Prelude and Fugue on the Life of Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth

Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth (1845–1925), daughter of the nineteenth-century Lutheran theologian Charles Porterfield Krauth, was a highly educated and accomplished woman in her own right. As music editor of the Church Book with Music (1872), she was the only woman ever to serve in that capacity. The story of her life and contribution to the Lutheran tradition of liturgy and congregational song is told in this excellent treatment by Robert D. Hawkins, who initially presented this topic at the Vi Messerli Lectures in Church Music, October 16–18, 2011.

About the Author

Robert D. Hawkins served for twenty-six years as professor of worship and music and as dean of Christ Chapel at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.

About the Series

This is the first in a series of monographs published by the Center for Church Music, Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois—Shaping American Lutheran Church Music—highlighting persons, movements, and events that have helped shape the course of church music among Lutherans in North America.