Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 08 · The Sound of Congregational Song · Page 20 in print
The Hymnal on the Pew
The English Hymnal (1906) names music editor Ralph Vaughan Williams and editor Percy Dearmer.
Jump to a word
The words
Clowes
William Clowes and Sons, publisher of Hymns Ancient and Modern from 1868.
Duodecimo
Small book format (12°) folded to twelve leaves per sheet.
First lines
Hymnal index arranged by the opening line of each hymn. Finding aid in the pew hymnal.
Ashley Danyew: How to Use the Metrical Index (opens a new tab)
Henry Baker
Sir Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877), editor-in-chief and committee chairman of Hymns Ancient and Modern. Shaped the pew hymnal that became standard.
Hymnology Archive: Henry W Baker (opens a new tab) · Wikipedia: Hymns Ancient and Modern (opens a new tab)
Henry Frowde
The publisher named on the 1906 English Hymnal title page.
Wikisource: The English Hymnal (1906, lyrics (opens a new tab)
Humfreys
The printer of the first edition of Watts’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs.
Hymnology
The study of hymns and their history.
Internet Archive: A dictionary of hymnology (opens a new tab) · Wikipedia: Hymns Ancient and Modern (opens a new tab)
John Julian
John Julian, editor of A Dictionary of Hymnology (1892). Catalogued the origins of hymns found in hymnals.
Internet Archive: A dictionary of hymnology (opens a new tab)
Metrical index
Index grouping tunes by poetic metre.
Ashley Danyew: How to Use the Metrical Index (opens a new tab)
Music edition
Hymnal edition printing tunes with the words, as opposed to words only.
Novello
Novello & Co., London music publisher of the first Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861).
Split leaf
Pages cut horizontally, tunes above and words below, for mixing and matching.
Supplement
Added section of hymns bound with an existing hymnal, such as A&M’s 1889 supplementary hymns.
Tune index
Index of hymn-tune names.
Ashley Danyew: How to Use the Metrical Index (opens a new tab)
Words Only
A hymnal format containing hymn texts without musical notation.
Wikisource: The English Hymnal (1906, lyrics (opens a new tab)
Sources
- Hymns Ancient and ModernWikipedia
- Hymns and spiritual songs. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II…Grub Street Project (ESTC-derived record)
- How to Use the Metrical Index in Your HymnalAshley Danyew (church musician’s blog)
- Henry W BakerHymnology Archive (quoting a historical source)
- The English Hymnal (1906, lyrics only)The English Hymnal, words-only edition, 1906, original title leaf
- A dictionary of hymnology setting forth the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and nations : John JulianInternet Archive (digitized 1892 Murray edition)
- Scottish Psalms Online – A New Split-leaf ResourceUniversity of St Andrews, Soundyngs blog (Jane Pettegree)