Important Lutheran Hymnals

Achtliederbuch (1524)

Erfurter Enchiridion, 1524

Geistliches Gesangk Buchleyn, 1524 (Johann Walther)

Wittenberger Gesangbuchlein 1525

Geistliche Lieder auff neue gebessert, 1529 (Joseph Klug). 1st publication of Ein' feste burg (“A Mighty Fortress is Our God”)

Valentine Bapst's Hymn-book (Geystliche Lieder), 1545 -- 120 hymns, 97 melodies; the final hymnal with which Luther was associated.

Faceplate of the Bapst Hymnal

Funfzig geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1586 (Lukas Osiander) -- 1st hymn published in the Kantional Style (4-part harmony with melody in Soprano)

Hymnals from the period of the 30-years War

Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1644 (Johaann Cruger) -- most important Lutheran collection during the 17th century.

Hymnals from the Pietistic period of the 18th century

Geistreiches Gesaangbuch, 1704; Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch, 1714 -- (Johannes Freylinghausen) -- most important Lutheran collection during the 18th century.

Modern Lutheran Hymnals