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	Core Resources Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Music and the Arts in Christian Worship Cayvan Recorded Media Worship Music: a Concise Dictionary Hymn Tune Index


	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) Calvin Choral Music Database (CCMD) The Calvin Choral Music Database (CCMD) contains nearly 4,000 records that describe choral scores. The core of this database is Calvin's own choral music library. View: Online Annotation RILM Abstracts of Music Literature RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is an index to multilingual publications on music theory, instruments, voice, folk, jazz (and more) and is international in scope. RILM covers publications back to 1967. The acronym stands for "Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale." View: Online


	Reference Materials Annotated Bibliography of Church Music - ML128 .C54 H75 2003 The purpose and scope of this bibliography is to survey the literature concerning church music, primarily in publications from 1980 to the present. View: In Print Annotation Cayvan Recorded Media The Cayvan Recorded Media oversees the Hekman Library's audio and audiovisual collections, provides a reserve for all types of recorded media, and houses the Cayvan Choral Music Collection. View: Online Annotation Christian Hymnody in Twentieth-Century Britain and America: An Annotated Bibliography - ML128.H8 M87 2001 "Practical elements of hymnody are covered, while the final chapter lists writings about individual hymn writers and other influential persons in the field." View: In Print Annotation Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music - ML102 .C66 P68 2002 Includes discograhies and personnel lists for each artist and essays that provide biographical information and critical summaries of their work. View: In Print Annotation Hymn Tune Index - ML128 .H8 T46 1998 A multi-volume set (4 vols.) which is essentially a census of English-langugage hymn tunes in printed sources from 1535 to 1820. View: In Print Annotation Music and the Arts in Christian Worship - BV15 .C63 vol. 4 A 2-volume work which is part of a larger series entitled "The Complete Library of Christian Worship," edited by Robert Webber. View: In Print Annotation Worship Music: a Concise Dictionary - ML102 .C5 W67 2000 Focuses on the worship music of English-speaking North Americans. Its over 2,500 entries range across major denominations within Western Christianity, the Byzantine/Slav tradition, and Judaism. View: In Print Annotation


	Web Sources Calvin Institute of Christian Worship The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship aims to promote the scholarly study of the theology, history, and practice of Christian worship and the renewal of worship in worshiping communities across North America and beyond. View: Online Institute for Worship Studies Bibliography on Worship This massive nearly 50-page bibliography directs students of Christian worship to general theological resources on worship; introductory, historical, and theological resources for worship study; and worship design resources. View: Online Vanderbilt Divinity Library: Liturgics Bibliography A 45-page list of reference works on the subject of liturgics. View: Online Annotation


	Periodicals CCM: Music, Faith & Culture - BV4485 .C63 View: In Print ejournal locator (SFX) The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. View: Online Annotation

Music Subject Guide Librarian

DeMey, Kathy

Reference Librarian

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Hekman Library 200 Phone: 526-6310 Email: kdemeyATcalvin.edu; Liaison areas: Music, Art, French, Spanish. Office hours: Monday 12:30-3, 5-6; Tuesday 5-6; Wednesday 4-6; Thursday 5-10; Friday 12:30-3.

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Additional Guides in the Area of Music

Music and Worship Subject Guide

Core Resources

Research Databases

Calvin Choral Music Database (CCMD)

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

Reference Materials

Annotated Bibliography of Church Music

Cayvan Recorded Media

Christian Hymnody in Twentieth-Century Britain and America: An Annotated Bibliography

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music

Hymn Tune Index

Music and the Arts in Christian Worship

Worship Music: a Concise Dictionary

Web Sources

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Institute for Worship Studies Bibliography on Worship

Vanderbilt Divinity Library: Liturgics Bibliography

Periodicals

CCM: Music, Faith & Culture

ejournal locator (SFX)

Music Subject Guide Librarian