Hymnals, also called hymnbooks (or hymn books) and occasionally hymnaries, are books of hymns sung by religious congregations. The following is a list of English-language hymnals by denomination.
Contents
- 1 Denominational Hymnals
- 2 Roman Catholic Hymnals
- 2.1 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
- 2.2 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
- 2.3 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa
- 2.4 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain
- 2.5 Hymnals from third-party publishers in use in the Catholic church
- 2.5.1 Portland, OR: OCP Publications
- 2.5.2 Chicago, IL: GIA Publications
- 2.5.3 Chicago, IL: World Library Publications (WLP)
- 2.5.4 Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press
- 2.5.5 San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press
- 2.5.6 Long Prairie, MN: The Neumann Press
- 2.5.7 Lafayette, IN: St. Boniface Church
- 2.5.8 Faber Music
- 2.5.9 Summit, NJ: Dominican Nuns of Summit
- 2.5.10 Corpus Christi, TX: Corpus Christi Watershed
- 2.5.11 Mundelein, IL: Illuminare Publications
- 3 Major Inter-Denominational Protestant Hymnals
- 4 Notes and references
Denominational Hymnals
- See also Mennonite.
Some pages of the
ECP Trial Hymnal containing some songs in some
Igorot languages. (Top-right)
Nay Chawatem Ay Apo, a song of praiase and (below)
Os-os Daongan, a wedding song.
The Amoy Hymnbook showing a song and part of the service in
English and
Fookien.
- Church of England
The Church of England has no official hymnals. But various hymnals have been produced with C. of E. usage much in mind.
- American Baptist Churches (formerly American Baptist Convention, previously Northern Baptist Convention)
- Christian Worship (1941, jointly with Disciples of Christ)
- Hymns and Songs of the Spirit (1966, jointly with Disciples of Christ)
- Hymnbook for Christian Worship (1970, jointly with Disciples of Christ)
- Revival Gems: a Small Book with a Big Mission (1921)
British Pentecostal Fellowship
- Chalice Praise (2002)
- Cáliz de Bendiciones: Himnario Discipulos de Cristo (1996)
- Chalice Hymnal (1995)
- Hymnbook for Christian Worship (1970, jointly with American Baptist Convention)
- Hymns and Songs of the Spirit (1966, jointly with American Baptist Convention)
- Christian Worship (1941, jointly with Northern Baptist Convention)
- His Fullness Songs (1977)
- Select Hymns For Christian Worhip and General Gospel Service (1911)
- (1918)
- (1923)
- (1926)
- (1938)
- * Select Hymns For Christian Worhip and General Gospel Service Number 2 (1950)
- Worship the Lord - Hymnal of the Church of God (1989)
- Church Hymnal (1951)
- Hymns Of The Spirit (1969)
- The Brethren's Tune and Hymn Book (1872)
- Sunday School Song Book (1893)
- Missionary Hymn Book (1893)
- The Brethren Hymnal (1901)
- Kingdom Songs (1911)
|
- Kingdom Songs no. 2 (1917 & 1918)
- Hymnal - Church of the Brethren (1925)
- The Brethren Hymnal (1951)
- Hymnal: A Worship Book (1992)
|
- For older hymnals, see the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymns.
- Special Sacred Songs, Lillenas Publishing (1919)
- Special Sacred Songs No. 2: Sacred Solos, Duets, Quartets, Lillenas Publishing (1920)
- Special Sacred Songs No. 3: Sacred Solos, Duets, Quartets for Use By Singing Evangelists and All Other Gospel Singers, Lillenas Publishing (1927)
- Songs of Full Salvation, Lillenas Publishing
- New Songs of the Old Faith, Lillenas Publishing
- New Songs of the Old Faith No. 2, Lillenas Publishing (1927) 276 hymns
- Favorite Gospel Songs, Lillenas Publishing (c1927) 79 songs
- Great Gospel Songs, Lillenas Publishing (1929) 163 hymns
- Glorious Gospel Songs, Lillenas Publishing (1931) 1st official hymnal
- Lillenas' Solos and Duets Number 1, Lillenas Publishing (1931) 118 songs
- Lillenas' Songs for Men, Lillenas Publishing (1931) 126 songs
- The Lillenas' Ladies Voices, Lillenas Publishing
- Songs of Victorious Faith, Lillenas Publlishing (c1935) 203 songs
- New Sacred Solos and Duets, Lillenas Publishing (1939)
- Hymns of Conquest, Lillenas Publishing (1940)
- Sacred Trios For Women, Lillenas Publishing (1941)
|
- Inspiring Gospel Solos & Duets Number 1, Lillenas Publishing
- Inspiring Gospel Solos & Duets Number 2, Lillenas Publishing (1948)
- Singing Joy: A Chorus Book for Young People, Lillenas Publishing (1950) 178 songs
- Glorious Freedom: Songs for Evangelism, Lillenas Publishing (1951) 129 songs
- Showers of Blessing No. 1, Lillenas Publishing,
- Showers of Blessing No. 2, Lillenas Publishing, 138 songs
- Praise and Worship, Lillenas Publishing (1952), also Nazarine Publishing House, pref. 1951; the 2nd official hymnal
- Rejoice and Sing! A Hymnal for All Services with Accent on Youth, Lillenas Publishing (1958)
- Joyfully Sing - A Hymnal For Juniors, Lillenas Publishing (1968)
- Songs of the Sanctuary, Lillenas Publishing (1970) 345 hymns
- Reasons to Sing: A Songbook for Youth Today, Lillenas Publishing (1971) 62 songs
- Worship in Song, Lillenas Publishing (1972) 3rd official hymnal
- Scriptures To Sing: New And Old (A Supplementary Hymnal, Designed For Use By Youth, Bible Study, And Prayers Fellowships), Lillenas Publishing (1977)
- Wesley Hymns, Lillenas Publishing (1982) 164 Hymns of John Wesley and Charles Wesley
- Exalt Him! Hymnal Supplemental, Lillenas Publishing (19--)
- Sing to the Lord, Lillenas Publishing (1993) 4th and current official hymnal
|
- Christian Hymnbook, Alexander Campbell (1865)
- The Christian Hymnal, American Christian Missionary Society (1882)
- New Christian Hymn and Tune, Fillmore Brothers (1882)
- Gloria in Excelsis, William E.M. Hackleman (1905)
- Great Songs of the Church (later, revised and supplemented by ACU Press), E.L. Jorgenson (1921)
- Choice Gospel Hymns, Charles Mitchell Pullias (1923)
- Christian Hymns, L.O. Sanderson (1935)
- Complete Christian Hymnal, Marion Davis (1940)
- Christian Hymns II, L.O. Sanderson (1948)
- Sacred Selections for the Church, Ellis J. Crum (1956)
- Majestic Hymnal II, Reuel Lemmons (1959)
- Abiding Hymns, Robert C. Welch (1963)
- Christian Hymnal, J. Nelson Slater (1963)
|
- Christian Hymns III, L.O. Sanderson (1966)
- Special Sacred Selections, Ellis J. Crum (1977)
- Songs of the Church (later, supplemented and revised by Taylor Publications), Alton Howard publishing (1977)
- Hymns of Praise, Reuel Lemmons (Firm Foundation, 1978)
- Church Gospel Songs and Hymns, V.E. Howard Publishing (1983)
- Hymns for Worship (Revised in 1994 with a couple hundred more selections), R.J. Stevens publishing (1987)
- Praise for the Lord, John P. Wiegand (1992)
- Songs of Faith and Praise, Alton Howard publishing (1993)
- Sacred Songs of the Church, W. D. Jeffcoat, Psallo Publications (2007)
- Songs for Worship and Praise, R.J. Taylor Publications (2010)
- Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, Sumphonia Productions, LLC (2012)
|
- Voices of Praise (1982)
- New Voices of Praise (1988)
- Glorious Praise
- For older hymnals, see Kingdom songs.
- Sing to Jehovah, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (2009)
- "Union Hymnal" (ed. Cantor Alois Kaiser), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1897)
- "Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship" (ed. Rabbi Harry H. Mayer), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1914)
- "Union Hymnal: Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship," Third Edition Revised and Enlarged (ed. Abraham Wolf Binder), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1932)
- "Union Hymnal: Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship," Part II—Musical Services, Third Edition Revised and Enlarged (ed. Abraham Wolf Binder), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1932)
- "Union Songster: Songs and Prayers for Jewish Youth" (ed. Eric Werner), Central Conference of American Rabbis (1960)
- "Shirim u-Zemirot" (ed. Jack Gottlieb), Central Conference of American Rabbis and American Conference of Cantors (1977)
- "Gates of Song: Music for Shabbat" (ed. Charles Davidson), Transcontinental Music Publications (1987)
Note: Not all congregations use a hymnal from their own denomination. For example there are churches in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod that use the two oldest LCMS hymnals as well as the current WELS hymnal.
- Philharmonia (1875) Reprinted and now updated by Old Order Mennonite Conference of Ontario.
- Hymns and tunes for public and private worship, and Sunday schools compiled by a committee (1890)
- Church and Sunday school hymnal, a collection of hymns and sacred songs, appropriate for church services, Sunday schools, and general devotional exercises. Compiled and published under the direction of a committee appointed by Mennonite conferences (1902)
- New Harmonia Sacra (1915)
- Life Songs (1916)
- Children's hymns and songs (1924)
- Church hymnal, Mennonite, a collection of hymns and sacred songs, suitable for use in public worship, worship in the home, and all general occasions (1927)
- Select hymns and gospel songs taken from the Church hymnal for use in conferences and special meetings (1929)
- Songs of cheer for children, a collection of hymns and songs suitable for use in the primary and junior departments of our Sunday schools, authorized by Mennonite General Conference, compiled by Music Committee (1929)
- Life Songs No. 2 (1938)
- Selections from Life songs No. 2 (1942)
- Junior hymns for juniors in church, Sunday school, and Summer Bible school (1947)
- Songs of the Church (1953)
- Selections from Church hymnal for use in conference, special meetings (1953)
- The Mennonite Hymnal (1969)
- Christian Hymnal (1959)
- Christian Hymnary (1971)
- Sing and Rejoice! (1979)
- Hymnal: A Worship Book (1992)
- Sing the Journey (2005)
- Sing the Story (2007)
[13]
- First Hymn Book of the Unitas Fratrum (1501). In "the Bohemian tongue", compiled by Bishop Luke of Prague, printed in Prague.[15] Other editions: 1505 and 1519.[16]
- First Hymn Book of the Renewed Church (1735)[15]
- First English Moravian Hymn Book (1741).[15] Other editions: 1746, 1754, eleven others, 1849 edited by James Montgomery and 1912 (with a supplement in 1940).[15][16]
- The Moravian Hymn Book authorized for use in the British Province of the Moravian Church (1969). Contains: Acknowledgments, Contents, Preface, 710 numbered hymns including 140 of Moravian Church origin, the rest being from "...the whole Christian tradition of hymnody...", Index to first lines, Index of authors and translators.[15] This Hymn Book is also used in the English speaking Caribbean.[16] It includes a collection of Liturgies (revised 1960). A music edition was published in 1975.[16] A version without the liturgy is also available[17]
- Sing Out Today (1994) a collection of hymns by contemporary writers - words only. The music edition includes writers from the British Province only.[17]
- Moravian Book of Worship (1995) the service book of the Moravian Church in North America.[17]
See Friends
- The Song Book of The Salvation Army - Contains the words only.
- The Tune Book of The Salvation Army - Two Editions for accompaniment either by means of Piano or Brass Band : Piano Version, and Brass Band (varying parts: Solo Cornet, Euphonium, etc.)
- 'Hymns in Commemoration of the Sufferings of Our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, compos'd for the celebration of his Holy Supper' (1697; 3rd ed., 1713)
- 'Hymns Compos'd for the Celebration of the Holy Ordinance of Baptism' (1712)
- Spiritualist Hymnal: a Revised Collection of Words and Music [(harmonized)] for the Congregation. Second ed., lst printing 1960, 2nd printing 1964.
- Spiritualists' Hymn Book. 24th impression reprinted 2008.
- Holy Songbook, The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (2000)
- Gospel Liturgy: a prayer-book for churches, congregations, and families (1861), Universalist Church in America
- Social Hymns and Tunes, American Unitarian Association (1869)
- Vestry Harmonies: a collection of hymns and tunes for all occasions of social worship (1871) Universalist Church in America
- Services for Congregational Worship, American Unitarian Association (1898)
- The Unitarian Faith Set Forth in Fifty Unitarian Hymns, American Unitarian Association (1914)
- Hymns of the Church, Universalist Church in America (1917)
- The Beacon Song and Service Book, American Unitarian Association (1935)
|
- Hymns of the Spirit, Universalist Church in America and the American Unitarian Association (1937)
- Hymns for the Celebration of Life, The Unitarian Universalist Association (1964)
- Hymns for Living, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (1985)
- Hymns of Faith and Freedom, Unitarian Christian Association (1991)
- Singing the Living Tradition, The Unitarian Universalist Association (1993) ISBN 1-55896-260-3.
- The YRUU Song Book, The Unitarian Universalist Association Youth Office (1997)[18]
- Singing the Journey, Supplement, The Unitarian Universalist Association (2005) ISBN 1-55896-499-1.
- Sing Your Faith, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (2009) ISBN 978-0-85319-077-6
|
- The Hymnary (1925)
- The Canadian Youth Hymnal: with music [harmonized] (1939)
- Songs of the Gospel (a supplemental collection of evangelistic hymns and songs, 1948)
- The Hymn Book (1971), produced jointly with Anglican Church of Canada
- Songs for a Gospel People (Supplement to THB, 1987)
- Voices United (1996)
- More Voices (Supplement to VU, 2007)
- Pentecostal Praises (1947)
- Pentecostal Hymnal (1948)
- Sing Unto the LORD (1978)
- Songs of Joy, Ukrainian (1932). N.B.: The title in English is at the head of the Ukrainian title.
The official sacred music of the Roman Catholic Church is in the form of Gregorian chant, and appears in the Roman Missal and the Roman Gradual. The Missal contains all that is to be sung during Mass by the priest at the altar, while the Gradual contains all the music sung by the choir. The standard Roman Gradual contains complex Gregorian Chant while the Graduale Simplex substitutes easier Gregorian chants. All of these are in Latin, and are published for the universal Church.
It has been the practice to publish hymnals of songs in the vernacular language for more than 400 years, and many of these now contain some Latin Gregorian chants. They include the following:
- Catholic Worship Book (1985)
- Catholic Book of Worship (three editions) (1972,1980,1994)
- Caribbean Worship and Song (three editions) (2012)
Hymnals from third-party publishers in use in the Catholic church
Portland, OR: OCP Publications
- Journeysongs (Editions 1 & 2)(1994,2003)
- Glory & Praise Volumes 1,2, & 3 (any one or combination thereof, softbound or hardbound)
- Glory & Praise (Classic Edition, 2nd Edition, Comprehensive, Young People's Edition)
- One Faith, Una Voz (bilingual)
- Music Issue (Published Yearly)
|
- Heritage Missal (Published Yearly)
- Today's Missal (Published Yearly)
- Breaking Bread (Published Yearly)
- Companion Missal (Published Yearly)
- Spirit & Song (1 & 2)(1999,2006)
- Rise Up and Sing (2 editions)
- Never Too Young
- Flor y Canto (Spanish-language hymns)
|
Chicago, IL: GIA Publications
-
- Gather (1988)
- Gather II (1992)
- Gather Comprehensive (1994)
- Gather Comprehensive, 2nd ed. (2006)
- Gather III (2011)
-
- Worship (1971)
- Worship II (1975)
- Worship III (1986)
- Worship IV (2011)
|
- Catholic Community Hymnal (1999)
- RitualSong (1996)
- Lead Me, Guide Me (1987)
- Lead Me, Guide Me, 2nd ed. (2011)
- Hymnal for Catholic Students
- Singing Our Faith
- Hymnal for the Hours
- Cross Generation (2009)
- Oramos Cantando/We Pray in Song (2011)
- Resource Collection of Hymns and Service Music for the Liturgy [I.C.E.L.] (1984)
|
Chicago, IL: World Library Publications (WLP)
- We Celebrate
- Seasonal Missalette (in either standard or revised text editions, large-print or standard-size print)
- People's Mass Book (2003 & 1984 Editions)
- Word & Song (published annually)
- Voices as One, Vol. 1 (1998)
- Voices as One, Vol. 2 (2005)
- Celebremos/Let Us Celebrate (bilingual English/Spanish)
- One in Faith (2014)
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press
- The Collegeville Hymnal (1990)
- Sacred Song (Published Triennially)
- The Adoremus Hymnal (1997)
Long Prairie, MN: The Neumann Press
|
Lafayette, IN: St. Boniface Church
4th Edition 2011[19]
Faber Music
Summit, NJ: Dominican Nuns of Summit
- The Summit Choirbook (1983)
Corpus Christi, TX: Corpus Christi Watershed
Mundelein, IL: Illuminare Publications
-
- Lumen Christi Hymnal (2014)
- Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (2014)
|
Major Inter-Denominational Protestant Hymnals
- African American Heritage Hymnal, GIA Publications (2001)
- Celebration Hymnal, Word Music (1997)
- Christian Life Hymnal, Hendrickson Publishers (2006)
- Favorite Hymns of Praise, Hope Publishing (1967)
- Great Hymns of the Faith, Brentwood Music (1968)
- Heavenly Highway Hymns, Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company
- The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration, Word Music (1986)
- Hymns for the Family of God, Brentwood Music (1976)
- Hymns for Today's Church, Jubilate Hymns (1982)
- Keswick Hymn Book, Marshall, Morgan & Scott (1938)
- Mission Praise HarperCollins (several editions 1980s onwards)
- A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools, Yale University Press (1992)
- The Psalms of David Imitated, by Isaac Watts, (1719)
- Recueil de chant maçonnique, éd. 1984 (words only, in French, of Christian-compatible Masonic hymns)
- Redemption Hymnal (1951)
- Sacred Songs and Solos, Marshall, Morgan & Scott (1921)
- Sing the Faith, Geneva Press (1993)
- Triumphant Service Songs (1934)
- Worship & Rejoice, Hope Publishing
- The Worshiping Church, Hope Publishing (1990)
- Majesty Hymns, Majesty Music (1996)
- Rejoice Hymns, Majesty Music (2011)
- Christian Hymns (hymnbook), Evangelical Movement of Wales (1977; 2d edn. 2004)
Notes and references