Difficult Hymns That Are Not Difficult
As I was reading the Blessings of Weekly Communion today, I had a flashback to the Organist Workshop I attended last summer at Concordia Theological Seminary. One of the sessions we had with Kantor Resch was on the hymnody of Luther. During that hour we discussed a number of Luther’s hymns and ranked the relative [...]
Singing Difficult Hymns
It is unfortunate that many of Luther’s hymns and other Lutheran chorales have fallen out of use in the typical Lutheran congregation. I have been told more than once that those old chorales are difficult to sing. My response: These hymns have to be taught to be appreciated. Otherwise we get in [...]
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