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Organ Chorales of Samuel Scheidt: Forty-Nine Practical Settings
This new edition of Samuel Scheidts chorales matches the keys, notes, and rhythms of current hymnals while remaining faithful to Scheidts musical intent.
The passage of time hasn’t dulled the craftsmanship and creativity in the chorales of Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654). Nearly four centuries after they were first published, the settings still sparkle with innovative harmonies and exuberant rhythmic flourishes. Over time, some of these chorales have changed in common usage from how they were originally published in 1650. This new edition of Samuel Scheidt’s chorales, edited by Steven Rhode, matches the keys, notes, and rhythms of current hymnals while remaining faithful to Scheidt’s musical intent.
The chorales included in this book are those that are still in common use. The settings vary in complexity. Some serve admirably as hymn intonations or varied accompaniments. Others are better suited to enriching and enlivening the ancillary music of the day. All possess the musical integrity and inventiveness that make them worthy for use during worship.
About the Editor
Steven Rhode is the organist at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaseburg, Wisconsin. He served for more than thirty years as a Lutheran elementary teacher and as a director of music for church and school congregations in Wisconsin and California. Steven has published works through several publishers and composed many unpublished a cappella pieces for the choirs he directed.
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An Wasserflüssen Babylon | |
Christ lag in Todesbanden | |
In dulci jubilo | |
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren | |
| Number of Pages | 80 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780758661081 |
| Occasions | Advent, All Saints' Day, Ascension, Baptism, Baptism of Our Lord, Beginning of Service, Canticle, Children's Song, Christian Life, Christmas, Church, Church Militant, Close of Service, Confession and Absolution, Confirmation, Easter, Education, End Times, Epiphany, Faith, Family, Festival, Funeral, Good Friday, Holy Week, Hope and Comfort, Invocation, Justification, Lent, Liturgical Music, Lord's Supper, Maunday (Holy) Thursday, Mission and Witness, New Year, Ordination and Installation, Pentecost, Praise and Adoration, Prayer, Presentation of Our Lord, Psalm, Redeemer, Reformation Day, Sanctification, Travel, Trinity, Trust, Word of God |
| Instrumentation | Organ |
| Music List | 2018 |
| Music Difficulty | Medium |
| Collection Content | A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth; A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; All Glory Be to God on High; Christ Is Arisen; Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands; Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord; Draw Us to Thee; For Me to Live Is Jesus; From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee; From God Can Nothing Move Me; From Heaven Above to Earth I Come; I Trust, O Christ, in You Alone; In God, My Faithful God; In Peace and Joy I Now Depart; In the Very Midst of Life; Isaiah, Mighty Seer in Days of Old; Let All Together Praise Our God; Let Me Be Thine Forever; Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain; Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word; May God Bestow on Us His Grace; My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker; Now Sing We, Now Rejoice; O God, Our Lord, Your Holy Word; O Jesus So Sweet, O Jesus So Mild; O Lord, Look Down from Heaven; O Lord, We Praise Thee; O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright; O Sacred Head, Now Wounded; Oh, Blest the House; Our Father, Who from Heaven Above; Salvation unto Us Has Come; Savior of the Nations, Come; The Day Is Surely Drawing Near; The Only Son from Heaven; These Are the Holy Ten Commands; To God the Anthem Raising; To God the Holy Spirit Let Us Pray; To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord; Triune God, Be Thou Our Stay; Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying; We All Believe in One True God; We Praise You, Jesus, at Your Birth; When in the Hour of Deepest Need |
| Authors | Samuel Scheidt |
| Music Setting Composers | Samuel Scheidt |
| Music Tune Composers | Johann Walter; Louis Bourgeois; Martin Luther; Melchior Vulpius; Nicolaus Decius; Nicolaus Herman; Philipp Nicolai; Wolfgang Dachstein; Wolfgang Figulus |
| Tune Names | ACH GOTT UND HERR, ACH GOTT, VOM HIMMEL SIEH DAREIN, ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH, ALLEIN ZU DIR, HERR JESU CHRIST, AN WASSERFLÜSSEN BABYLON, AUF MEINEN LIEBEN GOTT, AUS TIEFER NOT, CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN, CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN, CHRIST, UNSER HERR, CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN, EIN FESTE BURG, ERHALT UNS, HERR, ES IST DAS HEIL UNS KOMMEN HER, ES IST GEWISSLICH AN DER ZEIT, ES WOLLE GOTT UNS GNÄDIG SEIN, GELOBET SEIST DU, JESU CHRIST, GOTT DER VATER, WOHN UNS BEI, GOTT SEI GELOBET UND GEBENEDEIET, HELFT MIR GOTT'S GÜTE PREISEN, HERR CHRIST, DER EINIG GOTTS SOHN, HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS, HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN, IN DULCI JUBILO, IN GOTTES NAMEN FAHREN WIR, JESAIA, DEM PROPHETEN, KOMM, HEILIGER GEIST, HERRE GOTT, LOB GOTT GETROST MIT SINGEN, LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN, MIT FRIED UND FREUD, MITTEN WIR IM LEBEN SIND, NUN BITTEN WIR, NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND, NUN LOB, MEIN SEEL, O HERRE GOTT, O JESULEIN SÜSS, VATER UNSER, VOM HIMMEL HOCH, VON GOTT WILL ICH NICHT LASSEN, WACHET AUF, WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN SEIN, WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET, WIR GLAUBEN ALL (Metrical), WO GOTT ZUM HAUS |
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