Research Guides: Sacred Music: Print Resources

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M14 Organ accompaniments for hymns and liturgical works
M2000-2101 Sacred vocal music (choral)
M2102-2114 Sacred vocal music (solo)
M2115-2146 Hymnals
M2147-2188 Liturgy & ritual
M2190-2191 Sacred vocal music for children
M2193-2196 Songs (part and solo)
M2198-2199 Gospel, revival
ML128.C54 Church music
ML128.H8 Hymns
ML123.L2 Lenten and Easter music
ML128.P Protestant church music
ML128.S2 Sacred vocal music
ML123.W4 Wedding music
ML2400, 3260 Cantatas
ML3201-3251 Oratorios
ML3000-3775 History and criticism
MT88, 915 Church choirs, Choir training
MT865 Protestant chorales
MT875 Chorus and part singing

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History and Criticism

Te Deum : the church and music : a textbook, a reference, a history, an essay by BV290.W47 1998
Call Number: Westermeyer, P.
Music in American religious experience by Bohlman, P.V.
Call Number: ML2911.M87 2006
A brief history of Christian music : from biblical times to the present by Wilson-Dickson, A.
Call Number: ML3000.W54 1997
Music in worship : the use of music in the church service by Ashton, J.N.
Call Number: ML3001.A82 M8
The history of Catholic Church music. by Fellerer, K.
Call Number: ML3002.F32 1961
From sacred song to ritual music : twentieth-century understandings of Roman Catholic worship music by Joncas, Jan Michael
Call Number: ML3007.J66 1997
An introduction to Gregorian chant by Crocker, Richard L.
Call Number: ML3082.C73 2000
Protestant church music; a history. by Blume, F.
Call Number: ML3100.B5913
Jubilate! : church music in the evangelical tradition by Hustad, D.
Call Number: ML3100.H87
The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches by Patterson, B.
Call Number: ML3160.P28 1995
Abide with me : the world of Victorian hymns by Bradley, I.
Call Number: ML3186.B73 1997
Hymntune index and related hymn materials by Wasson, D.D.
Call Number: ML3186 .W2 [CD-ROM]
How sweet the sound : the golden age of gospel by Boyer, H.
Call Number: ML3187.B7 1995
Happy in the service of the Lord : African-American sacred vocal harmony quartets in Memphis by Lornell, K.
Call Number: ML3187.L67 1995
Contemporary worship music : a biblical defense by Frame, John M.
Call Number: ML3187.5.F73 1997
Public worship, private faith : sacred harp and American folksong by Bealle, J.
Call Number: ML3188.B43 1997
Gather into one : praying and singing globally by Hawn, C.
Call Number: ML3000 .H29 2003
Sufi music of India and Pakistan : sound, context, and meaning in qawwali by Qureshi, Regula
Call Number: ML3197 .Q74 1986
The Lord's song in a strange land : music and identity in contemporary Jewish worship by Summit, J.
Call Number: ML3195.S96 2000
Dancing spirits : rhythms and rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada rite by Fleurant, G.
Call Number: ML3197.F54 1996
A Shaker musical legacy by Opdahl, Robert C.
Call Number: ML3178.S5 O73 2004
People get ready! : a new history of Black gospel music by Darden, Bob
Call Number: ML3187 .D37 2004
Church music in America, 1620-2000 by Ogasapian, John
Call Number: ML2911 .O43 2007
Readings in African American church music and worship by Abbington, James
Call Number: ML2911.9 .R42 2001
Indigenous religious musics by Harvey, Graham
Call Number: ML2900 .I53 2000

Hymnology

Hymns and tunes; an index. by Diehl, K.
Call Number: BV305.D5 1966
A dictionary of hymnology, setting forth the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and nations. by Julian, J.
Call Number: BV305.J82 1957 v.1-2
Sing with understanding : an introduction to Christian hymnology by Eskew, H.
Call Number: BV310.E75 1995
"I will sing the wondrous story" : a history of Baptist hymnody in North America by Music, David W.
Call Number: ML3160 .M87 2008
The story of Southern hymnology by Stevenson, A.
Call Number: ML3111.S8 1975

Subject Headings

Use Subject Headings to help you locate items in the online catalog:

CANTILLATION
CHAPELS (MUSIC)
CHORUSES, SACRED
CHURCH MUSIC
CHURCH MUSICIANS
MUSIC AND MAGIC
MUSIC AND OCCULTISM
MUSIC FOR MEDITATION
MUSIC IN … (CHURCHES, CONVENTS, MONASTERIES, RABBINICAL LITERATURE, ETC…)
MUSIC IN THE BIBLE
MUSIC – RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
SACRED MUSIC
SACRED MUSICALS
SACRED SONGS
SACRED VOCAL ENSEMBLES … (DUETS, TRIOS, etc.)
SACRED VOCAL MUSIC (includes discography and criticism)
SYNAGOGUE MUSIC

Reference Books

Retrieve these resources from the Music Library Reference Section:

Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts
Call Number: Ref. ML13.M83
(Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.)
An index of Gregorian chant. by Bryden, J.R.
Call Number: ML102.C45 B8
A dictionary of Protestant church music. by Davidson, J.
Call Number: ML102.C5 D33
Key words in church music. by Schalk, C.
Call Number: ML102.C5 K5
Historical dictionary of sacred music. by Swain, J.P.
Call Number: ML102 .C5 S83 2006
Concise encyclopedia of Jewish music. by Nulman, M.
Call Number: ML106.J49 N84
American psalmody by Metcalf, F.
Call Number: ML120.U5 M3 1968
Church Music: An International Bibliography. by Von Ende, R.
Call Number: ML128.C54 V66
Vocal solos for Christian churches. by Espina, N.
Call Number: ML128.V7E8 1984
Hymnal handbook for Standard hymns and gospel songs. by Rodeheaver, H.
Call Number: ML3186.R68 1975