The Singstunde is a form of Moravian worship comprised primarily of singing by the congregation. Singing has a long and venerable history in the Moravian church.
There is a legend that Count Zinzendorf composed a hymn of sixty seven verses one evening. As the congregation was singing verse one, he was composing verse two and at the same time writing so that they were able to see to sing until he stopped at verse sixty seven. If true this was a monumental accomplishment.
What is certainly true is that the Count impacted the community in such a way that hymnody and other sacred music are planted deep in the Moravian soul.
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