Music has meaning. More than a series of notes, more than associated verbal texts, more than personal entertainment - music has meaning.

In Lutheran Music and Meaning, author Daniel Zager writes in a concise and conversational way to demonstrate how music signals and conveys meaning. With suggested listening examples, chapters discuss the means that the great Lutheran composters used to convey meaning and in what ways liturgy, Church Year, and lectionary provide integrated contexts for meaning.

Written specifically for the singer and listener, this book assists the curious in learning more about Lutheran music, its function, and its meaning.

Daniel Zager is retired from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he served for twenty-one years as associate dean and head of the Sibley Music Library and associate professor of music.