Sing to the Lord, bless his name tell of his salvation from day to day. Oh sing to the Lord a new song sing to the Lord, all the earth. God’s heart for setting words to melodies is evident from even a casual reading of the Psalms. We may not want to imitate Luther’s attitude, but we do want to imitate his passion for singing - because God himself is passionate about singing. (Luther, “Preface to Georg Rhau’s Symphoniae iucundae,” LW 53, cited by Buszin in “Luther on Music,” The Musical Quarterly 32, no. A person who gives this some thought and yet does not regard it as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs. When man’s natural ability is whetted and polished to the extent that it becomes an art, then do we note with great surprise the great and perfect wisdom of God in music, which is, after all, His product and His gift we marvel when we hear music in which one voice sings a simple melody, while three, four, or five other voices play and trip lustily around the voice that sings its simple melody and adorn this simple melody wonderfully with artistic musical effects, thus reminding us of a heavenly dance where all meet in a spirit of friendliness, caress, and embrace. In a foreword to a collection of songs arranged for multiple voice parts, he wrote the following: He also had no problem saying what was on his mind. Luther loved congregational music and considered music next to theology in importance. If that’s where you’re at, Martin Luther wants to have a few words with you.
You might be someone who patiently endures the singing on Sunday mornings until you hear what you really came for - the message. I was involved with the vocal group GLAD for thirty years and have been leading corporate worship for even longer. I grew up on groups like the Swingle Singers, Association, and Beach Boys and sang in or accompanied choirs throughout high school and college. It’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. This message appears as a chapter in The Power of Words and the Wonder of God.
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