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Academic Study
ATLA Hymnody and Psalmody Website, Bob Jones University Catalog: Church Music Courses, Musicology MUS323: Hymnology, The Victorian Hymn: An Overview, Tips for Hymnody Research
Hymn Festival Plans
Hymn Story Programs, Singing the Faith Worship Programs
Hymnals
Ausbund, Gadsby's Selection, Genevan Psalter, Hymns Ancient and Modern, Book of Praise of the Canadian and American Reform, Handbook to the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, Hymns and Hymn Books, New York Selection of Sacred Music, Presbyterian Church of Canada: Worship, The English Hymnal
Issues
Exclusive Psalmody, Instrumental Music, Lining-Out, Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals: Reforming Chu, Anti-Instrumental Music in the Worship of God, Christian Rock: Blessing or Blasphemy?, In Support of the Regulative Principle of Worship, John Calvin: Preface to the Psalter, Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Reformation Worship, the Regulative Principle, Ico, The Worship of God, What shall we Sing?
Library Catalogs
Hymn Collection of John Rylands, Mennonite Historical Library: Hartzler Collection, Regent University Library: Clark Hymnology Collect, Sacred Music, The Hymnal Attic, The Robert Guy McCutchan Collection of Hymnology, Wheaton College Special Collections: Hymnals
Augusta Chronicle: Martin Luther Credited with Hym
Article by Tara Burghart on the "Hymn Tune Index".
Between Hymnbook and Textbook
Article by Ryoji Tsurumi on "Elizabeth Hill's anthologies of devotional and moral verse for late charity schools".
Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
Several articles on Anabaptist hymns and hymnals.
Christian Music
Article by Warren Doud: Historical, Biblical, and thematic review.
Church Music Research Tools
(Japanese/English) bibliography; links; articles.
Creator Magazine: Articles on Congregational Music
[several articles; Methodist perspective]
Encyclopedia.com: Hymn
Brief article; links to fee-per-download resources.
Grove Concise Dictionary of Music: Musical Forms:
Hymn Backgrounds
[~40 stories] Hosted by Neil Chadwick, Pastor of Clare Assembly of God
Hymn History
[hymnology: 40+ stories] Archives of weekly letter giving the stories behind hymns and carols
Hymn Stories
[lyrics; hymnology; Anglican] St. Peter's Church (Nottingham, England) on-line magazine.
John: Liturgical Music
Article by Gail Gresser and Felix Just, S.J., on the influence of John on Christian liturgy and liturgical music.
Praise: The Melody of Religion
(paper by A.P.W. Fraser) History of psalm tunes, from the Reformation to the current use of the Free Church of Scotland.
Reporter Interactive
Includes 100+ stories and lyrics: no index available, but site search for "History of Hymns".
Singing the Lord's Song
A History of the English Language Hymnals of the Reformed Church in America, by James Brumm.
Singing the Psalms
History of the Psalms in Christian worship.
The Herald Magazine: The Psalms and Sacred Songs
Article on the history of hymns in Christian worship.
The Past Returns to the Present
Article describing archaic British hymn-singing practices that survive in London's West Indian churches.
The Story of Our Hymns
Select chapters [Adobe Acrobat Reader format] from book by E.E. Ryden, featuring hymnody in the early church and in Germany; references to "Lutheran Worship".
Towards a Better Hymnody
Pamphlet by Frank J. Funston, calling for attention to appropriately selecting and using hymns.
Wesleyan Theological Journal
Index of journal by year.
Worship Map: Worship
Indexes and links on the use of music and psalms in worship.
Yale Divinity Library Exhibit: From Psalm Book to
Illustrated article based on museum exhibit of items from the Lowell Mason Collection.