About the Center
Beginnings, foundations, purpose and activities
From the Director
News about the Center and its work
Profiles in American Lutheran Church Music
Video interviews and PDF essays profiling influential church musicians including Philip Gehring, Ralph C. Schultz, Paul Bouman and Walter Pelz
Essays (written by Victor Gebauer) on
Martin J. Bangert, Jan Bender, M. Alfred Bichsel and others. More interviews are planned.
Conversations
Video presentations of dialogs and panel discussions on various topics in church music.
Devotions on the Hymn of the Week
Written by clergy and laity, designed for multiple uses such as personal devotions and meetings.
Reflections
Paul Westermeyer on music, worship and theology.
Perspectives
Carl Schalk on church music.
Discoveries
Designed to bring attention to resources for planning worship and music in the Lutheran church, written by musicians such as
Scott Hyslop.
Publications
Printed monographs and book projects:
The first three monographs in the
"Shaping American Lutheran Church Music"
series have been published and disseminated to U.S. Lutheran seminaries and universities. They are also available for sale through the
Prelude and Fugue on the Life of Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth (1845-1925)
-Robert D. Hawkins
August Crull and the Story of the Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book 1912
-Jon D. Vieker
The Precious Gift: The Hymns, Carols, and Translations of Henry L. Lettermann
-Scott M. Hyslop
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If you would like to visit to the Center you need to make prior arrangements with either Steven Wente or me.
Barry L. Bobb
(Barry Bobb began work as Director of the Center in May, 2013)