In 1945, a number of different American Lutheran synods came together to produce a new hymnal, one based upon the Common Service of 1888. After 13 years of labor, the Service Book and Hymnal was completed and published. It immediately became the hymnal of choice for the churches of the AELC, ALC, Augustana Synod, ELC, Finnish Suomi Synod, Lutheran Free Church, UELC, and ULCA (all of whom eventually ended up, through a series of mergers, in the ELCA). In order to help introduce the hymnal to these synods, a set of records was published, with recordings of each of the three settings of the Mass. The recordings for setting one and setting two have already been posted. The third setting, which is the focus of this post, uses the tunes of the ancient Missa Orbis Factor, as arranged by Ernest White. Due to space constraints, the third setting was printed separately from the hymnal and was consequently much less popular than the first two settings. Listen and enjoy (and many thanks to swedishlutheran for uploading these).
Invocation, Confession and Absolution, and Introit
Lenten Gloria Patri (not from the original records)
End of Introit (repeated), Kyrie, Gloria, Salutation, and Collect
Alleluia settings and Lenten Sentence (not from the original records)
Choral Alleluia and Verse, Holy Gospel, Nicene Creed (sung), and Hymn ("Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty")
Entire Communion Service
As he did for SBH settings one and two, Stefan Gramenz put together a YouTube playlist for setting three. The playlist for setting three can be found here.
For the purpose of comparison, the following video contains the ordinary of the original, Latin Missa Orbis Factor:
Finally, if anyone knows where I might be able to get my hands on a set of the original LP recordings, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a comment below. I would like at some point to make high quality digital copies of the complete recordings if I am able.
In 1945, a number of different American Lutheran synods came together to produce a new hymnal, one based upon the Common Service of 1888. After 13 years of labor, the Service Book and Hymnal was completed and published. It immediately became the hymnal of choice for the churches of the AELC, ALC, Augustana Synod, ELC, Finnish Suomi Synod, Lutheran Free Church, UELC, and ULCA (all of whom eventually ended up, through a series of mergers, in the ELCA). In order to help introduce the hymnal to these synods, a set of records was published, with recordings of each of the three settings of the Mass. The recordings of the first setting have already been posted. The second setting, which is the focus of this post, was based on a setting of the Swedish Mass, as arranged by Regina Fryxell. It has been called "one of the high points in Lutheran liturgical music." Listen and enjoy (and many thanks to swedishlutheran for uploading these).
Kyrie, Gloria, Salutation, and Collect
Lenten Kyrie (not from the original records)
Alleluia (Prussian)
Alleluia (Missa de Angelis)
Holy Gospel, Nicene Creed (spoken)
Offertory (Create in me a clean heart, O God)
Communion Service, through Sanctus (Swedish)
Sanctus (German)
Agnus Dei (Braunschweig)
Pax Domini, Agnus Dei (Swedish)
Nunc Dimittis, Post-Communion Collect, Salutation, Benedicamus, Benediction
As he did for SBH setting one, Stefan Gramenz put together a YouTube playlist for setting two. The playlist for setting two can be found here.
In 1945, a number of different American Lutheran synods came together to produce a new hymnal, one based upon the Common Service of 1888. After 13 years of labor, the Service Book and Hymnal was completed and published. It immediately became the hymnal of choice for the churches of the AELC, ALC, Augustana Synod, ELC, Finnish Suomi Synod, Lutheran Free Church, UELC, and ULCA (all of whom eventually ended up, through a series of mergers, in the ELCA). In order to help introduce the hymnal to these synods, a set of records was published, with recordings of each of the three settings of the Mass. The first setting, which is the focus of this post, consists mostly of Anglican chant, with some plainsong and Reformation-era chants added in as well. This setting would have been fairly familiar to most of the people first using the hymnal, as it was similar to the settings used in most of the SBH's predecessor hymnals (it is also very similar to pages 5 and 15 in TLH). Listen and enjoy (and many thanks to swedishlutheran for uploading these).
Invocation, Confession, Introit
Kyrie
Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Salutation, Collect
(end of the Epistle), Alleluia, Gospel
Lenten Response (not from the original records)
Offertory (Create in me a clean heart, O God)
Entire Communion Service (including a glorious Nunc Dimittis)
Stefan Gramenz has helpfully put together YouTube playlists for each setting in the SBH. The playlist for setting one can be found here.
