Hymnology and Sacred Music

Bibliography on Church Music with Annotations: Includes Bibliography, Reference, and Periodicals.

CANTUS Home Page: Database of Gregorian Chant.

Christian Music Resources: List of links on various styles of church music, plus much more.

Church Music Association of America: "The Church Music Association of America is an association of Catholic musicians, and those who have a special interest in music and liturgy, active in advancing Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, and other forms of sacred music, including new composition, for liturgical use.The CMAA’s purpose is the advancement of musica sacra in keeping with the norms established by competent ecclesiastical authority."

Church Music Research Tools: Contains an annotated bibliography, list of church music schools, and other church music links.

A Collection of Hymns... (1876): John Wesley's Methodist hymnbook with index to the full texts of the hymns.

Dictionary of American Hymnology: Information about the project, but contains limited search capabilities.

Electronic Hymnal - Hymn Lyrics and Music: Small selection of hymns, with music and texts.

The Lutheran Hymnal Midi Project Home Page: Midi files of Lutheran hymns.

MusicLink: Library Guides: Sacred Music: Select bibliography and guide to printed resources.

Oremus Hymnal - This online hymnal contains texts and MIDI files of tunes used in much of the English-speaking world, with particular emphasis on the Anglican tradition. Currently, fifty-two Anglican hymnals from the past 140 years have been indexed. These 52 hymnals contain nearly seven thousand distinct texts and over eighteen thousand text/tune combinations.

Sacred Harp and Shape-Note Music Resources: Comprehensive list of tune books, bibliography, recordings, singing schools, newsletters, and online resources.

Sacred Harp Singing: Contains information about shape-note singing and links to related sources.

Taize Ecumenical, international community founded in 1940, in Taize, France.