Introduction

Biography

Schalk at­tend­ed Con­cor­dia Teach­ers Col­lege, Ri­ver For­est, Il­li­nois (BA 1952); the East­man School of Mu­sic, Ro­ches­ter, New York (BMus 1957); and Con­cor­dia Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri (MA).

He served as teach­er and mu­sic di­rect­or at the Zi­on Lu­ther­an Church, Wau­sau, Wis­con­sin, for six years, and di­rect­or of mu­sic for the In­ter­na­tion­al Lu­ther­an Hour in St. Lou­is (1958–65). In 1965, he be­came an as­sist­ant pro­fess­or (and in 1968, as­so­ci­ate pro­fess­or) at Con­cor­dia Teach­ers Col­lege.

He served on the mu­sic ed­it­or­i­al ad­vis­o­ry com­mit­tee of Con­cor­dia Pub­lish­ing House, ed­it­ed Church Mu­sic, and was on the hymn mu­sic com­mit­tee of the In­ter-Lu­ther­an Com­mis­sion on Worship.

Works

• Planning the Wed­ding Service, 1963
• The Roots of Hym­no­dy in the Lu­ther­an Church-Mis­sou­ri Sy­nod, 1965
• Key Words in Church Mu­sic, 1978 (editor)
• Handbook of Church Mu­sic, 1978, with Carl Hal­ter