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Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
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Researching Hymns and Hymn Tunes
If your Christmas Fest piece is an arrangement of a hymn, here are useful resources for hymns. Some carols that are included in hymnals will also be discussed in these resources.
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An Annotated Anthology of Hymns
Call Number: Music: BV312 .A56 2002A selection of 250 of the best-known hymns; each one is given a commentary which sets it in context, identifies significant sources, and provides explanatory and critical material.
The book, with its BV call number, is shelved in the music library above the desks next to the printer. -
Hymnal companion to Evangelical Lutheran worship
Call Number: M2126 .E96 2010Historical and theological context for the hymns in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (the current hymnal of the ELCA).
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Hymnary.orgA useful online encyclopedia of hymn tunes and text; Karen uses it all the time as an organist!