DIGITAL HYMNOLOGY TOOLS
Their usefulness in researching the impact of the Great War on Canadian Protestant Hymnals
Libraries and Archives Canada Private Donald Johnston McKinnon, No. 7 Platoon, 73rd Battalion, returning from the front line Bonnie Woelk SCOPE OF RESEARCH DIGITAL TOOLS NEED TO PROVIDE:
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 FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH
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
THE CANTERBURY DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY THE CANTERBURY DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH
Thematic Guides
u The Hymn Tune Index: www.hymntune.library.illinois.edu/ DIGITAL TOOLS FOR HYMNOLOGY RESEARCH
Relational Database
u Hymnary: www.hymnary.org HYMNARY.ORG BASIC SEARCH IN HYMNARY.ORG CATEGORY SEARCH IN HYMNARY.ORG HYMN ENTRY PAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR HYMNAL ANALYSIS
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 STEP 1: CREATE “MY HYMNALS” COLLECTION STEP 2: CREATE SPREADSHEETS FOR EACH HYMNAL STEP 3: CREATE HYMNAL COMPARISON SPREADSHEETS AUTHORITY PAGE SOURCES USEFULNESS OF DIGITAL TOOLS
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 CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN REPERTOIRE
Number of Hymns Unique Hymns Common Hymns
MHTB 1917 822 488 334
MHTB 1894 901 567 334 CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN REPERTOIRE
Number of Hymns Unique Hymns Common Hymns
UCC 1930 1044 527 517
MHTB 1917 822 305 517 CHANGE IN AUTHOR NATIONALITY MHTB 1894 – MHTB 1917
90 85.5 80 69 70 60 50 40 30 20 14.3 10 4.1 6.8 6.8 4.8 5.1 2.7 1 0 MHTB 1894 MHTB 1917 English American Scottish/Irish Canadian Other/Incomplete CHANGE/CONTINUITY IN THEMES
100% Other 90% 80% The Inner Life 70% 60% National Life and Social Service 50% Comfort, Death, 40% Peace, and War 30% Missions and 20% Evangelism 10% God and the Church 0% MHTB 1917 UCC 1930