liturgy
It is a little bit like fasting for the voice and the ears for nine weeks there is no exultation in church. The hallelujah, inherent part of the Sunday service, falls silent during Lent. When it is solemnly sung again during the Easter vigil, a fossil of liturgical chants resounds again.
Singing was one of the earliest traits of people of Lutheran faith – and one of the sharpest weapons of the Reformation. Luther himself wrote and composed catchy tunes, which the Protestants belted out as protest songs.
