Concordia Publishing House is pleased to make available Volume V of The Musical Heritage of the Lutheran Church. The essays in this volume as well as those in the previous volumes were presented at the Church Music Seminars conducted by Valparaiso University under the scholarly leadership of Dr. Theo. Hoelty-Nickel, head of the Department of Music.

Those attending these seminars have benefited much, and their work has grown richer as a result. They discovered the creativeness evident in Lutheran music. They also, in some measure, achieved a unity of purpose and practice. The result has without question been a gradual but definite raising of the standards of church music throughout the Lutheran Church.

Nor has the effect been evident solely in the Lutheran Church. There is also in other church bodies an evident reawakening in the entire field of church music. Thus the seminars have made a significant contribution to the church.

O. A. Dorn

From The Musical Heritage of the Church, Volume V (St. Louis, Mo.: Concordia Publishing House, 1959). Copyright Concordia Publishing House. Printed by permission. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Concordia Publishing House.