Johann Pachelbel, Magnificat. A new edition and English translation of
the Schütz Matthew Passion was
prepared with this project and performed for the Choral Vespers at
"Charles Ives: A Musical Manifestation of Protestant
and American Civil Religious Motifs" (
"Church Music as Illuminator for the Histories of
“Current Theological Trends Affecting Congregational
Song” (for the International Hymn Conference at
"Controversies Over Psalm‑Singing
Among the English Puritans" (December 16, 1971).
“Franz Bibfeldt: The Musical Connections Exposed in
Honor of Martin E. Marty’s 70th Birthday” (
"H. Richard Niebuhr, Music, and
"The Encounter of Early
Christianity with Pagan Music" (
"German Reformed Hymnody in the
"How Church Music Fits the Task of Theological
Education," for Luther Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota (January
4, 1990), and North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois (April 24,
1990).
"The Influence of Schleiermacher on Twentieth Century
Writings about Church Music"
"Intinction: Historical Data and Analysis." A 43-page study prepared for the Rev.
Raymond Shaheen and the Rev. John C. Naegele, St. Luke Lutheran Church,
"Luther's Theology of Music"
(
"Nevin's Studies in Early Christianity: His So‑Called
Dizziness" (
"Reflections for the Committee Considering a UCC Hymnal
Revision." Requested by James
Crawford for a meeting of the Committee at the
"Resources for the Composer's Task" (for the
Church Music Composers' Symposium,
"The Role of the Cantor" (
Heinrich Schütz, “Luke Passion,” new
performing edition and English translation for St. Luke Lutheran Church, Silver
Spring, Maryland (April, 1967).
“Some Analytical Remarks About Benjamin
Britten’s Festival Te Deum”
(
"Some Church Fathers on Musical
Instruments" (June 10, 1971).
"Strong and Real Symbols: Culture, Eucharist and
Justice" (for Worship Dialogue,
"Theology and Cultic Song in Twentieth Century Roman
Catholic Thought and Practice" (
"Two Poles of Church Music"
(May 22, 1972).
"What Shall We Sing in a Foreign Land? Theology and Cultic Song in the German
Reformed and Lutheran Churches of
XI. Speeches, Lectures,
Forums, Sermons, Workshops, Video, Cantor, Conductor, Organist, Panels, Hymn
Festivals, Consultant
“Advent,” Pre-Liturgy Speech for The Gregorian
Singers, Twenty-Seventh Annual Advent Procession, Saint
Paul’s-on-the-Hill Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minnesota (November 27,
2004).
"Advent," South Central Conference of the
“Advent and Music,”
"Alternate Liturgies: What Does This Mean?" for
Worship and Its Music: A Church
Music Seminar,
"Analysis for the Yale Institute of Sacred Music,"
Yale University Institute of Sacred Music (
“Are We Off-Key? A Conversation on Ministry &
Church Musicians” with The United
“The
Assembly at Worship,” three lecture/workshops: “The Assembly Around
the Word,” The Assembly Around Font and Table,” “The Assembly
at Song,” for Christikon Continuing Education Retreat, Christikon
Lutheran Bible Camp,
“Assembly,
with Musician and Clergy, as Prophet,” for the San Antonio Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Texas
(April 15, 2005).
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians 1993 National
Conference, leader of final panel and presider at final Eucharist,
“The Baptismal Foundation of the ELW Rites,” for
the Worship Dialogue of the Twin Cities, St. John’s Lutheran Church,
Minneapolis, Minnesota (May 15, 2007).
“Bach
Cantatas in Worship: A Case Study,” Workshop for Bach in the Church: Adding Value
to Modern Worship, Cosponsored by National Lutheran
Choir and Luther Seminary at Luther Seminary,
Bach
Talk Panel, The Toronto Bach Festival, J. S. Bach, St John Passion, with
Helmuth Rilling, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (October 26, 2007).
“The Bible and Worship,” for Living Faithfully through Worship,
Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, at Trinity Lutheran
Church and St. Henry’s Roman Catholic Church, Gresham, Oregon (October
11, 2003).
“Call and Vocation,” for the
Calvin Symposium on Worship and the Arts,
“Can We Keep the Liturgical Year in a Consumer
Society: Sunday, Seasons, and Feasts,” workshop for The Body of Christ,
the 38th Southwest Liturgical Conference Study Week, Dioceses of
Galveston-Houston, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Houston, Texas (January 22, 2000).
“A Case for the Choral Music of the Church,”
Kemp Endowment Lecture,
“Changes in Hymn Texts: Wie Schön
Leuchtet
(‘O Morning Star’) as a Case Study,”
"Challenges Facing Lutheran Liturgical Worship in the
90's,"
"The Changing Nature of Lutheran Worship,"
"Chapters in Church Music: 1. The Psalms‑‑Womb of
Church Music; 2. Sound, Silence, and Strictures‑‑The
Reformation; 3. Alternative Worship: What Does This
Mean?" for the Laidlaw Lectures,
“Choices and Changes: Style and Substance in Worship
in the 21st Century,” Northeast Pennsylvania Bishop’s
Conference,
“The Choir as Worship Leader,” prepared for
Making the Connections, ELCA headquarters, (September 24, 1994).
Choir Director and Song Leader for the
"Choosing Hymns," Forum for
“Choosing Music: Choices for Holiness,” for the
Conference on Liturgy: Church, Culture, Spirituality,
“Choosing Music for Word and Table, How and
What,” for the
"Choral Music and the Celebration of the
Sacraments," for the
"The Church and Easter," plenary address for the
Region 6 Worship Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The
Franciscan Life Center, Sylvania, Ohio (June 24, 1992).
“The Church and Music,”
"Church Music as Bearer and Interpreter of the Word of
God," for the
"The Church as Sounding Board," for Worship
Through Music, Yankton College Without Walls, Yankton Community Library,
Yankton, South Dakota (July 29, 1994).
“Church Music in the Seminary Curriculum,” for The Organ in Christian Worship: A Colloquium for Organists, Pastors,
Liturgists, and Organ Builders, Princeton Theological Seminary,
“The Church, Music, and Empire,” for the
Pre-Institute Seminar, “Liturgy and the Public Square,” 2008 Institute
of Liturgical Studies, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana (March 31,
2008).
"The Church Musician and Pastor: Partners in
Ministry," for the
"The Church Musician as Cantor," for The
"The Church Musician: Normative, Professional, and
Theological Reflections," for the Yale University Institute of Sacred
Music (
"The Church Musician as a Team Player," for the
Region VI Convention of the American Guild of Organists, Ramkota Inn, Sioux
Falls, South Dakota (June 18, 1991).
"The Church Musician: Tensions," for Celebration
94: Organ and Church Music
Conference,
"The Church Musician: Vocation," for Celebration
94: Organ and Church Music
Conference,
Church Organ Workshops,
“The Church’s Music in the
Church-Related College,” for Singing God’s Song Faithfully:
Implications for Theology and Music Faculty Seeking to Train Music Leadership
for the Church, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (April 12, 2007).
“Clergy and Musician Partnerships,” American
Guild of Organists Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter, First United Methodist
Church, Appleton, Wisconsin (February 17, 2007).
"Clergy and Musician‑‑the Team
Approach," for Worship Through Music,
"Clergy‑Musician Relationships," for the
"The Compulsion to Sing," for the Reformation
Festival Service at Pacific Hills Lutheran Church, Omaha, Nebraska (October 29,
1989).
“The Congregation’s Voice in Hymns,” for
the
“The Concept and Ministry of the Cantor,”
Workshop for Saying and Doing the Gospel
Today: Ministry, Institute of Liturgical Studies: Theology, Music,
Practice, at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana (April 5, 2005).
"The Concept of Cantor: the Way to Go?" for the
Lutheran College Music Chairs at the meeting of the National Association of
Schools of Music (Chicago, Illinois, November 19, 1988).
“Congregational Song as Global,” for the
Institute of Sacred Music 2002, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
(February 14, 2002).
“Congregational Song as Particular,” for the
Institute of Sacred Music 2002, The
“The Congregation’s Song (four
lecture/workshops): What It Is, Why It Is, How It Is, When It Is,” for
the 2005 Sacred Music Summer Conference, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk,
Virginia (July 28, 2005).
Consultation on Music in the Church, Aid Association for
Lutherans,
Consultation on Religion and Music, Louisville Institute for
the Study of Protestantism and American Culture,
"Contemporary English
Hymnody,"
"Contemporary Hymn Writers," for the
"Contemporary Hymnody: Arguing with Fred Kaan,"
for the
“Contemporary Issues in Church Music,” for the
Contemporary Issues in Worship Residency, Johnson Synod
Lecture Series, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas (May 7‑8, 1992).
“Contemporary Media, Global Music, and Traditional
Worship,” Concordia College, Bronxville, New York (October 4, 2008).
“The Context of the ELW, Special Interest Sessions, Fling Wide the Gates, The St. Olaf
Conference on Worship, Music, and the Arts, St. Olaf College, Northfield,
Minnesota (July 22 and 24, 2008).
"Contract, Communication, Conflict Management: How to
Push the Right Buttons," panel member for the Chicago Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists, Union Church, Hinsdale, Illinois (April 21, 1990).
“A Conversation about Building a Space for
Worship,”
“A
Conversation about Musical Style and Secular Religion” with Quentin
Faulkner for the
“The Core of the Liturgy,” video for the
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians Rural Church Workshops on Worship and
Music (Fall 1995).
"'Cosmologically Correct' Hymnody?" for Science,
Technology, and the Christian Faith, Summer Conference on Theology and the
Church, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota (July 26‑29, 1993).
“Current Trends and Practices in Worship and
Music,” for the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions of the
Roman Catholic Dioceses of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas, Totino Grace
Renewal Center, Fridley, Minnesota (April 29, 1966).
"Death and Dying and Music,"
“Distler,”
"Easy to Moderately Easy Organ Music Based on Hymn
Tunes and How to Use It," for the Hymn Society of
“Empowering Congregational Music: Linking Thought and Practice,”
presenter for a Lilly grant for undergraduate church music programs, University
of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (February 21-23, 2002).
“Entertainment or Worship,” for the Moravian
Interprovincial Convocation and Worship Conference, Eastern
"An Evening with Hymns," Lecturer and Organist,
for Pilgrim Faith United
“Evaluating the Texts We Sing,” workshop for The
Body of Christ, the 38th Southwest Liturgical Conference Study Week,
Dioceses of Galveston-Houston, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Houston, Texas (January
21, 2000).
Festival of Hymns (planner and choir director) for The
Church at Worship,
"A Festive Service to celebrate The Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America," conductor for a cluster of choirs from the
West Suburban Chicago Conference, United Lutheran Church, Oak Park, Illinois
(January 24, 1988).
Fine Arts Festival of the Resurrection:
Plenary—"New Life, Images," Workshop—"Paschal
Song: Psalms, Hymns, and
Music," Hymn Festival Commentary—"A New Creation," for the
"Five Lectures: The Contemporary Challenge; Perspective I: Roots; Perspective II: Medieval; Perspective III: Reformation; Perspective IV: Modern," for the 40th Annual Church
Music Conference, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin‑Madison at
Bethel Lutheran Church, Madison, Wisconsin (July 19‑21, 1994).
“Forming Ministers to Serve the Assembly,” for
the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Western Regional Convention,
Hyatt Regency Hotel,
"Foundational Elements in Worship," for the
Lutheran Institute for Theological Education, the Northwest Washington and
Southwestern Washington Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
and the Northwest District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod at Trinity
Lutheran Church and Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington (October
17, 1992).
“Freed,” Sermon for the Sunday service with J. S.
Bach, Cantata BWV 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele with Helmuth Rilling,
Conductor, at Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, Ontario, Canada (October
28, 2007).
"The Function of the Church Musician," for the
“The Future of Church Music: Challenges and
Possibilities,” for Lectures in Church Music,
“A German Requiem: Three Sets of Reflections,”
for Faith Lutheran Church, Waconia, Minnesota (February 21, 28, March 7, 1999),
St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota (March 3, 10, 17, 1999),
and The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Roseville, Minnesota (November 7,
14, 21, 1999).
"The Genevan Psalter‑‑Some Historical,
Musical, and Theological Notes," for the
"God is Love, Let Earth Rejoice," for the American
Guild of Organists Northwest Regional Convention,
“God Is Praised in. . .”, Commentary for a Hymn
Festival with David Cherwien,
"God's Time," sermon for the 23rd Annual Bach
Cantata Series, Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest, Illinois, Cantata 106,
"God's Time Is the Best Time" (November 21, 1993).
Guild
Service, Region III AGO,
“Handel’s Messiah,”
for the Kiwanis club of North Suburban Golden K, St. Paul, Minnesota, John Rose
Oval Ice Skating Center, Roseville, Minnesota (March 28, 2000).
Handel’s Messiah,
four sessions, for the Adult Forum,
Handel’s Messiah,
three Sunday evening sessions, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Roseville,
Minnesota (March 25, April 1 and 11, 2001).
"Harpsichord Workshop," for
High School Organ Workshops,
Historical Overview of hymnals and service books from the Formulae
Missae (1523) to Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006),
“Historical Rhythms of Worship and Current
Tensions,”
"History of the Faith through Church Music and Hymnody
with Music from the Various Strands of the United Church of Christ," for
the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ,
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin (June 16 and 17, 1992).
A Homily and Three Reflections: “What Is New and What is
Old,” “Reflections on the Church Musician’s Priestly
Vocation,” “Reflections on the Church Musician’s Prophetic
Vocation,” “Reflections on the Church Musician’s Psalmodic
Vocation,” for The American Guild of Organists Region VII Convention,
“How Can We Sing the Lord’s Song in a Strange
Land?” for the Central Florida Chapter of the American Guild of
Organists, Maitland Presbyterian Church, Maitland, Florida (September 12,
1995).
“How Can Church Leaders, Pastors, Educators and others
Ensure a Healthy Future for Music Ministry?”, Panel for Summer Church
Music Workshop, The University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Seminary School of
Divinity, St. Paul, Minnesota (June 12, 2000).
“How Long, O Lord?”, sermon for Evening Prayer,
Guild Service for the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Guild of Organists,
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Kenwood, Ohio (May 10, 1999).
“How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song in a
"How to Evaluate the Diversity in Today's Worship
Styles," for the Lutheran Institute for Theological Education, the
Northwest Washington and Southwestern Washington Synods of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America and the Northwest District of the Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod at Trinity Lutheran Church and Pacific Lutheran University,
Tacoma, Washington (October 17, 1992).
"How To Integrate Music and Worship," all‑day
worship workshop for the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ,
First Congregational Church, Appleton, Wisconsin (June 14, 1993).
“The Hymn Explosion,” two workshops for The
Church at Worship,
"A Hymn Festival Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of
"Hymn Festival Workshop," for the Northwest
Suburban
"Hymn Playing," for the
"Hymn Survey," a series for
First Congregational Church,
“Hymn Tunes and Related
Matters,” Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Choir Retreat, at
Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota (February 9,
2006).
“Hymn Tunes from Various Traditions,” for Worship
Matters: A Symposium on Preaching, Music, and Worship Leadership, The
United Church of Canada, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (June
15 and 16, 2007).
“Hymnody and Justice,” five Routley lectures for
1995 Conferences on Worship and Music,
“Hymnody and Justice,” Church Organist Workshop
Series,
“Hymnody Elective,” for The Orchard,
“Hymnody in American Protestantism Conference,”
Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals with funding from Lilly
Endowment, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, Session Chair and Plenary Panel
(May 17-20, 2000).
Hymnody workshops for the Region VI Convention of the
American Guild of Organists, Ramkota Inn, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (June 19, 1991).
"Hymns: A Congregation's View from the Pew," for
the
"Hymns and Their Stories," for the Morgan Park
Women's Club,
"Hymns, Faith and Ministry," Coordinator and
Respondent to plenary addresses by John Westerhoff, for the 1991 Hymn Society
Conference, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota (July 7‑10, 1991).
"Hymns for Lent," for the
"Hymns of the Church and Fred Pratt Green," for
the
“Hymns, Tunes, and How Many a Congregation Can Know: A
Proposal,” 2004 Montreat Conferences on Worship and Music, Montreat
Conference Center, Montreat, North Carolina (June 20-26 and June 27-July 3,
2004).
“Ich habe genug,” sermon for Bach Cantata
Vespers,
“If You Love Me,” for First and Central
Presbyterian Church,
"ILCW Analysis," for
“Immanence in a Throw-Away Culture: Theology for Worship in Our Time, or Let
God Be God,” for the
“Implications of a
"The Importance of Worship and the History of
Hymns," Shepherd of the
“In All Time and Space: Praise the Lord!”
Commentary for Hymn Festival with David Cherwien, Organist. Concordia College,
Bronxville, New York (October 3, 2008).
“In Oculis Dei,” sermon for the Boston Chapter
of the American Guild of Organists’ Opening Service, St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, Brookline, Massachusetts (September 28, 1997).
“In Tune with the People’s Song: Clergy and
Musicians in Harmony!”: An Anglican/Lutheran Workshop, St. Laurence
Anglican Church,
"It Is a Good Thing To Sing Praises," sermon for
the Opening Convocation of the Region VI Convention of the American Guild of
Organists, First Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (June 16, 1991).
“It
Is Right to Give Thanks and Praise: Liturgy as the Church’s
Response,” plenary address for The Body of Christ, the 38th
Southwest Liturgical Conference Study Week, Dioceses of Galveston-Houston,
Adam’s Mark Hotel, Houston, Texas (January 20, 2000).
“The
Journey Home,” Commentary,
J. S.
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Parts 1-3, Pre-concert talk
and program notes, Bach Society of Minnesota and The Schubert Club Early Music
Series, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota (December 9,
2005).
J. S.
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Parts 4-6, Pre-concert talk
and program notes, Bach Society of Minnesota, First Lutheran Church, Columbia
Heights, Minnesota (December 8, 2006).
“J.
S. Bach in Worship Today: Yes, No, Why, Why Not?” plenary address for Bach in the Church: Adding Value to Modern
Worship, Cosponsored by National Lutheran Choir and Luther Seminary at
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota (February 25, 2006).
“J.
S. Bach: Musical Servant of the Church,” as part of the series, “Heroes
and Heroines of the Church,” Episcopal Church of the Nativity,
“J.
S. Bach: Three Forums,”
“Keeping Worship Out of the Commodities Market,”
St. Michael’s
“Keynote,”
Region III AGO,
"LBW Workshop," for the
“Led By the Spirit – The Church in Community: A
Hymn Festival,” Montreat Conferences on Worship and Music,
“Let All Within Us Praise: And What About Without?” for A
Symposium on Worship,
“Let
“Let the People Sing,” for An Ecumenical Music and Worship Congress,
“Let
the People Sing,” for the Association of
“Let
the People Sing: Hymn Tunes in Perspective, Three Lectures – 1. Chorale
Tunes, 2. Genevan Psalter Tunes, 3. Welsh Tunes and French Diocesan
Tunes,” Lutherhostel with the Lutheran Summer Music Program,
“Lift Up
Your Hearts,” Four Plenary Presentations, Two with David Cherwien, for
the National Worship Conference of the
26 - 30, 1996).
Lilly Music Conference Participant, for the Yale Institute
of Sacred Music, held at Auburn Seminary in
"Little Known Christmas Carols," for First
Congregational Church,
“Liturgical Worship: Music in Christian Worship,”
Liturgy and Music Consultant for Science, Technology, and
the Christian Faith, Summer Conference on Theology and the Church, Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minnesota (July 26‑29, 1993).
“Living the Baptismal Life,” keynote for the
Parish Leadership Institute of the South Carolina Synod ELCA,
“The Living Tradition,” with Marty Haugen, for Living Faithfully through Worship,
Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, at Trinity Lutheran
Church and St. Henry’s Roman Catholic Church, Gresham, Oregon (October
10, 2003).
“Luther and the Psalms,” A Hymn Festival of the
Hymn Society in the
“Lutheran Worship, Its Shape and Structure,”
forums at
“The Lord’s Song in a
"Luther as Realist," response to Dr. Walter Bouman
for the
"Luther, Bach, and Hymnody,"
for
“Lutheran Liturgy and
Hymnody,” Emmanuel Lay
"Lutheran Worship and Music," for the Board of the
Association of
"Lutheran Worship in the American Milieu," Third
Annual Ministries Workshop, North Minneapolis Conference, ELCA Minneapolis Area
Synod (February 12, 1994).
“The Making of a 21st Century
Hymnal,” Concordia College, Bronxville, New York (October 3, 2008).
"Making Melody to the Lord," for the American
Guild of Organists Northwest Regional Convention, Yakima, Washington (June 30,
1993).
“Making Music Together, Two Workshops: Principles of Public Worship and Music, Relationship
of Church Musician to Clergy and Congregation,”
"The Mass‑‑Then and Now," for Bach B
Minor Festival, National Lutheran Choir,
“The Meaning and Structure of Worship,” forums
for
“The Meaning and Structure of Worship,” forums
for St. Phillip’s
“The Meaning of the Liturgy,” for
“Meaning What We Sing,” for the National
Association of Pastoral Musicians, Region II, St. James Cathedral,
“Megachurches, Passionate Worship and the
Liturgy,” Workshop for The Body of Christ, the 38th Southwest
Liturgical Conference Study Week, Dioceses of Galveston-Houston, Adam’s
Mark Hotel, Houston, Texas (January 20, 2000).
"Mercersburg and Music: A Preliminary
Investigation," for the Historical Symposium/Colloquy,
"The Ministry of the Church Musician," for the
Lutheran Yale Divinity Students,
"Models of Worship Planning," for the Association
of Lutheran Church Musicians, Chicago, United Lutheran Church, Oak Park,
Illinois (October 10, 1993), and for the Des Moines Chapter of the American
Guild of Organists, West End Diner, Des Moines, Iowa, (October 18, 1993).
"The Musician in the Church: Roles and Relationships," for the
1992 National Music
“Music and the Christian Assembly at Worship,”
for An Ecumenical Music and Worship
Congress,
“Music and the Church: Where We Are; Where We Have Been; The Role of Music and the Vocation of
the Church Musician; Who We Are and
What We Do,” four plenary lectures for The Church at Worship, Concordia
College, Portland, Oregon (July 30-August 1, 1995).
"Music as Expression of Faith," for The Arts as Expression
of Faith,
“Music
for Worship and Ecumenism: Three Modest Proposals,” for Ecumenism
Today, a conference to review the status of Christian unity and to provide
avenues for increased dialogue and interaction in the light of John Paul
II’s encyclical “Ut unum sint,” Viterbo University, La
Crosse, Wisconsin (May 25, 2005).
"Music in the Christian Life: Crises and Passages," for Kairos,
Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary,
“Music in the Early Church and Gregorian Chant,”
Presbyterian Church of the Apostles,
“Music in Our Two Traditions,” for the
Conference of the Anglican-Lutheran Society, Dominsel,
"Music in the
"Music in Worship," for the
"Music in Worship," plenary address for the United
Church of Christ, Kewanee, Illinois, Mission Council, followed by a choral
workshop and a hymn festival with the Elmhurst College Choir and Naomi Rowley,
organist, at First Congregational Church, Geneseo, Illinois (April 16, 1989).
"Music in Worship‑‑Historical Survey,"
for
“Music in Worship: Analytical Reflections,”
Intensive Course for the 1995 Midwinter Conference of the
“Music in Worship Today: An Overview of What’s
Happening,”
“The Music of Advent,” for the Advent Symposium,
Yale University Institute of Sacred Music,
"Music of the Merger," for
“Musical Art in Liturgy, Worship, and Devotion,”
plenary address for the joint conference of the Association of Lutheran Church
Musicians and the Leadership Program for Musicians, Trinity Seminary, Columbus,
Ohio (July 12, 2006).
“The Musical Impact of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy in Historical Context,”
NPM National Convention,
"Musicians and Clergy‑‑How Can We Work
Together Better," for the Wisconsin River Chapter of the American Guild of
Organists,
“Mystery in Worship,”
“A New Song: Reflections on Psalm 96” for the
Opening Service of the American Guild of Organists Region VI Convention,
Lawrence University Chapel, Appleton Wisconsin (June 22-26, 1997).
“The New Song,” Bertil E. Anderson Lecture
Series,
"New Sources for Worship: A Personal Reflection,"
for the Spring Symposium of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music,
"1990: Era
of Opposites," for the Hymn Society in the
“No Special Doctrinaire Schemes,” The Northcutt
Lecture,
“Non-Trivial Pursuits,” for the
"The Organist and Service Playing: Theses in
Paradox," for the
Organist for the Festival Eucharist of the Constituting
Convention of the
“Contemporary Christian Music,” Episcopal Parish
of St. David,
"Our Liturgy: Beyond 'Alternative' and 'Traditional'
Worship,"
“An Overview of Congregational Singing in Reformation
Streams,”
“Overview of Lutheran Worship Leading to Evangelical Lutheran Worship,
“An Overview of the ELW,” Special Interest
Sessions, Fling Wide the Gates, The
St. Olaf Conference on Worship, Music, and the Arts, St. Olaf College,
Northfield, Minnesota (July 22 and 24, 2008).
"Partners in Proclamation: Pastors &
Musicians," responses to the plenary addresses at the Region III (Midwest)
Conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, Wartburg
Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa (July 24‑27, 1988).
"Paschal Song: Hymns of Death and Resurrection,"
for the Institute of Liturgical Studies and Church Music Seminar,
“Pastors, Musicians, and Theological Currents,”
joint lecture for the St. Olaf Conferences on Theology and Music, St. Olaf
College, Northfield, Minnesota (July 20, 1998).
"The Pastor and Church Musician: Making Relationships
Work," for the 24th Annual Lectures in Church Music,
"People of Promise, People of Vision," keynote
plenary address for the 1991 National Conference of the Association of Lutheran
Church Musicians,
"Personal Outlook of the Church Musician," plenary
address for the Region VI Convocation of the American Guild of Organists, First
Congregational Church, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (June 17, 1991).
"Perspective on Clergy‑Musician
Partnerships," for the
"Planning Music and the Lectionary," for the
"Planning Worship as a Team in Smaller
Congregations," for the Lutheran Institute for Theological Education, the
Northwest Washington and Southwestern Washington Synods of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America and the Northwest District of the Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod at Trinity Lutheran Church and Pacific Lutheran University,
Tacoma, Washington (October 17, 1992).
“Planning,”
Workshop for the San Antonio Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Texas (April 16, 2005).
“Praise and Life Together,” for the Kansas City
Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral,
Kansas City, Missouri, celebrating the founding of the American Guild of
Organists in a service modeled after the one at St. Bartholomew’s Church,
New York City, 24 November 1896 (November 24, 1996).
Preachers’ Retreat, Cantor, following 2008
Presbyterian Hymnal Committee, Louisville, Kentucky
(September 22-23, 2008) – Lectures: The Landscape of Current Hymnody,
Working Together; Sermon, “Grace,” for the Commissioning
Eucharist..
"Proclaiming the Word in Sermon and in Song," for the
American Guild of Organists and the Episcopal Diocese of
“Psalm 90 through the Ears of Charles Ives and Ralph
Vaughan Williams,” Sacred Music on the Prairie, St. Mary’s Cathedral,
“Psalms and Hymns: Five Historical Snapshots,”
2004 Montreat Conferences on Worship and Music,
“Reaching Out without Dumbing Down,” worship
workshop for the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church,
“Recent Books on Worship and Music,” for the
North Iowa Forum, St
“Recipe for Integrity: A Church Musician’s Guide
for a Balanced Diet,” for the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild
of Organists, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church,
“Reformation Hymn Festival,” St. Mary’s
Catholic Church,
“Reformation Theologies of Music that Have Shaped
Us,”
"Responding to American Culture," panel member as
part of The American Influence on Worship at
“Relationships between Clergy, Musicians, and Lay
People,” for the
“Rhythms of Christian Worship,” two workshops at
“The Renewal of Worship—Making Worship the
“Rise, O Church,” for “Liturgy and the
“The Rhythms of the Church’s Worship,” for
Living Faithfully through Worship,
Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, at Trinity Lutheran
Church and St. Henry’s Roman Catholic Church, Gresham, Oregon (October
10, 2003).
“Rhythms of Worship,”
“Rhythms of Worship and With Tongues of Fire,”
all day workshop for the London Centre RCCO, St. Andrew’s
“Rise, O Church: Reflections on the Church, its Music,
and Empire,” five lectures, a Meditation, and a Sermon for the
Mississippi Conference on Church Music and Liturgy, Duncan M.
"The Role and Work of the Church Musician," for
the Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the
Paper Valley Hotel,
"The Role of the Cantor, with Special Reference to
Hymnody," for the Hymn Society of America 1988 Annual Conference, Bryn
Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (June 20, 1988).
“The Role of the Cantor,” for the 2005 Sacred
Music Summer Conference,
"The Role of the Church Musician," for a Church
Music Workshop at
“The Role of Music and the Musician in Worship,”
Our Savior’s
"The Role of the Person in the Pew," for
"Roles of Clergy, Musicians, and People: Working As One
Body," for the Indiana District Worship Workshop,
“The Saint John Passion and
St. Olaf Band Cathedral Concert, St. Andrew’s
"The Sacred, the Secular, and Church Music," for
the Reading (Pennsylvania) Regional Convention of the American Guild of
Organists (June 23, 1969).
"Schizoid or Coherent Worship: The Role of the Church
Musician," for the 1986‑1987 Convocation Lectures at Northern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
"Self‑Helps for Parish Music Programs: Panel
Discussion," for the
“Singing Our Faith,” Norman Mealy Music Memorial
Lectures, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,
“Singing Our Way Into New Life,” Adult Seminar,
“The
“Smallness and Historical Slices,” for the
Conference of the Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations,
"A Smothers Brothers History of the Church's
Song," for St. Peter United
“So Much to Sing About,” Commentary for Jaroslav
Vajda Hymn Festival with David Schak,
"Speaking Theologically About Church Music and Issues
Facing the Church Musician," for the
“Spirituality for Cathedral Musicians,” for the
Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians, The Basilica of
“Spirituality, Worship, and Music,” workshop
(and preacher) for
“The Story and the Song,” Sermon for Trinitarian
Congregational Church, The United
"Talking about Music Theologically," for the
Conference of Seminary Musicians, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (June 27,
1992).
“Te Deum: The Church and Music,” Church Organist
Workshop Series,
“Te Deum Laudamus: Church Music, the People’s Office,
Three Lectures. 1. Past: Participation or Audience; 2. Present: The People’s Song or Music to
Sell; 3. Future: Peril or Promise,” Trinity
Divinity Conference,
“Telling the Whole Story: a Workshop for Planning Music in
Worship,” Michigan Upper Peninsula sponsorship at
“Themes of Psalm 90 in Liturgical and Musical
Context,” Sacred Music on the Prairie, St. Mary’s Cathedral,
“Theological Basis for Self-Assertiveness,”
Association of
“Theological Perspectives on Congregational
Song,” Pre-Institute Seminar, for Saying
and Doing the Gospel Today: Ministry, Institute of Liturgical Studies:
Theology, Music, Practice, at
“Theological Unpacking of the ELW,” In-depth
seminar for Fling Wide the Gates, The
St. Olaf Conference on Worship, Music, and the Arts, St. Olaf College,
Northfield, Minnesota (July 21-25, 2008).
"Theology and Music in the Reformed and Lutheran
Traditions," for the Church Music Workshop,
"Theology, Music, Pastors, and Musicians," for the
Conferences on Theology and Music,
“Theology and Worship in the Context of Popular
Culture,” for the
"Three Lectures: Tensions in Worship, Theologies of
Music, Our Current Situation," Theology and Music Workshop,
"To Sing the Story," keynote address for the Twin
Cities chapter of the American Guild of Organists President's Day Workshop,
Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary,
“Tradition and Trajectory,” a workshop sponsored
by the Louisville Institute and the Mercersburg Society for a book on
Mercersburg and its implications for today (Westermeyer chapter on hymnody and
music), Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (March 31 -
April 1, 1995).
“Trends in Musical Worship Styles: What Has Staying
Power,”
“Trust the Arts to Speak,” Fellow, The Center
for the Arts and Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary,
“Uncommon, Common, and Holy Ground,” for the
Ninth Conference of Denominational Representatives sponsored by the
Professional Concerns Committee on Denominational Relations of the American
Guild of Organists, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois (April 21,
1997); the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists’ Opening
Meeting, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brookline, Massachusetts (September
28, 1997); and the 44th National Convention of the American Guild of
Organists, Hyatt Regency Denver Downtown, Denver, Colorado (June 30, 1998).
Village Musician and Teacher,
“The Vocation of the Pastoral
Musician,” four lectures with discussions: Setting the Context: The
Vocation of the Pastoral Musician; Rooted in Baptism: Our Priestly Anointing;
Rooted in Baptism: Our Prophetic Anointing; Rooted in Baptism: Our Royal
Anointing, for the NPM 2004 Colloquium,
Key Bridge Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Virginia (February 1-3, 2004).
“Vocations: Church Musicians, Clergy, Choirs, and
People,” for the
“The Voice of the People: Peril and Promise,”
for St. Olaf Lutheran Church Adult Forums,
“We Sing Our ‘Common Praise: With One
Voice’: An Anglican/Lutheran
Hymn Fest,” St. Laurence Anglican Church,
“What’s Going On, and Who Are We?”
workshop for Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church,
“What Is a Hymn Heritage?” for The 85th
Anniversary Conference of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada,
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario (July 16, 2007).
“Why
Advent?”, two forums for
“Why Sing?”, forum for Trinitarian Congregational
Church, The United Church of Christ,
“Why We Sing,” What We Sing,” and
“What We Might Sing,” three plenary lectures for “Singing and
Faith Formation III,” The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada,
co-sponsored by The Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario Chapter of the United
Church of Canada Association of Musicians, The Hymn/Worship Committee of the
Winnipeg Presbytery, The Faculty of Theology at The University of Winnipeg
(June 8-10, 2000).
Wichita American Guild of Organists Clergy‑Musician
program: preacher for "A Service of Worship and Praise" and panel
member for a discussion of current issues related to worship and music, East
Heights United Methodist Church, Wichita, Kansas (May 8‑9, 1992).
“What’s Lutheran in Worship,” for the
Lutheran Campus Ministry of Minnesota Mini-Conference, Luther Seminary,
“What Music Shall We Use in Worship?” for St.
Olaf Lutheran Church,
“What We Sing at Worship and Why,” for Christ
the
“Why We Sing,” Workshop for the
"Wine and the People of God,"
for
"With High Delight," for Worship and Its Music: A
Church Music Seminar,
“With Tongues of Fire: A Hymn Festival,” First
United
Workshop on Congregational Song, for the Synodical Worship
Leaders Network Meeting,
Workshop and Hymn Festival with
Workshop and Hymn Festival with
“Worship,” Adult Forum, Cross of
“The Worship and Oratorio Traditions of the Church:
Distinctions,” for Worship Matters: A Symposium on Preaching, Music,
and Worship Leadership, The United Church of Canada, University of Western
Ontario, London, Ontario (June 15, 2007).
Worship and Music Planning for the Lent and Easter Seasons,
for the Cannon River Conference Pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, Saint Ansgar's Lutheran Church, Cannon Falls, Minnesota (February 11,
1993).
Worship and Music Workshop with Mons Teig for the
Northwestern Minnesota Synod Conference 9 Spring Gathering at Vining Lutheran
Church, Vining, Minnesota (April 21, 1991).
“Worship and Renewal,” Workshop for Southwestern
Minnesota Synod Assembly,
“Worship and Renewal: Biblical and Theological Themes
in Relation to Worship,” for the Conference on Liturgy, “A new
Creation: Liturgy and Truth,”
“Worship,
Resources and Rhythms,” Forum for
Worship and Teaching: Two Workshop, “The Whole, The
Parts,” for the Parish Leadership Institute of the
"Worship and Trivial Pursuits," for
“Worship:
Entertainment?” for the
"Worship Is Central," two lectures for the
"Worship Life of the Church in 18th Century
"Worship, Music, and Evangelism," for
“Worship,
Music, and Visioning,” Our Savior’s
"Worship, Pastoral Care and the Arts:
Connections," for the Ministry in Pastoral Care and Social Change Spring
Seminar, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota (May 10,
1991).
"Worship Planning Seminar: Members of One Body Planning
for Worship," for the American Guild of Organists and the
“Worship Resources and Changes,” Continuing
Education Forum,
“Worship Space:
An Historical Overview,” for
“Worship, Three Lectures: General Themes, The
Reformation, Lutherans in
"Worship Workshop Choral Reading Session," for the
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Worship and Music Convocation (Methodist),
"Worship's Lively Tensions," three historical
lectures for
"Worship I" and "Worship II," interest
sessions for the Choral Conductors Guild 1994 National Convention,
“Worshipping God with Who We Are,” Worship
Renewal Conference, Blooming Grove Reformed Church,
“Worthy Is the Lamb: Moravian Worship and Music in
Ecumenical Context,” for the Moravian Interprovincial Convocation and Worship
Conference, Eastern
"Writing and Negotiating Contracts in the Context of
the Church Musician's Role," for the Northwest Indiana Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists at Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Oak Lawn,
Illinois (February 13, 1990).
“You Are Not of the Flesh,”
XII. Editing
Consulting and proofing for the Book of Worship,
The
Hymn,
January, 1985, through December, 1990.
Consulting for the Hymnal Supplement 1991.
Consulting for Worship
Third Edition: A Hymnal for Roman Catholics.
Paper Series for the Association of
Parish Education
Series: Study Guides relating to Music and Worship for the Association of Lutheran Church
Musicians.
Proofing for the Companion to With One Voice (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1995), February,
2000.
Reviews by Carl Schalk of "Easter Choral Music Based on
Hymn Tunes," The Hymn, 32:4
(October, 1981), pp. 248‑251.
Reviews by Frederick H. Telschow of "Christmas Choral
Music Related to Hymns." The Hymn, 33:3 (July, 1982), pp. 188‑190.
Reviews by Maurice Skones of "General Choral Music
Based on Hymn Tunes," The Hymn,
33:1 (January, 1982), pp. 53‑56.
Reviews by Michael Surratt of "Handbell Music Based on
Hymn Tunes." The Hymn, 33:2 (April, 1982), pp. 114‑117.
Reviews by Naomi Rowley of "Organ Music Based on Hymn
Tunes." The Hymn, 33:4 (October, 1982), pp. 259‑261.
XIII. Bibliography
Jahrbuch
für Liturgik und Hymnologie: North American Bibliographer, 1982 - 1995.
XIV.
Harmonizations
SONG 1
IN DULCI JUBILO
ERHALT UNS, HERR
THE SAINTS' DELIGHT
EBENEZER
KIRKEN DEN ER GAMMELT HUS
the above in Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes by 100 American Composers, ed. D.
DeWitt Wasson (Chapel Hill: Hinshaw Music, 1986).
XV. Unpublished
Intonations, Introductions, Harmonizations, Settings, Descants (composed for particular occasions,
usually in worship services)
ADESTE FIDELES
ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH SEI ER
ANDREW’S SONG (2)
ANGELUS
AN WASSERFLÜSSEN
THE ASH GROVE
ATKINSON
AUF, AUF MEIN HERZ (2)
BALM IN
BARONITA (2)
BEACH SPRING
BEREDEN VAEG FOER HERRAN
BERGLUND
BRIGHT JOINING (tune and harmonizations)
BRYN CALFARIA
CAMROSE
CANONBURY
CAROL
CARRBORO
CAS RODOSTI
CASTLEWOOD
CENTRAL
CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN (2)
CHRIST UNSER HERR
COENI DOMINI
CONSOLATION
CRADLE SONG
CWM
DARKNESS (tune and harmonization)
DEN BLOMERSTID NU KOMMEN (3)
DEN SIGNEDE DAG (2)
DIE GUELDNE SONNE
DISTLER
DISTRESS (2)
DONATA
DOWN AMPNEY
DUNLAP’S CREEK (2)
DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST
DU SOM GAAR UD
EARTH AND ALL STARS
EASTER HYMN
EIN FESTE BURG (5)
ELLACOMBE
ENGELBERG (2)
ES IST DAS HEIL
THE FIRST NOWELL
FOUNDATION
FREUEN WIR UNS ALL IN EIN
FREUET EUCH, IHR CHRISTEN (5)
FREUT EUCH, IHR LIEBEN (2)
GAUDEAMUS IGITUR
GELOBET SEI GOTT
GLORIA (4)
GO TELL IT
GOTT DER VATER WOHN UNS BEI
GOTT DES HIMMELS (2)
GOTT SEI GELOBET UND GEBENEDEIET
GRANTON
GREENSLEEVES
GROSSER GOTT (4)
GUDS MENIGHED SYNG
HARLECH
HERZLICH TUT
HEUT TRIUMPHIERET GOTTES SOHN
HOLY MANNA
HYFRYDOL (2)
HYMN TO JOY (2)
ICH HEB MEIN AUGEN SEHNLICH AUF
ICH STERBE TÄGLICH
IN BABILONE (2)
IN DIR IST FREUDE
IN DULCI JUBILO
IST GOTT FÜR
ITALIAN HYMN
JAG ER SAA GLAD
JESUS, I LONG FOR THY BLESSED COMMUNION