The Hymn Tune Index
All hymns printed anywhere in the world with English-language texts up to 1820, and their publication history up to that date.The Hymn Tune Index project began in the 1970s at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). It arose out of Nicholas Temperley's research towards his 1979 book, The Music of the English Parish Church. In 1982 Temperley won a three-year research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, supplemented and continued in later years by funding from the UIUC Research Board.
Tune Search
To discover the origin, original form and history of a tune, identify the tune.
Text Search
To find tunes associated with a particular text, identify the text.
Source Search
To find out what tunes are in a specific book or other printed source, identify the source.
Composer Search
To find out what tunes are attributed to a certain composer, identify the composer.