Introduction - RS 3040: History of Christianity - Music Resources - Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University

Music has been a part of Christian worship from its inception. Following the Lord's Supper, Jesus and his disciples sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives (Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26). This was probably one of the Hallel Psalms (Psalm 113-118) traditionally sung at the ending of the Passover meal. This guide will help you locate resources provided by the James E. Walker Library related to Christian worship.

Encyclopedias and Other Reference Works

Online Resources (Subscription access via Walker Library with your MTSU credentials)

Oxford Music Online
Search for composers, specific works, genres, or musical terms

Contents:
Grove Music Online
The Oxford Dictionary of Music
The Oxford Companion to Music
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Music Online (from Alexander Street)
Music Online includes articles, scores, sound and video recordings. It may be helpful to explore the "Browse these categories" section on the start page.

Searches African American Music Reference, Classical Music Library, Classical Music Reference Library, Classical Scores Library and The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online. Includes streaming audio.
African American Music Reference
Chronicles the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music.

• Full text from major reference works
• Biographies and personal narratives from oral histories
• Manuscripts, song-sheets, lyrics, discography data, and other text sources
cover jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and
blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Kuhn, Laura Diane, Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995
ISBN: 9780028660912

Publication Date: c2001

Online Resources (freely available)

Hymnary.org
Hymnary.org is an online hymn and worship music database for worship leaders, hymnologists, and amateur hymn lovers alike. At Hymnary.org you can search or browse hymns by title, tune, meter, key, scripture reference, and more.

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In partnership with The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, Hymnary.org now houses the Dictionary of North American Hymnology, adding over a million first lines of hymns, collected and organized by Leonard Ellinwood and later digitized by Mary Louise VanDyke and Paul Powell with the help of Hymn Society members all over the U.S and Canada -- making Hymnary.org the most complete database of North American hymnody on the planet.