  Benson, Louis F., Studies of Familiar Hymns. Series I and II. Westminster Press, 1903 and 1923. An authoritative study. One of the best. Breed, David R., The History and Use of Hymns and Hymn-Tunes. Revell, 1903. Useful but somewhat out of date, especially in its classification of hymns. Brown, Theron, and Butterworth, Hezekiah, The Story of the Hymns and Tunes. American Tract Society, 1906. Based on Butterworth’s Story of the Hymns and Story of the Tunes, with much added material. Gillman, Frederick John, The Evolution of the English Hymn. Macmillan, 1927. Well written. Resembles Horder’s Hymn Lover but brings the material more nearly up to date. Horder, W. Garrett, The Hymn Lover. Curwen, 1889. An excellent introduction to Christian hymnology. Julian, John, ed. A Dictionary of Hymnology. Murray, 1908. A comprehensive and invaluable book of reference. Maitland, J. A. Fuller, ed., Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Theodore Presser Co. A famous work in four volumes. 1940 edition by H. C. Colles. McCutchan, Robert G., Hymns in the Lives of Men. Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1945. An interesting study of the influence of hymns. Phillips, Charles S., Hymnody Past and Present. S.P.C.K., 1937. Scholarly. Deals largely with hymnody of the Church of England. Robinson, Charles S., Annotations upon Popular Hymns. Hunt, 1893. Comments on hymns contained in Laudes Domine. Ryden, Ernest Edwin, The Story of Our Hymns. Augustana Book Concern, 1930. Popular in style. Part III 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 HymnodyBenson, 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 HymnodyFoote, 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 WritersButterworth, 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 ChoralesBacon 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 SongsGabriel, 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 HymnalsCovert, 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 HymnologyAshton, 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 ComposersDickinson, 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 HymnodyBender, 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. Part II consists of a chronological list of Mennonite hymn books. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt-am-Main und Weierhof. A comprehensive work begun in 1913 by Hege and Neff, still unfinished. Smith, C. H., The Story of the Mennonites. Mennonite Book Concern, Berne, Ind., 1941. By request of the author before his death in 1948, the work is being revised and brought up to date by Dr. C. Krahn. |
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