General Hymn and Liturgy Resources

Links

For sacred harp music, see Southern Gospel and Christian Country Music.

• Canonical Hymnody on the Web  <http://members.aol.com/Dbix7/psalm121.html>
  An individual’s website on the singing the Psalms. (Reformed Presbyterian)

• Christian Classics: Ethereal Hymnary  <http://www.ccel.org/cceh>
  (Calvin College)
  An indexed collection of public-domain hymn tunes in electronic formats. Includes 1200+ hymn tunes: MIDI, PDF scores. Hymns are indexed by tune name, author, arranger, or source, and by musical meter and incipit.

• Cyber Hymnal  
  <http://www.cyberhymnal.org>
  Over 3,200 Christian hymns and Gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.

• Dictionary of American Hymnology  <http://www.oberlin.edu/library/DAH.html>
  (Oberlin College & American Society in U.S. & Canada)
  Includes an index of first lines of hymns from 1640 to 1978 with a supplementary index 1978 to present; a bibliography of some 5000 hymnals published in America; an author file; and a biographical file.  

• Hymns - Here Is Some Music to Enjoy!  <http://www.snowcrest.net/lassen/midi.html>
  Hymn MIDI recordings and some scores.

• Hymnuts Website
  <http://hymnuts.luthersem.edu/>

• Orpheus Dei 
  <http://www.orpheusdei.com>
  "A music company formed to encourage the divine-human relationship by supporting the highest development of sacred music."

Books

Early Music

Links

• Classical Music Resources: Genres: Early Music
  (Duke Univ.) 

• Early Music FAQ  
  (Medieval Music & Arts Foundation)
  Reference for European Medieval and Renaissance music.

• Early Music. Medieval Music
  (Georgetown Univ.) 

• Early Music: WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists
  (Univ. of Pennsylvania) 

• Gregorian Chant Home Page
  (Princeton Univ.) 

Books

• Early Music (Oxford University Press, current)  PERIODICAL
  Squires Library - Serials Dept. - Current shelves

• An Early Music Dictionary: Musical Terms from British Sources, 1500-1740 (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
  Squires Library - Reference - ML 108 .S88 1995

• Early Music Discography: From Plainsong to the Sons of Bach (Oryx Press, 1981)
  Squires Library - Reference - Ref. ML156.2 .C76

• Tonal Structures in Early Music (Garland Pub., 1998)
  Squires Library - Circulating - ML3811 .T66 1998

American and English Hymns

Books

Denominational Hymnbooks and Hymn Resources

Following is a small sampling of denominational hymnals and resources that are available on the Internet and in the Squires Library, the Dixon Research Center, and the Music Resource Center. To locate more church hymnals, please search the Library’s online catalog using the following terms:
    HYMNS
    HYMNS, ENGLISH
    denomination - HYMNS    Example:  CHURCH OF GOD (CLEVELAND, TENN.) - HYMNS

See also General Hymn and Liturgy Resources above.

Baptist

• God's Hymns in MIDI Format

• The Baptist Hymnal (Convention Press, 1991)
  Music Res. Ctr. (Music Bldg) - M2122 .B18 1991

• Baptist Hymnal Indices: Considering the 1991 Baptist Hymnal, 1975 Baptist Hymnal, 1956 Baptist Hymnal, and 1940 Broadman Hymnal ( Glory Press, 1993)
  Squires Library - Reference - Ref. ML128.H8 H4 1993

• Hymn Search CD-ROM 
  Over 3,200 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.
  Squires Library - Circulation Desk - Media ML3001 .C48 1988 

Catholic

• Liturgy Sources (Order of Saint Benedict)
  Links to liturgical texts, commentary, sites, music, and publishers.

• Music Educators, Liturgists, and the Internet
  Sister Jill Maria Murdy’s links to Catholic sites.

• Taizé Community
  An ecumenical (Catholic/Protestant) community of brothers located in a small village in eastern France whose style of singing has become popular in many churches and religious communities.  

• Worship and Liturgical Music
  Sacred music and liturgy links. Traditional and contemporary Catholic emphasis.

Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.)

• Church Hymnal (Tennessee Music and Printing Co., 1951)
  Music Res. Ctr. (Music Bldg) & Dixon Research Center - M2117.C58 T4

• Hymn Search CD-ROM 
  Over 3,200 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.
  Squires Library - Circulation Desk - Media ML3001 .C48 1988 

• Hymns of the Spirit (Pathway Press, 1969).
  Music Res. Ctr. (Music Bldg) & Dixon Research Center - M2131.H95 1969

• Rayos de Esperanza (Editorial Evangélica, 1977)
  Squires Library - Circulating & Dixon Research Center - M2131.C59 .R39 1977

Church of God in Christ

• Yes, Lord!: Church of God in Christ Hymnal (Church of God in Christ Publishing Board in association with the Benson Co., 1982)
  Dixon Research Center Pent. - M2131.C63 Y47

Episcopal

•  A Concordance of The Hymnal 1982: According to the Use of the Episcopal Church (Scarecrow Press, 1989)
  Squires Library - Reference - Ref. M2125.H974 C66 1989

• Hymn Search CD-ROM 
  Over 3,200 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.
  Squires Library - Circulation Desk - Media ML3001 .C48 1988 

Evangelical

• Dictionary-Handbook to Hymns for the Living Church (Hope Publishing Company, 1978)
  Squires Library - Reference - Ref. ML102.H95 H8

• Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals are Attracted to the Liturgical Church, by Robert Webber (Morehouse-Barlow, 1989, 1985)
  Squires Library - Circulating - BR1640 .W42 1989

• A History of Evangelistic Hymnody, by James Sallee (Baker Book House, 1978)
  Squires Library - Circulating - ML3186 .S18

Lutheran

• Hymn Search CD-ROM 
  Over 3,200 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.
  Squires Library - Circulation Desk - Media ML3001 .C48 1988 

• Lutheran Hymnal
  Traditional songs of worship and praise from Lutheran hymnals presented in MIDI, in MP3, in lyrics, and in sheet music.

• A Guide to Music for the Church Year (Augsburg Publishing House [1962?])
  Squires Library - Reference - Ref. ML128.P7 G8 1962

Methodist

• Hymn Search CD-ROM 
  Over 3,200 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.
  Squires Library - Circulation Desk - Media ML3001 .C48 1988 

• Hymnsite.com
  Lyrics and MIDI recordings for hymns from the United Methodist hymnal. MIDI recordings of piano, organ, or bells.

• Guide to the Hymns and Tunes of American Methodism (Greenwood Press, 1986)
  Squires Library - Reference - Ref. BV415.A1 R64 1986

• Methodist Hymnal Concordance (Scarecrow Press, 1987)
  Music Res. Ctr.(Music Bldg) - M2127 .M472 1987

Pentecostal and Charismatic

For links, see Contemporary Christian and Praise/Worship Music.

For print resources, see General Hymn and Liturgy Resources above.

See also Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) and Church of God in Christ.

For sacred harp music, see Southern Gospel and Christian Country Music.

Hymn Search CD-ROM 
Over 3,200 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.
Squires Library - Circulation Desk - Media ML3001 .C48 1988 

Presbyterian

• Hymn Search CD-ROM 
  Over 3,200 Christian hymns and gospel songs from many denominations. Includes lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, and history.
  Squires Library - Circulation Desk - Media ML3001 .C48 1988 

• The New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship (Westminster Press, 1986)
  Squires Library - Reference - Ref. BV173 .N48 1986

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