(Dennis Marzolf,
Harry Bartels, and Mark DeGarmeaux-??includes
related links)
ELH Handbook -- Online Draft only
ELH Agenda -- Online Draft only -- NEW
7/19/02!!!
Psalm Paraphrases (incomplete listing)
Scripture Quotations, Prayers, and Poems
Links:
RESOURCES FOR
EASTER VIGIL! (Download these five files!)
Vigil.Template.rtf Exultet1.pdf Exultet2.pdf Exultet3.pdf Exultet4.pdf
ELH Midi files
(a beginning, thanks to Eric Lukens)
The Lutheran Hymnal midi project(many settings are the same in ELH)
Related articles:
A
Review of the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (from the Lutheran Church-Canada)
Why is the Lutheran Church a Liturgical Church?
A CONFESSIONAL
ANTHOLOGY (Compiled by David Jay Webber)
The Path of Understanding -- The Development of
Lectionaries and their use in the Lutheran Church by Pastor Alexander Ring
The Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary was compiled by the worship committee of the Evangelical Lutheran
Synod, a group of pastors and congregations who trace their theological and
denominational lineage through the Norwegian immigration of the nineteenth
century to the Danish/Norwegian Reformation of the sixteenth century.
The ELH represents a
marriage of two American Lutheran traditions of worship. It bears the imprint
of the Lutheran Hymnary of 1913, a work produced
for use by the various Norwegian groups in the country at that time, and The
Lutheran Hymnal of 1941, prepared by a committee
from the Synodical Conference, with the influential leadership of the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod.
The book is built around the historic calendar of the
Christian Church, with hymns arranged according to the topics or themes of the
Sundays and Festivals of the Church Year.
The hymns have been drawn from many sources, but the
Lutheran chorale is the heart of the book. The chorale appears in both the
melodic and harmonic forms, and the rhythmic melodies of Luther, Walter and
Praetorius appear alongside the isorhythmic harmonic settings of Bach,
Telemann, Lindeman and others.
Many of the hymns retain the flavor of the
"classic" translations of Massie, Winkworth, Døving, etc. In some
instances the committee altered the texts in an attempt to more accurately
reflect the original. The complete poetry of most of the chorales has been
restored where other editors have deleted verses.
New translations of chorales and other hymns appear in the
work as well. The large number of hymns from the Danish-Norwegian chorale
tradition are a worthy heritage for English speaking Lutherans, and many of
them appear in the ELH alone among the hymnals produced in recent decades.
The book has four forms for the Divine Service, as well as
Prime, Matins, Vespers, and Compline. Psalms are pointed to be sung according
to melodies derived from the old Gregorian tones. The Augsburg Confession and
the Small Catechism are also included.
It is our hope that the book will find a home in many pews,
schools, and Christian households. We also trust that it will serve as a
resource book for those who wish to study the traditions of Lutheran worship.
The book may be purchased from MorningStar Music in St.
Louis, MO (800-647-2117-phone; 314-647-2777-fax) or the Bethany Bookstore at
Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN (507-344-7346-phone; 507-344-7376-fax; bookstor@blc.edu).
Send comments to: gargy@blc.edu