Item Detail
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Rogal, Samuel J.
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Guide to the hymns and tunes of American Methodism
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Book
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Music reference collection ; no. 7
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Westport, Conn.
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1986
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Greenwood Press
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xxii, 318 s.
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English
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0313251231; 9780313251238
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Hymns, English--United States--Dictionaries.
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Methodist Hymns; Hymns; Tunes; United States
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ML 102 .H95 R6 1986
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Rogal, Samuel J. Guide to the Hymns and Tunes of American Methodism. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1986.
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A comprehensive survey of the Hymns of American Methodism. Useful for searching for hymns according to various criteria.
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Focuses on the content of six major hymnals from the Methodist Church in the United States: Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church; The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal, Issued Under the Auspices of the Board of Sunday Schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church; The Methodist Hymnal. Official Hymnal. The Methodist Episcopal Church. The Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The Methodist Protestant Church; A.M.E. Hymnal. With Responsive-scripture readings. Adapted in Conformity with the Doctrines and Usages of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; The Methodist Hymnal. Official Hymnal of the Methodist Church. These sources include hymns ranging 1878-1966.
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The book is organized in six sections: 1- The Hymns: Alphabetical Listing of hymnodists (poets). Lists their hymns in alphabetical order (each is assigned a reference number) with the accompanying hymn tune, and composer/arranger of the tune, and the hymnal where it is found. 2- The Hymnodists: Organized alphabetically by surname. Includes dates, nationality, religious affiliation, and other biographical information. 3- The Hymn-Tune Composers and Arrangers: Same layout as section two. 4- First-Line Index: Alphabetical listing of the first line of hymn texts. Includes references to section one. 5- Composer and Tune-Source Index: Organized by alphabetically by composer name, listing each composer's hymns. Includes references to section one. 6- Tune-Name Index: Alphabetical index of tune names. Includes reference to section one.
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Covers many aspects of each hymn (text, tune, poet, composer, arranger, and location in hymnals). Sections of the book cross-reference easily with each other.
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Cors, Paul. American Reference Books Annual 18 (1987): 1250.
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BYU Mus Ref
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768