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What do we sing about?

Mon, 01/09/2012 - 16:19 — hplantin

Are you interested in knowing what we sing hymns about? We have set up a hymn topic browse "cloud" that shows topics, with more frequently occurring topics made larger. Check it out!

Did you know you can easily compare the different versions of a hymn text at Hymnary.org? Just click the "Compare to other versions of this text" on a text authority page. You'll get a cool list of texts color-coded by similarity.

What do hymns tell us about society?

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 15:14 — hplantin

What we sing about reflects our hopes and desires, the direction and impetus of our faith. Therefore, looking at the percentage of published hymns containing certain keywords over time can reveal significant trends.

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Play hymns from your iPad

Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:50 — hplantin

We're in the process of adding half a million scanned pages of hymnals. Now there's an easy, fun way to get access to those scans on your iPad!

Point Safari to Hymnary.org's iPad page and put it on your music stand. Search for a hymn by first line or melody. Now you can browse and play the matching hymns by touching and swiping the screen!

Enjoy.

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New hymnals at Hymnary.org

Sat, 07/23/2011 - 17:44 — hplantin

Are you a fan of historic late nineteenth-century American hymnals? How about controversial constitutional amendments that impinge on the private lives of individuals?

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Something has changed...

Mon, 07/11/2011 - 09:11 — hplantin

...on the left sidebar. That's right, the search engine. After considerable cutting, gluing, nailing, sanding, and painting Peter Plantinga has crafted a new search engine that is much more powerful than the previous one--yet easy to use. We're still polishing it so send us any bug reports or suggestions you may have.

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Stone-Campbell Movement hymnal bibliography

Thu, 07/07/2011 - 12:40 — Greg Scheer

John Wakefield, Hymn Society life member and retired Milligan College (Johnson City, TN) prof, has taken on the task for the hymnal bibliography committee of compiling the bibliography of all hymnals published in the Stone-Campbell Movement. This American movement fostered three church groups: a cappella churches of Christ, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and independent Christian Churches / Churches of Christ (instrumental). Today the three groups have a total membership about

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Where do those hymns come from?

Tue, 07/05/2011 - 09:54 — hplantin

We have set up a new map view that lets you see where hymns come from. As we add location information to more hymns, this view will populate further. Check it out!

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Plantinga and Scheer interviewed by The Congregational Resource Guide

Thu, 02/03/2011 - 06:01 — Greg Scheer

The Congregational Resource Guide, a project of the Alban Institute and Lilly Foundation, interviewed Hymnary.org founders Harry Plantinga and Greg Scheer in preparation for the Hymnary.org interest session at the 2011 Calvin Worship Symposium. It presents a good overview of Hymnary.org and the way it serves congregations.