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Hymns can be search by name and by its HTI number; by title; by lyrics; by the name of a compiler; and by composer. Temperley's work has produced the four-volume printed Hymn Tune Index published by Oxford University Press (1998); revisions to it can be found here.
The incipit of a hymn tune consists of its opening notes. Here, as in the Oxford Hymn Tune Index and other scholarly resources, an incipit is encoded by digits, each digit representing one note of the scale. Thus, for a major scale: 1 = do; 2 = re; 3 = mi; 4 = fa; 5 = sol; 6 = la; 7 = ti Minor and modal tunes
4 wrz 2003 · It can be used to look up tunes for information about them, to find tunes used with particular texts, or to search for tunes by a given composer. It also embraces a history of early British and American psalm and hymn tunes, their use, and their publication.
The Hymn Tune Index is a comprehensive index of all hymn tunes appearing in English-language sources up to 1820. I was not involved in the project. It was conceived and supervised by my father, Nicholas Temperley, who passed away in 2020.
The Hymn Tune Index allows you to search directly for a tune by the tune's number, name, or incipit (opening notes). Tunes full form is presented in numerical music code (but without rhythm indications), often with comments including the composer’s name (if known).
The hymn tune index : a census of English-language hymn tunes in printed sources from 1535 to 1820 : Temperley, Nicholas : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Temperley, Nicholas. Publication date. 1998. Topics. Hymns, English -- Bibliography, Hymns, English -- Indexes. Publisher.
18 mar 2020 · The hymn tune index : a census of English-language hymn tunes in printed sources from 1535 to 1820 : Temperley, Nicholas : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
