The Order of Holy Communion Musical Setting by Healey Willan Authorized by the Commission on Worship, Liturgics, and Hymnology of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod Concordia Publishing House Saint Louis, Missouritroduction When The Lutheran Hymnal was published in 1941 many rejoiced be- se it was now possible to worship in any of our churches throughout the rth American continent and yet use the same Liturgy. However, within hort time worshipers began to complain about monotony and the deaden- ‘effect produced by the use of the same setting year in and year out. addition, from the very beginning, church musicians and others criticized th the lack of unity of style as well as the quality of some of the music the Service. Laymen often complained that the settings were too high J that they were not able to sing with ease and enthusiasm. ‘These complaints and criticisms continued to come with increasing reg- rity, and there has been agitation on the part of laymen, church musicians, 1 pastors for something different. Some would replace the Liturgy itself fn free forms, Others would mutilate the Liturgy by omitting parts. St ers sought different solutions. Unfortunately, none of the methods tried ve the problem. When used by thoughtful worshipers, The Liturgy is never notonous. While it is true that the Ordinary of the Service is the same mm Sunday to Sunday (except for certain seasonal changes), itis also true tthe Propers of the Service, which change from week to week, not only wide the specific themes for the day but also give new and varying em- uses {0 the unchanging parts of the Service. For example, on Christmas, ster, and Pentecost a thoughtful worshiper will sing the Gloria in Excelsis J the other parts of the Ordinary with different thoughts in mind and in ifferent spirit because of the different emphases and themes on these three sis. This in itself would be reason enough for providing different musical tings of the Service. Why should the same musical setting be used on ent Sunday, on Christmas Day, on Good Friday, on Easter Sunday, and ‘a Day of Humiliation and Prayer, when in each case the spirit and char- er of the day varies so greatly? ‘Thoughtful Christians thus realize that s not the text but rather the musical setting of the Liturgy which needs ety. ‘Throughout the history of the Christian Church it has been the practice the Church to use a variety of musical settings for the Ordinary of the vice. Most of the great, and many of the lesser, composers of the Church ve composed settings of the Ordinary — {rom the numerous Gregorian tings in unison to the many-voiced settings of di Lasso, Palestrina, Byrd, xtehude, Bach, and the contemporary settings by Vaughan Williams, ster, Poulenc, and others. tis in keeping with the best traditions of the Lutheran Church to vary , musical settings of the Service and to provide settings which fit the son, For various reasons this tradition has not been followed in the Lu- ran churches in America, However, complaints and criticisms of the esent musical setting indicate that the time is ripe for a return to a more althy tradition of the Lutheran Church. Therefore, in the spirit of the pric “The music of the Service is not a part of the Liturgy and may be ered as circumstances permit or require” (The Lutheran Liturgy, p. 418), , music editors of Concordia Publishing House, in conjunction with the smbers of the Commission on Worship, Liturgies, and Hymnology, com- ind to our churches the two new musical settings of the Service by Healey llan and Jan Bender. May they be used in the spirit of Christian liberty glorify Christ and to edify His body, the Chureh. Eastertide 1959 ‘Water E. Buszin, Chairman Commission on Worship, Liturgics, and Hymnology pyright 1959 by ncordia Publishing House Louis, Missouri ernational Copyright Secured | Righis Reserved PLETE Music EDITioN 97-1433, roby nition FoR CiloiRs AND CONGREGATION 97-6321 raved and Printed in the United States of America Suggestions for Teaching the Congregation In order to make it possible for a congregation 10 learn the musie of the Service and to follow intelligently, ‘a small melody edition, the same size as The Lutheran Hymnal, is available. "In addition to supplying each member of the congregation with a copy (which may be pasted into the front part of the hymnal), we sug- ‘gest the following possibilities for teaching the music to the congregation 1, Teach the music to all of the choirs. The choirs should learn the music so thoroughly that they can sing it from memory. 2. Teach the music to the day school children and the older Sunday school children. 3. Teach the music at meetings of youth organiza- tions, men’s clubs, voters’ assemblies, ladies’ organiza- tions, couples’ clubs, ete. 44, Conduct congregational rehearsals after services for at some other convenient time. These should be no longer than 10 minutes. At such rehearsals the choir and organ should lead. Follow this procedure: a) Begin with something short, like the Kyrie. ) Choir sings the Kyrie once with organ accom- paniment, ©) Choir sings the Kytie twice without accompani- ment, 4) Ask the congregation to join the choir in sing- jing the Kyrie with organ accompaniment. ©) Ask the women and children to sing the Kyrie with the treble voices of the choir and organ accompaniment. 1) Ask the men of the congregation to sing the Kyrie with male voices of the choir and organ accompaniment. 8) Ask the entire congregation to sing the Kyrie with choir and organ. hh) Ask the congregation to sing the Kyrie with organ, without choir. i) Repeat this procedure with the other parts of the Service at succeeding congregational re- hearsals. i) Keep the rehearsal moving at a brisk pace. 5. On longer sections, like the Gloria in Excelsis, begin with @ part of it and follow the procedure out lined above. 6. While the congregation is learning the music, the choirs and children may sing the new setting for a month or two. It is very important that the majority of the con- gregation know the new setting well before using it in ice, so that it is successful the first time it Eastertide 1959 Epwaro W. KLAMMERTHE ORDER OF HOLY COMMUNION A Hymn of Invocation of the Holy Ghost or another Hymn may be sung The Congregation shall rise, and the Minister shall say: In the name of the Father and of the * Son and of the Holy Ghost. The Congregation shall say: Amen. THE PREPARATORY SERVICE The Preparatory Service shall be spoken Then shall be said ‘THE CONFESSION OF SINS Minister: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God, our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness. All may kneel V: Our help is in the name of the Lord. ': Who made heaven and earth. Vs: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord. BY: And Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Then the Minister and the Congregation shall say: © almighty God, merciful Father, 1, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto ‘Thee all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended Thee and justly deserved Thy temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray Thee of Thy boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being, Then the Minister shall pronounce the Absolution: Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the °K Son and of the Holy Ghost. BY: Amen, Then all shall stand to she close of the Collect. Then shall be chanted ‘Tue IntROITThen shall be chanted by the Minister and the Congregation THe Kyrie b, Ss = hah eS pia isa SS ag t met - cy up - t poesia, Christ, have i - cy oup- on Ky - th - e e : ke- i - sm, Chri ere eee + have = met - Gy up» on —_ ios e ee = ‘Then shall be chanted THE GioriA IN EXcELsIS except from Septuagesima to the end of Passiontide and during she season of Advent. But the Gloria in Bxcelsis shall. be sung on Festivals, shough not on Sundays, even during these seasons. a2 a ie on fl peace, good — will toward men. We — Eee = ia f f ee, we — wor-ship Thee, we — glo-ti - fy Thee, Sy ee praise we giveFa-ther Al - mighe- y. © Lord, the on - ly- be-got-ten Son, Je~ sus Christ, © Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the f ther, that _tak-est a-way the o r sin of the world, have mer- cy up-on—— us, Thou that tak-est_ a- way the - sin of the world, te - ceive our prayer. Thou that sit test. atthe a a r right hand of God the Fa - thet, have = mer - cy up- onus. 2 2For Thou— on - ly att ho - ly, Thou on- ly art___ the on - ly, O Christ, with the Ho - — ly Ghost, are most | od — tT = the = Fa - ther. A - Then shall be chanted ‘THE SALUTATION ——=_ 7, : The Lord be with you. Ry: And with thy spir - it. Then shall the Minister chant ‘Tue Coutecr For THE Day V: Let us pray. Then shall follow the Collect for the Day Lord. Thou high in the tr men.Then shall the Congregation be seated Then shall follow Tue Epistie The Minister shall announce the Epistle in the following form: The Epistle for... is written in the... chapter of beginning at the verse: Then shall be chanted ‘THE GrapuaL. The Gradual ended, the Congregation shall rise for THE GosPEL The Minister shall announce the Gospel for the Day: ‘The Holy Gospel is writeen in the chapter of St... beginning at the verse: Congregation: a9 to Thee, ‘The Gospel ended, the Congregation shall chant: ee 5Then shall be chanted ‘THe NiceNE CREED Minister Choir and Congregation "a_i the Fa- ther Al-might- y, I be-lieve in one God, — ~ aa hheav-en and earth and of all things i- ble and in- vis - ep re r ‘And in one Lord Je- sus Christ, the on- ly - be- got- ten Son of God, + God of God, be - got-ten of His Fa - ther — be- fore — all worlds, r a Te Light of Light, Ver- y God of Ver - y God, be - got - ten, not —: — t + be- ing of one substance with the Fa - ther; by whom all things were made; —T ia=g t who for us our sal - va tion came down from heav - en 4s lS SS a cae ae a ae a rt ort 5. | and was in - car-nate by the Ho-ly Ghost fe votre rer and was made — man; and was cru fF —_ un -der Pon.-tius Pi - late; He suf - fer-ed and was bur LAs: tf RF ‘And the third day He rose a- gain — ac-cord- ing to the Scrip - . SS — eS a—— i See and as - cend - ed on the lca i right hand of the Fa - ‘And He shall come a - gain with glo - i 8 gl And I be - lieve in the | fo judge both the quick and the dead; whose king-dom shall have no end. of Life, who pro ceed - ech from the Fa - ther andthe Son,— +5 yh hg) 2) hk = SS SS ee = ic t __—| the Fa-ther and the Son to- geth-er is wor -ship - ed — 5 SS a Te 2 wel ~~ TP Pe ed, who spake by the Proph a a — F And I be - lieve one ho = ly Chris- tian and Ap - os = tol = ic Church. ac- knowledge one Bap for the e+ mis-sion of _ sins a and the — life oe aera! Pca look for the re - sur -rec-tion of — the dead And 1 of the — Ee ‘ g a 3S ] & 4Then may a Hymn be sung. Then shall follow ‘THE SERMON The Sermon ended, the Congregation shall rise, and the Minister shall say: ‘The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Then shall be chanted the Ofertory here following or the Proper Offertory, at the close of which the Congregation shall be seated. THE OFFERTORY r clean heart, © God, and re - new a right a i Ee spit - it with - . Cast sme nor a - way from Thy pres-ence, and a 2 a take— not Thy Ho - ly Spit - me store un - to the joy of ‘Thy sal - va - tion, and up -with Thy free Spit Ps a Then shall the offerings be gathered and brought to the altar Then shall follow ‘THE GENERAL PRAYER The Congregation shall rise for the General Prayer and stand to the end of the Agnus Dei. THE PREFACE Y: The Lord be with you. BY: And__ with = thy___spir_ - it. = up your hearts BY: We lift them up un-to__ the Lord. — We Life Seeger YW: Lee us give thanks.un- co_. the Lord, our God. BY:It is meet—and tight so— to do.— SS ee re a 28 Minister z at 2s - so — v + = — — “ + Te is truly meet, right, and sal - frees y that we a SSS Ss a SSS Ss ¥ ‘should at all times and in all places give thanks un - | to Thee, © Lord,with Thy free Spit a a Then shall the offerings be gathered and brought to the altar Then shall follow THE GENERAL PRAYER The Congregation shall rise for the General Prayer and stand to the end of the Agnus Dei. THE PREFACE Y: The. Lord be with you. PoE ee ¥ oo — — — them up un-to__ the Lord. — W Life up your hearts BY: We lift a — Yi Let us give thanks. un- co_ the Lord, our God. 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Sea SS SS SS —_— SS = ‘There -fore with an - gels and arch - an - gels and with all SSS — + aaa = + —a —— 7 = the com - pa- ny of hav - en we laud and magnify Thy glo - rious name, ev = et -more praising Thee and say - nig:PREFACE OF THE HoLy TRINITY oS #—» —— z — — Who with Thine only-begotten Son and the Holy Ghost art____ one ___ God, one ___ Lord. ot —— aot a az ——S — 7 — And in the confession of the on - ly true ___ God —_—_we_ worship the Trinity in _ —a ———=: [SSS ee a —— ¥ SS SS Per son and the Unity in Substance, of Maj- es - ty — qual. 2p 2 SS ee == ‘There -fore with an - gels and arch - an - gels and with all 5 ¢ ————s $ z the com - pa- ny of —_ heav~ en we laud and magnify Thy glo - rious. name, ev - et - more prais - ing Thee and say - ing: PREFACE OF THE APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS os =e a - = = — _— Be - cause Thou didst mightily govern and protect Thy ho - ly Church, 2— # —— Se +— ¥ ¥ - ¥ which the blessed Apostles and Evangelists in - struc- ed in. Thy —— di. ~ 7s = > — 9 — ——— ¥ SS and osav + ing truth, ‘There - fore —— with an - gels and > A a Vee aa SS —[—— # arch - an - gels and with all the com-pa- ny of heavy - en we laud and magnify Thy glo - rious name, ev- er-more prais - ing Thee and say - ing:Then shall be chanted ‘THE Sanctus e Lord_ God of Sab - a-oth; heav-en and_earth are full of Thy sat na in the high- est! Bless-ed is He thar a com-eth in the name— of the Lord! Ho - - na in the high - est! 2 a. Then shall be chanted ‘THe Lorp’s PRAYER — s SS SS ee = us ptay: Our Fa-ther who art in heav-en, Hal-low - ed— be7s 2 se a a IS + me 7p : ‘Thy — name; Thy king-dom come; ‘Thy will be done on earth as it___is__ ——— —— Ss Z ——— > yy = p= in hea - en; Gwe us this day our dai «ly bread; And for-give us 2. —— ee 24 SSS four tres - pass - €5, as we for-give those who tres-pass a - gainst us; + a SS SSS 2s pe $e | ‘And lead us not in - to temp-ta - tion; But de~liv-er us from e - vil. ae a BY: For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glo - ry a for-ev-er and ev - er. A- men.— | — Then shall the Minister chant THE Worps oF INSTITUTION 5 SS = — a Our Lord Je - sus Christ, the same night in which He was be - tray - ed, took bread; #9 See s = S $+ z= and when He had given thanks, He brake it and gave it to His dis - ci - ples, say - ing, SS 56 SS I FS ——— SS z “Take, eat; this is My bod - y, which is giv-en for you, This do in remem - brance of Me.” Aft er _ the same manner also He took the cup when He had sup-ped,am SS ms —? and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, say - ing, “Drink ye all of it —— ——— iI 2 SS a _ ae 7 ¥ this cup is the New Testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the re - mis - sion of sins. This do, as oft as ye drink i, in re - mem-brance of Me.” Then shall the Minister chant Tue Pax Domini W: The peace. of the Lord be with you al - way. BY:And with thy > spir - it. Then shall be chanted ‘THE AcNus DEI O— Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that tak - est oid . 2 ‘a- way the - world, have mer = cy up - on—— us. O___ Christ, Thou Lamb of aid of the world, have — mer - cy <‘Thou Lamb of aid O__ Christ, God, that tak = est sa - way the T_T cof the world, pane us Tey pee A en 2 THE DISTRIBUTION During the Distribution the Congregation may sing one or more hymns The Distribution ended, all shall rise and chant Tue Nunc Dirrmis Tone VI SS Lotd, now lettest Thou Thy servant de-part in peace ac -cord-ing ae — Thy word, for mine eyes have seen Thy Sal- va - ton, ‘which Thou hast prepared before the — jen - tiles peo - ple, a Light to light- en the _——2 a peo = ple— c ta fo Glo - ry be to the Father — and the Glory of Thy as the A host. as_—sit_—_-was in the beginning, ly Transition fy Te isnow, and ey-er shall be, world with-out end— A - men. Bry — Then shall be chanted ‘THE THANKSGIVING W: Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good: RY: And His mercy endureth for - ev - er. ‘or As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup: Ye do show the Lord's death till He come. Minister: Let us pray. ‘We give thanks to Thee, Almighty God, that Thou hast refreshed us through this salutary gift; and we beseech Thee that of Thy mercy Thou wouldst strengthen us through the same in faith toward Thee and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end, Or: © God the Father, Fount and Source of all goodness, who in loving- kindness didst send Thine only-begotten Son into the flesh, we thank Thee that for His sake Thou hast given us pardon and peace in this Sacrament; and we beseech Thee not to forsake Thy children, but evermore to rule our hearts and minds by Thy Holy Spirit that we may be enabled constantly to serve Thee; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.‘A + men. PE Ee = Then may a pos-Communion Hymn be sung Then shall be chanted the Salutation and the Benedicamus ‘THE SALUTATION He W: The Lord be with you. BY: And with thy spit - it. THE BENEDICAMUS Then shall the Minister chant ‘THe BENEDICTION ‘The Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make His face shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace. A+ men, A= men, A = men. 14 Silent Prayer