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Liturgy Settings in The
Service Hymnal: A Lutheran Homecoming
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SETTINGS OF LITURGY
Includes two retro settings to
bring back memories and help in the Lutheran identity by learning about where we
come from in the heritage. These settings also connect to Luther and his
experience at St. Mary's Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
 The
First Setting
The Common Service of the Lutheran Church
Liturgy is featured in four-part, and unison
lines include the full score in the pew edition also.
The First Setting is an updated version of the (Anglican Chant) Lutheran
Common Service, used for over 200 years in the ELCA traditions.
This setting has been known as the Common
Service in Lutheran circles since Lutherans began using an order of
worship based on Martin Luther’s masses in the 1500’s. In this country,
Lutheran settlers began borrowing music and chants from the Episcopal Church
beginning in the 1700’s. Much of this music was integrated with existing
Lutheran liturgical music, and was used in many of the independent Lutheran
synods around the USA. The updated form prepared here for TSH uses music
familiar to Lutherans through the years, and has several pieces added.
Longtime members will recognize the melodies, while newcomers will be
enabled to learn the chants and texts from the heritage. Congregations can
re-learn four-part harmony and chanting with repetition.
The piece playing is Bach's Sanctus from
First Setting.
The
Second Setting
The Continental Setting
REGINA H. FRYXELL
1899-1993
Many of us sang Regina's music on Sundays, but never knew who
she was or what she had written. However, her music stirred our souls to the
point that many can remember her melodies even today. The music tugs at
your heart.
Regina H. Fryxell was a daughter of a Swedish Lutheran
minister, and was married to Fritiof Fryxell- who had scaled and named the
Grand Teton's of Wyoming. Together, they taught at Augustana
College-Rock Island. He had founded the Geology department, and she was a
professor of English, French, and taught music. She managed to juggle running
a household, being the mother of three, teaching, playing organ on Sunday at
her Lutheran church, and still had time to write the SECOND SETTING! It
took her ten years to write the setting which she began in 1948, and finished
in early 1958. Many feel that the music reflected her life- which was
full of joy and tragedy. The Fryxell's lost two of their sons to terrible
tragedies, and many who knew her feel this loss reflected in some of the
haunting melodies of SECOND SETTING. Still today, mention the red hymnal
to anybody who remembers it, and they will say SECOND SETTING was their
favorite. Regina wrote an update of her melodies for the green book Setting
Three, but the committee which produced the hymnal in 1978 -didn't use
them. The Service Hymnal features three of these pieces from her work
in the 1970's for the LBW. These are featured in the ADDITIONAL SERVICE
MUSIC section. We gratefully thank Augsburg Fortress for the permission
to use the original setting from the 1963 Organist's Edition of the Liturgy
from Service Book and Hymnal.
Click here to hear Regina's Plainsong Gloria
The
Third Setting
The New Holy Communion
Composed by Sharon Elery Rogers, noted handbell
composer nationwide
Ms. Rogers is an outstanding church
musician in Florida, and has played pipe organ in ELCA churches. She
helped introduce the LBW to many Michigan congregations in the
1970's. She
has also won many awards from such associations as ASCAP and others. As a
woman composer she has made a dent in music.
The
Fourth Setting
The Bach Liturgy of Holy Communion
Setting by Wesley Broderius
Featuring the melodies of Bach's famous works.
The
Fifth Setting:
The Ecumenical Setting
Music by Calvert Shenk and James G. Sucha
A setting using the Roman Catholic Mass of St. Theresa music
wrapped around Catholic and Lutheran responses used in the early Lutheran
church during the time of Luther.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE MUSIC SECTION features music from other
denominations, and other liturgical pieces that can be used in the service.
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