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Sacred songs

Here are entered works for solo voice with sacred texts. Works with secular texts are entered under the heading Songs. This heading is also qualified as appropriate by voice range and specification of accompaniment, e.g. Sacred songs (High voice) with piano; Sacred songs with string orchestra; Sacred songs, Unaccompanied.

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• Sacred vocal music
• Songs

• Sacred songs -- Instrumental settings
• Sacred songs -- Juvenile
• Gospel music
• Hymns

• Arias, Sacred
• Art songs, Sacred
• Sacred arias
• Sacred solo songs
• Solo songs, Sacred
• Songs, Sacred

• Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Transcribed for the Piano (Boston: O. Ditson Co.; et al., c1905), ed. by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, contrib. by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hymns for Little Children (first American edition; Philadelphia: H. Hooker, ca. 1850), by Cecil Frances Alexander (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Poetic Gift: Containing Mrs. Barbauld's Hymns, in Verse (adaptations of Barbauld's "Hymns in Prose for Children", without music; New Haven: S. Babcock, n.d.), by Mrs. Barbauld and Mary Elliott (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Hymns and Services of the Sunday-School of the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, by West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Tabernacle Hymns (Chicago: Tabernacle Pub. Co., c1916), ed. by D. B. Towner and Arthur W. McKee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Tabernacle Hymns, No. 2 (Chicago: Tabernacle Pub. Co., c1921), ed. by Paul Rader, George C. Stebbins, and Lance B. Latham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Revival Helper: A Collection of Songs for Christian Work and Worship (Chicago: S. Brainard's Sons Co., c1893), ed. by Charles Walker Ray (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Revival Helper: A Collection of Songs for Christian Work and Worship (Chicago: S. Brainard's Sons Co., c1893), ed. by Charles Walker Ray (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hymns of the Ages: Being Selections From Lyra Catholica, Germanica Apostolica, and Other Sources (first series; Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1859), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild, contrib. by F. D. Huntington (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hymns of the Ages: Second Series (Boston: J. R. Osgood and and Co., 1877), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Hymns of the Ages: Third Series (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild (multiple formats at Google)
• The Pearl: Seven Hymns on the Faith, by Saint Ephraem Syrus, ed. by John Gwynn, trans. by J. B. Morris (multiple formats at CCEL)
• Verses on Various Occasions (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903), by John Henry Newman (HTML at newmanreader.org)
• The Confederate Soldier's Pocket Manual of Devotions (Charleston: Printed by Evans and Cogswell, 1863), ed. by C. T. Quintard
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Hymnody of the Christian Church (c1927), by Louis F. Benson (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• The Hymnal 1940 Companion (third revised edition; New York: Church Pension Fund, 1956), by Episcopal Church Joint Commission on the Revision of the Hymnal (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Story of the Hymns and Tunes (1906), by Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Studies in Hymnology: A Textbook Designed for Study Groups Where Attention is Given to the Subject of Church Music; Also for Colleges, Schools, the Music Teacher and All Inquiring Students (Nashville: Cokesbury Press, c1938), by Mrs. Crosby Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Hymn (partial serial archives)

• The Hymns of the Atharvaveda, trans. by Ralph T. H. Griffith (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Dakshinamurti Stotra of Sri Sankaracharya; and Daksinamurti Upanishad, With Sri Sureswaracharya's Manasollasa and Pranava Vartika (second edition, English portions only; 1920), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Rig Veda, trans. by Ralph T. H. Griffith
  • HTML at sacred-texts.com
  • HTML at hinduwebsite.com

• Melodies of the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia: The Liturgy, As Sung in Ordinary, During Lent, and on Festivals, Written Down in Modern Notation (second and enlarged edition, 3 volumes in Armenian and English; 1920), by Armenian Church, ed. by Amy Apcar (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Creol Psalm-Buk, of een Vergaedring van Oùwe en Nywe Psalmen na Creol-Tael (in Danish Creole; Copenhagen: P. T. Brünnich, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hymnen an das Diadem der Pharaonen, aus Einem Papyrus der Sammlung Golenscheff (Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, in Kommission bei Georg Reimer, 1911), by Adolf Erman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Christ in Song Hymnal: Containing Over 700 Best Hymns and Sacred Songs New and Old (Battle Creek, MI: Review and Herald, c1900), ed. by F. E. Belden (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Christian Harmonist: Containing a Set of Tunes Adapted to All the Metres in Mr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns, in the Collection of Hymns by Mr. Joshua Smith and in Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns; To Which Are Added, Hymns on Particular Subjects (Salem, MA: Printed by J. Cushing, 1804), ed. by Samuel Holyoke, contrib. by John Rippon, Joshua Smith, and Isaac Watts (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Christian Year, by John Keble
  • multiple formats at CCEL
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• Cloister Songs and Hymns for Children (without music; London: Burns and Co.; Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1881), by Mary Francis Cusack
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of Christians (bound with Jones's The Melody of the Heart; Boston: Manning and Loring, 1804), ed. by Elias Smith and Abner Jones (page images at archive.org)
• The Columbian Repository of Sacred Harmony (Exeter, NH: Press of H. Ranlet, ca. 1802), ed. by Samuel Holyoke (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Golden Chain of Praise: Hymns (London: W. Hunt and Co., ca. 1868), by Thomas Hornblower Gill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Golden Chain of Praise: Hymns (second edition, greatly enlarged; London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1894), by Thomas Hornblower Gill (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hallowed Songs (Cincinnati et al.: Hitchcock and Walden; New York: P. Phillips and Nelon and Phillips, c1874), by Philip Phillips (page images at MOA)
• Harmonia Americana: Containing a Concise Introduction to the Grounds of Music, With a Variety of Airs, Suitable for Divine Worship, and the Use of Musical Societies, Consisting of Three and Four Parts (Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1791), by Samuel Holyoke (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hymns and Meditations (8th edition, with additions; London: A. W. Bennett; Edinburgh: J. Menzies, 1860), by Anna Letitia Waring (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hymns and Meditations (from the 8th London edition; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1873), by Anna Letitia Waring, contrib. by F. D. Huntington (multiple formats at CCEL)
• Hymns and Sacred Poems (fourth edition; Bristol, UK: Printed by F. Farley, 1743), by John Wesley and Charles Wesley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hymns for the Church of Christ, by Frederic Henry Hedge (page images at MOA)
• Hymns for the Church on Earth: Being Three Hundred Hymns and Spiritual Songs (For the Most Part of Modern Date) (New York: A. D. F. Randolph, 1865), ed. by J. C. Ryle (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hymns of the Church Militant (New York: R. Carter and Bros., 1858), by Anna Bartlett Warner (page images at MOA)
• Hymns of the Church Militant (New York: R. Carter and Bros., 1859), by Anna Bartlett Warner
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA
• The Lord's Songs: A Collection of Composures in Metre, Such as Have Been Most Used in the Late Glorious Revivals; Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns Excepted (Salem, MA: Printed by J. Cushing, 1805), by Joshua Spalding (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Musical Olio (Northampton, MA: A. Wright, 1805), ed. by Timothy Olmsted (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Revival Helper: A Collection of Songs for Christian Work and Worship (Chicago: S. Brainard's Sons Co., c1893), ed. by Charles Walker Ray (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Sabbath Hymn Book, by Edwards Amasa Park (page images at MOA)
• Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Christian Devotion, in Publick and Private (1820 edition), by Jeremy Belknap (page images at MOA)
• Select Melodies: Comprising the Best of Those Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use, Not to Be Found in the Standard Methodist Episcopal Hymn Book; As Also, A Number of Original Pieces (Cincinnati: Printed at the Methodist book concern, 1844), ed. by William Hunter
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Songs for Worship in the Sunday-School, Social-Meeting, and Family (c1873), by T. C. O'Kane (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion, by William Walker (multiple formats at CCEL)
• The Tabernacle Hymns (Chicago: Tabernacle Pub. Co., c1916), ed. by D. B. Towner and Arthur W. McKee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Tabernacle Hymns, No. 2 (Chicago: Tabernacle Pub. Co., c1921), ed. by Paul Rader, George C. Stebbins, and Lance B. Latham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Whole Booke of Psalmes: With the Hymnes Evangelicall, and Songs Spirituall (1621 edition), by Thomas Ravenscroft (page images at pbm.com)
• The Christians Duty, Exhibited in a Series Of Hymns, Collected From Various Authors, Designed for the Worship of God, and for the Edification of Christians, Recommended to the Serious of All Denominations by the Fraternity of Baptists (second edition; Germantown, PA: Printed by P. Leibert, 1801) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Church Psalmist: or, Psalms and Hymns for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians (1856), by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (page images at MOA)
• A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, by John Wesley (HTML at CCEL)
• Divine and Moral Songs for Children, by Isaac Watts (multiple formats at CCEL)
• The Hymnal, as Authorized and Approved for Use by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the Year of Our Lord 1916 (1920 editions), ed. by Episcopal Church (multiple formats with commentary at CCEL)
• Hymns for the Amusement of Children (based on the 1771 and 1775 editions), by Christopher Smart (illustrated HTML at Wikisource)
• Hymns of the Ages: Being Selections From Lyra Catholica, Germanica Apostolica, and Other Sources (first series; Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1859), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild, contrib. by F. D. Huntington (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hymns of the Ages: Second Series (Boston: J. R. Osgood and and Co., 1877), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Hymns of the Ages: Third Series (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild (multiple formats at Google)
• The Infant Teacher's Assistant, for the Use of Schools, and Private Families: or, Scriptural and Moral Lessons for Infants, With Observations on the Manner of Using Them (revised by an American editor; Boston: Munroe and Francis; New York: C. S. Francis, 1832), by T. Bilby and R. B. Ridgway
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Poems and Hymns (Crown Point, IN: Printed at the "Register" Office, 1888), by T. H. Ball (HTML and page images at Indiana)
• The Union Harmony: or, Universal Collection of Sacred Music (2 volumes; Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1793), by Oliver Holden
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Urania: or, A Choice Collection of Psalm-Tunes, Anthems, and Hymns, From the Most Approv'd Authors, With Some Entirely New, in Two, Three, and Four Parts, The Whole Peculiarly Adapted to the Use of Churches and Private Families; To Which Are Prefix'd the Plainest and Most Necessary Rules of Psalmody (ca. 1761), ed. by James Lyon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Vocal Companion: Containing a Concise Introduction to the Practice Of Music, and a Set of Tunes of Various Metres, Arranged Progressively for the Use of Learners (Exeter, NH: N. Sawyer, 1897), by Samuel Holyoke (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Book for Boys and Girls, by John Bunyan (PDF at chapellibrary.org)
• The Charlestown Collection of Sacred Songs, Adapted to Public and Private Devotion; Principally Original Compositions (Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1803), by Oliver Holden (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Delights of Harmony, or, Norfolk Compiler: Being a New Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems, With a Variety of Set Pieces, From the Most Approved American and European Authors (Dedham, MA: Printed by H. Mann for the author, 1805), by Stephen Jenks (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Easy Instructor: or, A New Method of Teaching Sacred Harmony (revised and enlarged edition; Albany: Websters and Skinners and O. Steele, 1831), by William Little and William Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Psalms of David in Metre, According to the Version Approved by The Church of Scotland (HTML at cgmusic.org)

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