The Hymn Tune Index: A Census of English-Language Hymn Tunes in Printed Sources from 1535 to 18204-Volume Set

by Nicholas Temperley and Joseph Herl

This unique reference is the first systematic guide to the history of the English-language hymn tune, as represented in printed sources from the earliest (Coverdale's Goostly Psalmes) to 1820. Using a simple numerical code to represent the first two lines of each melody, the book allows the reader to look up any of nearly 20,000 British and American hymn tunes without advance knowledge of the composer, name, or text. Each entry provides an array of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0193111500
• ISBN13: 9780193111509
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 2688 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.9" x 7.4" x 15.7"