Sange for Sangerfesten Under
Forenings Aarsmodet 1917

Sange for Sangerfesten Under Forenings Aarsmodet 1917

Literal Translation: Songs of Songs Festival Under Association Aarsmode 1917

Minneapolis MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1916
7.25 x 9.75 inches, 25 cm

Blog post by Mary Katherine May of QualityMusicandBooks.com.

Displayed here is a rare copy of the choral booklet used for the conference celebrating the merger of three Lutheran synods into the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America, an historic event in the history of Lutheran Christians in the United States of America.

This copy includes a Joint Festival Chorus Membership Certificate pinned inside the front cover that belonged to a person with surname Moen, tenor. Signed by Pastor B.A. Johnson, Bricelyn, Minnesota.

Sange for Sangerfesten Under Forenings Aarsmodet 1917

Joint Festival Chorus Membership Certificate
Issued to N.S. Moen, Tenor. Signed by Pastor B.A. Johnson, Bricelyn, Minn.

SATB choral scores with accompaniment compiled from hymn or song books:
1 Kirken den er et gammelt Hus
2 Zions vaegter haever rosten
3 Hjertelig mig nu laenges,
4 Den signebe Dag, som vi nu ser
5 Herren er min Hyrde, Largo (Handel)
6 Store ting har Herren gjort.

On June 9, 1917, the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America came into existence being formed  by the union of three Norwegian synods: 

• Hauge Synod
• Norwegian Synod
• United Norwegian Synod. The event was held in the Armory auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota. 

The Jubilee Chorus of 2,000 included people from church choirs all around the U.S.A. with the 60-member band from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa under the direction of Professor Carlo A. Sparati. 

Attendance was estimated as nearly 15,000. (Source: The Lutheran Quarterly, July 1917)

At time of posting one copy available at QualityMusicandBooks.com.
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