Luther wrote several, worked on their tunes, and helped publish them. Today, many of the Lutheran chorales are familiar as hymns used in Protestant churches, sung in four-voice harmony. When he worked ...

O come, O come, Emmanuel is a Christian hymn for Advent and Christmas. Originally written in Latin (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), its haunting melody goes back as far as 15th-century France. Wachet auf is a ...

The Rev. Stephen Starke, 55, of Bay City, is pastor at St. John Amelith Lutheran Church and the author of 175 hymns. Where do you get inspiration for your hymns? Sometimes the inspiration comes as ...

Keillor explains the difficulties of keeping a music director at the nearby Holy Trinity Lutheran church. Lutherans have a wonderful history of congregational hymn singing. And Luther himself said ...

Drummer Jarle Vespestad, vocalist Simin Tander and pianist Tord Gustavsen adapted Norwegian Lutheran hymns and translated them into Pashto for their new album "What was said." The trio will ...

The choir, made up of women and two men from the Lutheran-established mission, is now taking the songs back to Germany for a performance tour. The hymns are sung mostly in the local languages of ...