A Survey of Christian Hymnody

William J. Reynolds and Milburn Price. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged by David Music and Milburn Price. A Survey of Christian Hymnody (Carol Stream, Ill., Hope Publishing Company), 1999.

William J. Reynolds originally published this book in 1963 under the title, A Survey of Christian Hymnody, (NY: Holt, Rhinehart, Winston, 1963). The book was revised in 1977 by William J. Reynolds along with Milburn Price and the title was changed to, A Joyful Sound. The latest edition was revised and expanded by Milburn Price and David Music and is published by Hope Publishing, Co., Carol Stream, Ill.

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Here is a listing of the TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface

Introduction

Hymns as Poetry
Hymns as Music
Hymns as Theology
Hymnody in the Functions of the Church
The Language of Hymnody

PART 1. Early Church Song

The Book of Psalms
Old Testament Canticles
New Testament Canticles
Early Christian Hymnody
Byzantine Hymnody
The Development of Latin Hymnody

PART 2: The Lutheran Chorale

The Significance of Martin Luther
Emergence of the Kantional Style
Seventeenth-Century Developments
Late Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Developments
The Nineteenth Century
Scandinavian Hymnody
Hymnody Outside the Lutheran Tradition

PART 3: Psalmody

Genevan Psalmody
English Psalmody
Other English Psalters
Scottish Psalters
Tate and Brady's "New Version"
Other Tune Books
Musical Development in Psalm Tunes
The Decline of the Metrical Psalm

PART 4: British Hymnody, I

Early Appearances of Hymns in England
Attempts to Introduce Hymn Singing
Isaac Watts
Wesleyan Hymnody
Hymnody of the Evangelical Revival
Independents, Presbyterians, and Baptists
Moravian Hymnody in England
Hymn Singing in the Church of England
Transitional Writers: Montgomery and Kelly

PART 5: British Hymnody, II

The Nineteen-Century
The Oxford Movement
Victorian Hymns and Tunes
Non-Anglican Hymnody
The Twentieth Century
Recent Developments
English Hymnal Companions

PART 6: American Hymnody, I

Psalmody in Colonial America
Attempts to Improve Psalm Singing
Early American Singing Schools
Immigrants and Influences
Hymn Singing of the Great Awakening
Denominational Activity
Camp-Meeting songs
Folk Hymnody
Shape-Notes
Other Early Nineteenth-Century Developments

PART 7: American Hymnody, II

Nineteenth=Century Hymns and Hymn Writers
The Emergence of the Gospel Song
Nineteenth-Century Hymnals
Expansion of Southern Shape-Note Singing
Twentieth-Century Developments
Twentieth-Century Hymns and Hymn Writers
Twentieth-Century Hymnals
American Hymnal Companions

Suggestions for Supplementary Study

Illustrative Hymns (A total of 139 hymns covering the history of Christian Hymnody - fully set with music and text)

Index of Illustrative Hymns

Index of Illustrative Hymn Tunes

General Index