Tagzeitenliturgie mit dem Gotteslob. Chorheft 3: Fastenzeit / Ostern

The German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob offers a wealth of possibilities for the celebration of the Divine Office by the congregation. With this third choral collection the editors encourage lively worship services, which choir and congregation can create and celebrate together. The collection offers many specific suggestions for this type of worship, as well as 43 selected choral settings for three or four voices.

An introductory overview presents the orders of service according to the respective model of worship in Gotteslob, as well as the elements that can be selected for each one. As a rule the congregational verses are included, so that the choir singers don’t need a second book. Accompaniments are also provided in cases where the setting and/or the key differ from the organ accompaniments of Gotteslob. The choral settings are in a variety of styles; most of these compositions are new works.

The choral collection Lent / Easter contains the following service models: Vespers in the Easter penitential season, Vespers at Easter time, Vespers of the Holy Spirit.

Published by the Bishopric of Mainz on behalf of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft of the Ämter/Referate für Kirchenmusik der Diözesen Deutschlands (AGÄR) and the German Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband (ACV).

Editors: Mechthild Bitsch-Molitor (chair), Lutz Brenner, Thomas Drescher, Tobias Dulisch, Regina Engel, Melanie Jäger-Waldau, Godehard Weithoff, Dan Zerfaß.