See Outline of Early Hymnody2

See Bibliography of Early Christian Hymnody

1. Influence of Jewish traditions on early Christian music & liturgy

2. The earliest beginnings of Christian hymnody

3. Antiphonal and Responsorial Singing

4. Congregational Singing in the Early Church

5. New Testament hymns

6. Hymns of the Early Church

7. Early Gnostic hymns

8. The Lord's Supper hymn

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Early Christian hymns contained in the Methodist Hymnal:

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LISTEN to some examples of Early Christian Music

List of recordings of reconstructed music from the Early Christian Church from Listening to Medieval Music (University of North Florida).

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See What is a HYMN?

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Check this out: http://webcampus3.stthomas.edu/jmjoncas/ [Fr. Jan Michael Joncas, University of St. Thomas. According to Fr. Joncas, Un. of St. Thomas is in the process of changing servers. He is teaching Spring semester at Univ. of Notre Dame and won't be able to check on the links till he gets back in the summer, 2003.]