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Home » Society » Religion_and_Spirituality » Christianity » Music Hymns
Hymns are primarily songs sung by congregations in worship. Unlike "anthems", the music is short--2 to 12 lines or so, with 4 to 8 lines being most common--and the text is divided into stanzas, with the music repeated for each stanza. There is some content overlap with the "Gospel Music" category, which is more oriented toward "concert to audience" performance."Chant," a very distinct musical style, is a separate category."Carols"--a similar style with overlapping content, but more social than congregational in use--may be found either here or in the related "Carols" category."Anthems" don't really have a home yet.Sites may contain hymn texts (lyrics), music written or used for hymns (midi files; or scores in graphic or other format) historical information about the origin or use of this music (hymnology); advertisements for hymnals, recordings, or indexes; indexes/links to printed or internet resources.Site descriptions begin with bracketed keywords including type of content (midi, scores, lyrics, links, indexes, hymnology); Hymnal names; styles (shape notes); denomination or nation (Baptist, Wesleyan, Lutheran, Canada, England, etc.) [feedback on the keywords--value or implementation--is welcome!]
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| Oremus Hymnal - [1800+ lyrics; 900+ MIDIs; Episcopal/Anglican] Texts and tunes from 21 Anglican hymnals worldwide; hymn, tune, hymnal, liturgical, and lectionary indexes.
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| | Music for the Church of God - [Worldwide Church of God; hymnology; midi]
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| | Sovereign Grace Hymns - A selection of hymns used in Primitive Baptist Churches. Includes a history of Old School Baptist Hymnals.
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| | Hymns of the Christian Church - [40 lyrics] From the Harvard Classics Library.
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| | HymnSite - [500 lyrics; 300 midi; links; indexes; interaction: mailing list] public domain material from "United Methodist Hymnal, 1989", "The Standard Psalm Tune Book" (Henry E. Dibdin, 1851), and Isaac Watts' metrical psalter.
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| | Cyber Hymnal - [2500+ lyrics & midi; scores; hymnology; links; software] "Autoplay" feature.
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| | Split Infinity Music - [100 lyrics; 50 midi; inc. 10 carols] Song planning software; Song database program with automatic chord transposition; Commercial midi file creation and arrangement service.
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| | Steve Green's MIDI Hymnal - [commercial content only: 3000 lyrics, most with MIDI; indexes; hymnology] Logos Library System Compatible.
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| | The Hymnal, 1982: Large-Print Edition - Includes lyrics, suitable for printing for vision-impaired users of this American Episcopal hymnal.
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| | Hymn Database - Index of hymns from eight books from the UK, including some tunes and all public-domain texts.
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| | The Hymnal 1916 - [complete lyrics; MIDI and sheet music for most tunes; Episcopal; hymnals; indexes] (American)
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| | Lyrics - [500+ lyrics] "Gospel, Praise and Worship, hymns"; requests welcomed. (by John Stines)
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| | The Singing School at Abilene Christian University - Offers training in Songwriting, Singing, and Public Worship Leadership.
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| | 21st Century Puritan: Favorite Hymns - [150+ lyrics & midi]
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| | Name that Hymn - Seeks help locating the original lyrics to certain hymns from the early 20th century.
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