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.
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.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by 
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music by 
Worship Music: a Concise Dictionary by 
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians