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Their usefulness in researching the impact of the Great War on Canadian Protestant Hymnals
DIGITAL HYMNOLOGY TOOLS
Libraries and Archives Canada Private Donald Johnston McKinnon, No. 7 Platoon, 73rd Battalion, returning from the front line
Bonnie Woelk
SCOPE OF RESEARCH
u background information for each denomination
u list of hymn texts in each hymnal
u author’s biography, date text was written
u ability to compare hymnals
u scans of each hymnal
u Information based on scholarly research
DIGITAL TOOLS NEED TO PROVIDE:
Digital Libraries
u HathiTrust: www.hathitrust.org
u Christian Classics Ethereal Library: www.ccel.org
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH
Encyclopedias and dictionaries u Grove Music Online: www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public/
u The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/encyclopedia-of-music-in-canada
u The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology: www.hymnolgy.co.uk
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH
THE CANTERBURY DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY
THE CANTERBURY DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY
Thematic Guides u The Hymn Tune Index:
www.hymntune.library.illinois.edu/
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH
Relational Database
u Hymnary: www.hymnary.org
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH
HYMNARY.ORG
BASIC SEARCH IN HYMNARY.ORG
CATEGORY SEARCH IN HYMNARY.ORG
HYMN ENTRY PAGE
u A spreadsheet for each hymnal u First line
u Hymnal u Hymn number u Author u Author’s nationality u Date written u Theme
u A spreadsheet for each comparison
REQUIREMENTS FOR HYMNAL ANALYSIS
STEP 1: CREATE “MY HYMNALS” COLLECTION
STEP 2: CREATE SPREADSHEETS FOR EACH HYMNAL
STEP 3: CREATE HYMNAL COMPARISON SPREADSHEETS
AUTHORITY PAGE SOURCES
u Music encyclopedias and dictionaries provide contextual information u Hymn traditions and eras
u Denominational hymnals and compilation history
u Relational database provides detailed hymn data u Performs time-consuming tasks
u Exports data
USEFULNESS OF DIGITAL TOOLS
901
822
567
488
334
334
MHTB 1894
MHTB 1917
Number of Hymns Unique Hymns Common Hymns
CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN REPERTOIRE
822
1044
305
527
517
517
MHTB 1917
UCC 1930
Number of Hymns Unique Hymns Common Hymns
CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN REPERTOIRE
CHANGE IN AUTHOR NATIONALITY MHTB 1894 – MHTB 1917
85.5
69
4.1
14.3
2.7 6.8
1 4.8 6.8 5.1
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60
70
80
90
MHTB 1894 MHTB 1917 English American Scottish/Irish Canadian Other/Incomplete
CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN THEMES
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
MHTB 1917 UCC 1930
Other
The Inner Life
National Life and Social Service
Comfort, Death, Peace, and War
Missions and Evangelism
God and the Church
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