Sunday after Sunday, liturgical organists are faced with the challenge of providing music for liturgy. While hymns, psalms, musical settings of liturgical texts, choral anthems and responses are often made clear in their choice due to the marriage of text and music, choosing music outside of those parameters is a challenge. Music that happens prior to worship as the community gathers, music to accompany ritual actions such as the presentation of the offering or the distribution of the Eucharist, and music that sends people on their way at the end of the service is not something to be taken lightly. Such choices are important and can have a significant effect on the over-all tenor of the liturgy. Many organists have concluded the most efficient and effective solution is to seek pieces which are based on the hymns sung by the assembly and trust that a cohesive liturgical whole has been created. This essay attempts to move beyond that notion into the realm of solo organ literature that is not derived from a chorale or hymn melody. Each piece of music carries its own aesthetic characteristics, and the task of the liturgical organist is to determine how those characteristics can best be incorporated into a given religious celebration.
Dissertation
The liturgical organist: the creative use of solo organ music in the Lutheran liturgy
University of Iowa
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Iowa
Autumn 2014
DOI: 10.17077/etd.w9jc96ih
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Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The liturgical organist: the creative use of solo organ music in the Lutheran liturgy
- Creators
- Thomas Keith Hamilton - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Gregory Hand (Advisor)Michael Eckert (Committee Member)Rene Lecuona (Committee Member)Marian Wilson Kimber (Committee Member)Brett Wolgast (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Music
- Date degree season
- Autumn 2014
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.w9jc96ih
- Number of pages
- vii, 69 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2014 Thomas Keith Hamilton
- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- illustrations, music
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-69).
- Academic Unit
- School of Music
- Record Identifier
- 9983776917302771
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