I have made my "Comprehensive" list of hymns available, in OpenOffice *.ods format, on the web (right click and open on or save to your own computer): Comprehensive.ods. This is a spreadsheet which currently lists all the hymns in about 33 hymnals, mostly Baptist. It is an ongoing hobby project of mine, so every week it's bigger than the week before. I used OpenOffice format rather than Excel primarily because in Excel format the spreadsheet is now too big to upload.
The spreadsheet currently covers the entire hymnic* contents of:
African American Heritage Hymnal
Celebration Hymnal
Chalice Hymnal
Hymns for the Family of God
Hymns for the Living Church
Hymnal for Worship and Celebration
New National Baptist Hymnal, 2001 ed.
New Century Hymnal
Baptist Hymnal, 1956
Baptist Hymnal, 1975
Baptist Hymnal, 1991
Baptist Hymnal, 2008
Broadman Hymnal
Christian Worship, 1941
Hymnbook for Christian Worship
For the Living of These Days
Gospel Hymns (BGC, 1950)
Hymns and Songs of the Spirit
New Baptist Praise Book, 1917
American Hymnal, 1933
The Worshiping Church
Worship & Rejoice
Christian Life Hymnal, 2006
Great Hymns of the Faith
Great Songs of the Church
A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools, 1992
HHB3 = Harvard Hymn Book, 3rd ed.
Worship in Song (Quaker)
United Methodist Hymnal
Presbyterian Hymnal, 1990
Saints Hymnal (RLDS)
Hymns of the Spirit, 1937 (UU)
The Alfred Burt Christmas Carols
plus substantial portions (at least 200 items each) from
Pilgrim Hymnal, 1958
Living Hymns, 1988
Majesty Hymns, 1997
Soul-Stirring Songs and Hymns, 1972
and smaller parts of more than a dozen others.
*including carols and other songs that some might not consider hymnic, such as short pieces of service music.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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