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deals with Scandinavian hymnody. The author is a Lutheran hymnologist.
Schaff, Philip, _Literature and Poetry_. Scribner, 1890.
Contains an informative chapter on St. Bernard as a hymnist.
English Hymnody
Benson, Louis F., _The English Hymn_. Doran, 1915.
Best source of information on the development and use of standard English and American hymns. Scholarly. Unfortunately out of print.
Brawley, Benjamin, _History of the English Hymn_. Abingdon Press, 1932.
Popular in style.
Duffield, Samuel Willoughby, _English Hymns_. Funk and Wagnalls, 1886.
An old standard work giving the origin of hymns to the middle of the 19th century.
Marks, Harvey B., _The Rise and Growth of English Hymnody_. Revell, 1937.
An excellent account.
American Hymnody
Foote, Henry Wilder, _Three Centuries of American Hymnody_. Harvard University Press, 1940.
An authoritative and readable account of American hymnody from the publication of the _Bay Psalm Book_, 1640, to the present day.
Ninde, Edward S., _The Story of the American Hymn_. Abingdon Press, 1921.
Popular stories of hymns. Supplements the more scholarly work by Foote.
Stories of Hymns and Hymn Writers
Butterworth, Hezekiah, _The Story of the Hymns_. American Tract Society.
Deals with nearly one hundred hymns, emphasizing those that resulted from unusual religious experiences.
Cope, Henry F., _One Hundred Hymns You Ought to Know_. New York, 1906.
Laufer, Calvin W., _Hymn Lore_. Westminster Press, 1932.
Comments on 50 hymns, mostly of American origin.
Price, Carl F., _One Hundred and One Hymn Stories_. Abingdon.
—— ——, _More Hymn Stories_. Abingdon, 1931.
Popular but authoritative.
Smith, H. Augustine, _Lyric Religion_. Century, 1931.
Excellent account of 150 hymns with suggestions for their use at song services.
Stead, W. T., _Hymns That Have Helped_. Doubleday, 1897.
Brief notes on 150 popular hymns.
The German Chorales
Bacon and Allen, _The Hymns of Martin Luther_. London, 1884.
Luther’s hymns set to their original melodies. Includes Luther’s prefaces to successive hymn books published during his life time and under his supervision.
Collitz, Klara Hechtenberg, _Selections from Classical German Literature_. Oxford University Press, 1914.
Includes biographical notes.
Knapp, Albert, _Evangelischer Liederschatz_. Stuttgart, 1865.
More than 3,000 of the great hymns of Germany are included in this work, the most comprehensive hymn collection ever published in Germany. But Knapp took undue liberties in revising the hymns of some of the older writers.
Koch, Edward Emil, _Geschichte des Kirchenliedes und Kirchengesangs_. Stuttgart, 1867.
A standard work.
Schultz, Walter, _Reichsänger_. P. Ott, Gotha, 1930.
A popular account of hymns used in Germany, including translations from English sources. The author was a pastor in Marburg.
Wilson, A. W., _The Chorales_. Faith Press, London, 1920.
A 78 page monograph by the then organist of Manchester Cathedral.
Winkworth, Catherine, _Christian Singers of Germany_. London, 1869.
—— ——, _Lyra Germanica_. London, 1881.
England’s foremost translator of German chorales gives in these volumes a history of German hymnody and collections of her translations.
Wolff, Dr. Eugen, _Das Deutsche Kirchenlied des 16. und 17. Jahrh_. Stuttgart.
Detailed and scholarly account.
The Gospel Songs
Gabriel, Chas. H., _The Singers and Their Songs_. The Rodeheaver Co., 1915.
Hall, J. H., _Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers_. Revell, 1914.
Rodeheaver, Homer A., _Hymnal Handbook for Standard Hymns and Gospel Songs_. The Rodeheaver Co., 1931.
Sankey, Ira D., _My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns_. Harper and Brothers, 1907.
Showalter, A. J., _The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers_. A. J. Showalter Co., 1904.
Stebbins, George C., _Reminiscences and Gospel Hymn Stories_. George H. Doran Co., 1924.
Handbooks to Hymnals
Covert, W. C., and Laufer, C. W., _Handbook to the Hymnal_. Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, 1935.
A Handbook to the current Presbyterian hymnal of 1931.
Dearmer, Percy, _Songs of Praise Discussed_. Oxford University Press, 1933.
Based on Moffatt’s _Handbook to the Church Hymnary_. A companion to the popular English collection, _Songs of Praise_.
_Hymns Ancient and Modern_, Historical Edition. Clowes, 1909.
Hymns and music of the famous English hymnal, with an account of all the hymns and tunes.
Macmillan, Alexander, _Hymns of the Church_. United Church Publishing House, Toronto, 1935.
A companion to the _Hymnary_ of the United Church of Canada, constructed in the sequence of history.
McCutchan, Robert Guy, _Our Hymnody_. Methodist Book Concern, 1937.
A manual to the Methodist hymnal. Scholarly and comprehensive.
Moffatt, James, and Patrick, Millar, _Handbook to the Church Hymnary_ with Supplement. Oxford University Press, 1925.
A companion to the Scottish _Church Hymnary_. One of the best Handbooks published.
Polack, W. G., _Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_. Concordia Publishing Co., 1942.
Practical Hymnology
Ashton, Joseph N., _Music in Worship_. The Pilgrim Press, 1943.
A manual for ministers, organists, and choir directors.
Clokey, Joseph W., _In Every Corner Sing_. Morehouse Gorham Co., 1945.
A small, practical book, written for amateurs and laymen, on music for the small church.
Harper, Earl, _Church Music and Worship_. Abingdon Press.
Lorenz, E. S., _The Singing Church_. Cokesbury, 1938.
Much practical material. The author makes about as good a case as can be made for the use of Gospel songs.
Pratt, Waldo S., _Musical Ministries of the Church_. Revell, 1901.
Wolfe, Paul Austin; Dickinson, Helen A., and Clarence, _The Choir Loft and the Pulpit_. H. W. Gray, 1943.
Includes Services of Worship and lists of choir and organ music used in the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York.
Hymn Tunes and Composers
Dickinson, Edward, _Music in the History of the Western Church_. Scribners, 1902.
A broad survey. Excellent chapters on Luther and Bach.
Douglas, Winfred, _Church Music in Theory and Practice_. Scribners, 1937.
Emphasis on liturgical music, written from the point of view of an American Anglo-Catholic.
Lightwood, James T., _Hymn Tunes and Their Story_. Epworth Press, London, 1923.
A good account of tunes up to the latter part of the 19th century.
Metcalf, Frank J., _Stories of Hymn Tunes_. Abingdon Press, 1928.
A popular treatment.
Scholes, Percy A., _The Oxford Companion to Music_. 7th Ed. Revised. Oxford University Press, 1947.
A one volume encyclopedia of music, for both the amateur and professional musician.
Mennonite Hymnody
Bender, H. S., _Two Centuries of American Mennonite Literature_. Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen, Ind., 1929.
Lists books, hymnbooks, pamphlets, papers and magazines by all branches of Mennonites since the beginning of the 18th century.
Hohmann, Walter H., _Outlines in Hymnology with Emphasis on Mennonite Hymnology_. Mennonite Publication Office, 1941.
The Outline, for the most part, follows Breed’s _History and Use of Hymns and Hymn-Tunes_.