Moravian Music Foundation Resources
for Musicians and Worship Leaders
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Book of Worship MANUAL for all musicians and worship leaders
Book of Worship UNBOUND for organists/pianists (loose-leaf)
Organ and Piano Music (sheet music)
Organ Modulations (sheet music)
Book of Worship Companion (book)
Book of Worship Concordance (searchable)
Odes, Orders of Service, Bulletins, Programs, etc.
Searchable Database for Anthems
Manual for the Moravian Book of Worship
Designed for worship leaders, this unbound, hole-punched manual about the many and varied considerations for the worship team in planning music and worship. It is written by the 10-person Interprovincial Hymnal Committee that began its work in 1987 and informs the reader about the intentions and in-depth planning of each part of the Book of Worship.
77 pages + 17 pages of indices and lectionary. $8 from IBOC (www.moravian.org)
What will worship planners find in this manual?
– Preface by Rt. Rev. Warren Sautebin and Introduction by Dr. Robert T. Burcaw
– Chapter 1 addresses the general concept of Moravian worship in its historical and contemporary setting.
– Chapter 2 presents a commentary on the Christian Year which establishes the context for the liturgies and hymns that follow.
– Chapter 3 is a commentary on each of the liturgies including the General, the Seasonal, and the Topical.
– Chapter 4 is a commentary on the rites and sacraments of the Moravian Church.
– Chapter 5 introduces Psalms and canticles.
– Chapter 6 is about the Hymns, hymnody, history, musical styles, etc.
– Additional liturgies not in the MBOW
– Finally, a collection of helpful indices and the lectionary.
As part of this worship planning package, we have included along with the manual some liturgies which may be duplicated for use in special services. The “Ordination of a Deacon,” “Consecration of a Presbyter”, “Consecration of a Bishop”, “Special Service for Holy Communion”, and “A Service of Word and Sacrament” liturgies are print-ready; however, since the use of these liturgies generally involves some preliminary revisions depending upon the situation, they have not been included in the Moravian Book of Worship itself. There are also some paradigms for special events such as dedicating a building and laying a cornerstone which do not have a prescribed liturgy but rather a suggested form.
Unbound Moravian Book of Worship
An indispensable tool for organist, pianists, and worship leaders.
This is the entire 1995 MBOW in 8.5” x 11” format, loose-leaf, so one can remove the hymns, liturgies for the day and reorder them, lay them flat, etc. for easier use during the service. No more bending and smashing hymnal pages to get them to stay open. No more wasteful photocopies of hymns with heavy black toner borders.
876 pages plus indices. $41.50 from IBOC
(www.moravian.org)
Organ and Piano Music
For the church musician, we offer a good selection of Moravian chorale preludes and other service music.
To see the specific tunes in each book or set, and some sample pages, click the button
TITLES
Eight Organ Preludes by F. F. Hagen Four Volumes, total of 32 preludes
A Moravian Celebration by Wade Peeples
Five Organ Preludes by Lawrence Hartzell
Moravian Medley for Organ by Rebecca Kleintop Lepore
Moravian Sketches for Organ by Brian Henkelmann Vol I and II
Organ Preludes for the Church Year by Morrow, Peeples, Henkelmann, and Lepore
Prelude on “Covenant” for organ by Wayne Wold
Three Settings on “Covenant” for organ by Stewart McElroy
Three Moravian Hymns for piano by Stewart McElroy
Organ Modulations
Written-out modulations for the organist or accompanist to play in between each of the hymns, laid out, in order, for every communion service currently used by the North American Moravian Church. Even experienced organists who improvise will appreciate this resource to help with flow in worship.
Loose-leaf OR Book
33 pages
$15 + tax and shipping
Companion to the Moravian Book of Worship provides history and information about every hymn in the Moravian Book of Worship. Buy Now>
Example: Hymn 395 “When Christians Shared Agape Meals”
The text was written in 1985 by David A. Robb (b.1932), a retired Un. Methodist minister who has written over 100 hymn texts. Written in response to his attending a lovefeast at Central Moravian Church during a Hymn Society Conference. He sent his text to John Giesler.
The tune LOVEFEAST was composed by John H. Giesler (b. 1932) in 1986. Giesler is an American Moravian minister who served in Nicaragua, North Carolina, and Florida and was a member of the hymns committee for the Moravian Book of Worship. He served as President of the Hymn Society of America.
The Concordance to the Moravian Book of Worship indexes every hymn in the Moravian Book of Worship, the official hymnal of the Moravian Church in America, published in 1995 by the Interprovincial Board of Publications and Communications.
Discounted Pre-Owned available, as well.
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Odes, Orders of Service, Bulletins, Programs, etc.
- General Lovefeast outline
- Stewardship Lovefeast example
- Mission Lovefeast example
- Lovefeast example from Winter Park FL
- Singstunde: The Lord’s Prayer
- Singstunde: Celebrating the Essentials of the Moravian Faith
- Resources for the Moravian Church may be found HERE.
Searchable Database for Anthems:
Published Moravian Vocal Music: A Catalog (August 2002 edition)
This catalog provides listing for Moravian vocal music published in the twentieth century in America. For each entry the following information is included: Composer name and dates; English title; German title; year of publication; publisher’s catalog number; suggestions for use; voice parts; instrumental parts; editor; in-print status; source of text; translator; and comments.
- Introduction to the Vocal Music Catalog (PDF; 4 pages)
- Vocal Music Catalog (PDF; 46 pages)
Band Book Lists
Full lists of the tunes in both the GREEN and BLUE band books: by Tune Name and by Hymn Name . These lists also include which key the tune is in, and what page the tune appears in the blue 1995 Moravian Book of Worship, as well as the older Red and Black editions of the Moravian hymnal. Many thanks to Jill Bruckart for these lists!
Band Books for sale from MMF WEBSITE
RESEARCHERS
Please visit our Research page for more information about doing scholarly research within the unique American collections of the Moravian Church musical archives at the Moravian Music Foundation.
To search original manuscripts in the archived collections, please go to GEMEINKAT
