In this series, Benjamin Kolodziej will reflect on several figures in American Lutheran sacred music history. This series is based on his new book Portraits in American Lutheran Sacred Music, 1847–1947 (Concordia Publishing House), which will be released in August and is available for pre-order now. In exploring the sacred music in the Missouri Synod, figures such as C.F.W. Walther, in his preserving of a Lutheran culture of sacred music in the New World, or Karl Brauer and Martin Lochner, ...
