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Lutheran chorale
Musical setting of a Lutheran hymn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a Lutheran music genre. For the literary genre, see Lutheran hymn. For other chorales, see chorale.
A Lutheran chorale is a musical setting of a Lutheran hymn, intended to be sung by a congregation in a German Protestant Church service. The typical four-part setting of a chorale, in which the sopranos (and the congregation) sing the melody along with three lower voices, is known as a chorale harmonization.
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