Monday, May 21, 2012

Lutheran Reformation Hymn Resources



Thanks for this list of hymn resources - http://www.goodshepherd.nb.ca/Seasonal/Reformation/

Selected Lutheran Reformation Hymns
(The link under the hymn number is to the text (LH), the link under "tune" is to the MIDI (LH), and under MP3 is to a choir recording (LHS).  Unless otherwise indicated, many of the texts below are by Martin Luther.)
Reformation

  • A Mighty Fortress - TLH 262 (tune) MP3 / LW 297 (tune) / LW 298 (tune)
  • Flung to the Heedless Winds - TLH 259 (tune)
    • A Ballad to commemorate the martyrdom of two young Augustinian monks, Heinrich Voes and Johann Esch, in the early days of the Lutheran Reformation who had been condemned to death and burned at the stake in Brussels on June 30, 1523, because of their Lutheran faith. (All 12 original verses, from MusicaNet)
  • Lord, Keep us Steadfast in Your Word - TLH 261 (tune) / LW 334 (tune)
  • If God had not been on our side - TLH 267 (tune)
  • O Lord look down from Heaven behold - TLH 260 (tune)
  • Law and Gospel (both by Matthias Loy) :
    • The Law of God is Good and Wise - TLH 295 (tune) / LW 329 (tune)
    • The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace - TLH 297 (tune) / LW 330 (tune)
        • These two hymns, showing the distinction between the two great teachings of the Bible - the Law and the Gospel, or God's Commands and His Promises (See Romans 3-4), can be sung separately or as one hymn, alternating verses (as suggested in LW).
  • Preserve Thy Word, O Savior (Andreas Gryphius) - TLH 264 (tune) MP3 / LW 337 (tune)
  • Thine Honor Save, O Christ, Our Lord (Johann Hermann) - TLH 265 (tune)
  • O God, our Lord, Thy Holy Word (auth. unknown, 1527) - TLH 266 (tune) / LW 341 (tune)
Church Year
  • Advent : Saviour of the Nations, Come - TLH 95 (tune) / LW 13 (tune)
  • Christmas : From Heaven Above - TLH 85 (tune) / LW 37 (tune)
  • Easter : Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands - TLH 195 (tune) / LW 123 (tune)
  • Pentecost : We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost - TLH 231 (tune) MP3/ LW 155 (tune)
Hymn versions of portions of The Divine Service
(that is, the Communion Liturgy / the Evangelical Mass)
  • Invocation : We now implore God the Holy Ghost (see above, under Church Year)
  • Gloria in Excelcis : All Glory be to God Alone - TLH 238 (tune) / LW 210 (tune)
  • Sanctus : Isaiah Mighty Seer of Old - TLH 249 (tune) / LW 214 (tune)
  • Nunc Dimmitis : In Peace and Joy I Now Depart - TLH 137 (tune) / LW 185 (tune)
  • Benediction : May God bestow on us His grace - TLH 500 (tune) / LW 288 (tune)
The Catechism: Lord, Help us ever to retain (Ludvig Helmbold) - TLH 288 (tune) / LW 477 (tune)
  • The 10 Commandments : That Man a Godly Life Might Live - TLH 287 (tune) / LW 331 (tune)
  • The Nicene Creed : We All Believe in One True God - TLH 251 (tune) 252 (tune) / LW 213 (tune)
  • The Lord's Prayer : Our Father, Thou in Heaven above - TLH 458 (tune) MP3 / LW 431 (tune)
  • Holy Baptism : To Jordan Came the Christ our Lord - LW 223 (tune) (alt source at CH)
  • Confession : From Depth of Woe I Cry to Thee (Ps 130) - TLH 329 (tune) / LW 230 (tune)
    • The Office of the Keys : Yea, as I Live, Jehovah Saith (Nikolaus Herman) - TLH 331 (tune) / LW 235 (tune)
  • The Sacrament of the Altar : O Lord, We Bless Thee - TLH 313 (tune) / LW 238 (tune)
    • Jesus Christ, our Blessed Saviour (John Huss) - LW 236-237 as one hymn, alternating verses (tune) (alt source at CH)
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