hy-hymn

Hymnody, taken from the Greek (hymnodia), means exactly "hymn song", but as the hymn-singer as well as the hymn-poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico-philogical investigation and aesthetic estimation of hymns and hymn writers.

I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS
II. THE EARLIEST BEGINNINGS OF HYMNODY
III. METRE OF CHRISTIAN HYMNODY
IV. HYMNODY OF THE ORIENT
V. HYMNODY OF THE WEST

The Gregorian Association

includes a brief, helpful history of Gregorian chant.

History of Worship

focusing especially on the history of "Church Song," from a Lutheran perspective.
I. The Church Service
II. The Church Song

"The Musical Reforms of Martin Luther"
Singing the Psalms: A Brief History of Psalmody

Early Christian Psalmody
Psalmody in the Reformation
English Psalmody
Psalm Singing in America
Renewal of Singing in New England
Eclipse and Revival of Psalmody
Glossary: Psalmody, Hymnody and Song - at the end

John Wyeth and the Develop. of South. Folk Hymnody

The following article is published in Music from the Middle Ages Through the 20th Century: Essays in Honor of Gwynn McPeek, Carmelo P. Comberiati and Matthew C. Steel, eds. (London: Gordon & Breach, 1988), pp. 357-374. It is based on a graduate paper written for Richard Crawford at the University of Michigan, and incorporates his corrections and suggestions. The present version, which does not include the musical examples, is placed online for those who do not have access to the McPeek Festschrift. This article is Copyright © 1988 D.W. Steel; all rights reserved.

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