(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, available by sending
an email to mailto:gargy@blc.edu)
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