A City Called Heaven by 
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit by 
If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me by To browse the shelves for hymns and hymnology at the Langston Hughes Library, use these guidelines:
Hymnology: BV301-BV590
To browse the shelves for hymns and hymnology at the Langston Hughes Library, use these guidelines:
Hymnals and Hymn Collections: M2115-M2146
M2116 - Christian, published in the U.S. through 1820
M2117 - Multi-denominational and non-denominational, mainly in English, 1821-
By denomination (U.S.):
Protestant (M2122-2132)
Examples of topical subdivisions:
Other subdivision examples (linguistic, historical, geographic)
Hymn tunes (works about hymn tunes) Collections of hymn tunes without accompanying text are entered under Tune-books.
Other related subject headings:
| Hymn writers | Sunday Schools--Hymns |
| Advent hymns | Women hymn writers |
| Easter hymns | Canticles |
| Funeral hymns | Te Deum Laudamus (Music) |
| Lenten hymns | Old Hundredth (Tune) |
| Epiphany hymns | African American Churches--Hymns |
| Shape note hymnals | Christian Reformed Church--Hymns |
| Bible-Use in hymns | Moravian Church--Hymns |
| Revivals--Hymns | Anabaptists--Hymns |
Hymnary.org--Hymnary.org is an online hymn and worship music database for worship leaders, hymnologists, and amateur hymn lovers. At Hymnary.org you can search or browse hymns by title, tune, meter, key, scripture reference, and more.
Center for Church Music--"Through edification and education, we seek to assist the church--pastors, music directors and key laypeople-- in maintaining fidelity to its biblical and historical heritage of music. Bringing together congregational singing and choral and instrumental music, our desire is to build new awareness and excitement for church music in general and the singing of hymns in particular (mission statement)".
JSTOR--Interdisciplinary but heavy emphasis in the humanities (including music). JSTOR includes only full-text articles from peer-reviewed journals. Many journals in JSTOR go back to the early 1900s (and some well into the 1800s), but recent issues (past 3-5 years) are not covered.
1517 Media--1517 Media, formerly Augsburg Fortress, is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, also publishing for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada as Augsburg Fortress Canada.
Concordia--Publisher for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
J.W. Pepper is based in Exton, Chester County PA, and has retail locations nationwide, providing sheet music, recordings, and performance aids for everyone from the student to the professional.
GIA--Based in Chicago, this publisher not only publishes sacred choral literature, hymnals, and worship aids, but an extensive catalog of materials for K-12 music education.
OCP--Oregon Catholic Press publishes widely used hymns, hymnals, and supplemental materials in the Roman Catholic tradition.
Abbie Betinis (b. 1980)--Website; Composer Page at Graphite Publishing
Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)--Composer page at Walton Music
Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993)
Kurt Kaiser (1934-2018)--Composer's manuscripts at Baylor University Library
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Dale Wood (1934-2003)
John Wesley Work III (1901-1967) Link to biography at BlackPast
Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)--Link to biography at Afrocentric Voices
Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)--Link to the Nathaniel Dett website
Healey Willan (1880-1968)--Link to the Healey Willan Society
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)--Link to the Stanford Society
C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)--Brief article from Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, vol. 4.
Fanny Crosby (Frances Jayne van Alstyne) (1820-1915)--Papers at the Billy Graham Archive
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Georg Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707-1769)
Antonio Vivaldi (1655-1742)
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Jakob Handl (1550-1591)
Hildegarde von Bingen (1098-1179)
Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377)
Leonin (ca. 1135-1201)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca. 1525-1594)
Perotin (ca. 1155-1225)
Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585)
Andrea Gabrieli (ca. 1510-1586)
Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1555-1612)
Gospel Music Association--Sponsor of the DOVE awards, this Nashville-based organization is an advocacy group providing resources and support for gospel musicians of all kinds.
National Association of Pastoral Musicians--based in Silver Spring MD, this is an advocacy group providing resources for sacred musicians working in the Catholic tradition
Copyright laws, in a nutshell from the U.S. Copyright Office
Library of Congress Copyright Office
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