Boston University School of Theology proudly and rightly calls itself “The School of the Prophets,” but it could equally well call itself “The School of the Hymn People.” Hymn-relatedness, after all, is firmly woven into the spiritual DNA of the Wesleyan tradition in which this school was founded, and it has manifested itself in notable men and women throughout the school’s history.
Click here to browse the nearly 5000 hymnals, songbooks, and tunebooks in our library: Hymnological Collections.
Companion to the United Methodist Hymnal
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Introducing Glory to God : a guide for welcoming the new hymnal into your congregation
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A New Song We Now Begin : Celebrating the Half Millennium of Lutheran Hymnals 1524-2024
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The [Episcopal] Hymnal 1982 Companion
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The New Century Hymnal Companion [UCC]
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Hymntune Index and Related Hymn Materials
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The Hymn Tune Index
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Catalogue of Vocal Solos and Duets Arranged in Biblical Order
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Catalogue of Choral Music Arranged in Biblical Order
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A Panorama of Christian Hymnody
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An Index of Gregorian Chant
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The music of Christian hymns
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The English Hymn
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An English-Speaking Hymnal Guide
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The German Hymnody of the Brethren, 1720-1903
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Die Evangelischen Kirchenordnungen des XVI. Jahrhunderts
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Typically known as "The Grove" after its most recent print version of 2001, its encyclopedic online content on people, works, terminology and sources, has been expanded to include both legacy and more recent publications of Grove Opera (1992), the Grove Jazz 2nd ed (2002), the AmeriGrove, and Grove Instruments. Notated music examples are embedded. Articles are selectively updated or added three times annually.
Worship Music: a Concise Dictionary
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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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The New Grove Dictionary of American Music
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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
The Hymnal : A Reading History
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This Is Our Song : Women’s Hymn-Writing
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A calling and a community : the Hymn Society, 1922–2021
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