Video of First Class on Music in the Church

Music in the Church, Part I, Vimeo from William Wingfield on Vimeo.

      This class is the first of seven Adult Bible Classes on music in the church, with a focus on music in Lutheran worship. We will be covering one period a week. The first week covered how the Bible describes singing and music, chant, the beginnings of polyphony, musical notation, congregational singing. There are several links on the right that connect to helpful sites that will help you dig deeper into the class topics.
      The course uses many materials provided by Thrivent's series, "500 Years of Lutheran Music" This website has the material that Thrivent published originally as "Celebrating the Musical Heritage of the Lutheran Church."

Next week's period will be the 16th century, the Reformation century.