PART II: GERMAN HYMNODY

Martin Luther, Father of Evangelical Hymnody 43 The Hymn-Writers of the Reformation 53 Hymnody of the Controversial Period 59 The King and Queen of Chorales 65 Hymns of the Thirty Years' War 69 A Hymn Made Famous on a Battle Field 77 The Lutheran Te Deum 81 Paul Gerhardt, Prince of Lutheran Hymnists 85 Joachim Neander, the Paul Gerhardt of the Calvinists 93 A Roman Mystic and Hymn-writer 99 Hymn-writers of the Pietist School 103 The Wuerttemberg Hymn-writers 111 How a Great Organist Inspired Two Hymnists 117 Gerhard Tersteegen, Hymn-writer and Mystic 123 Zinzendorf and Moravian Hymnody 127 Two Famous Hymns and some Legends 131 Hymnody in the Age of Rationalism 135 Hymns of the Spiritual Renaissance 141