If you want to know about a printed source of hymn tunes, such as a book or a piece of sheet music, the first task is to identify the source. When you have found the source or sources, you will be able to study a complete bibliographical description, often with notes about the compiler, function, date and other matters. Use the checkboxes to select the desired sources, then click on the Submit button of the Find Citations form at the bottom of this page to get a list of citations (printings of tunes) found in those sources, with the tune name, text, attribution, key, and voice setting of each. It is an easy step from there to look up the tunes themselves.
- If you know the HTI Source Code, search:
- Find sources where the - HTI Source Code - starts with (type in the the code)
- If you know the source's STC number (in the Short Title Catalogue), or its T number ('PC' number in Temperley's The Music of the English Parish Church), or its C number (in Britton, Lowens & Crawford's American Sacred Music Imprints), any of these can be converted to the HTI Source Code.
- If you know the source's title, search:
- Find sources where the - Title - contains - (type in a few CONSECUTIVE words from the first few words of the title).
- Short titles are used. They always include the first few words.
- If you know the source's compiler (or composer or reviser), search:
- Find sources where the - Compiler - starts with - (type in the person's last name).
- The table lists all relevant sources, alphabetized by source code. The source code is in bold type, followed by the year of publication (in italics if approximate) and a code letter for the country or region of publication (e for England and Wales, i for Ireland, s for Scotland, a for North America, o for Other Regions).
- The Source column is a bibliographical entry for each printed source. Information is given in the following order:
- Compiler’s name (if known).
- Short title.
- Place of publication:
- Publisher or printer,
- date or date range of publication (from the imprint if unenclosed, from elsewhere in the sources if in parentheses, from external evidence if in square brackets).
- Number of pages (p.) or leaves (f.), or other indication of size and shape.
- method of printing.
- References to other bibliographies, e.g. STC (Short Title Catalogue), C (American Sacred Music Imprints). For other abbreviations see the List of Abbreviations.
- Location of the exemplar of the source that was examined (in some cases, more than one), using the RISM/New Grove library siglum, followed by the call number (if any). For resolution of library sigla, consult the List of Library Sigla.
- Number of tunes indexed from this source.
- (Tune settings found in this source). First, the number of voices, or range of numbers (–3 means most are for three voices but some for less, 3+ means most are for three voices but some for more). Then, after a comma, instrumental accompaniments, shown by lowercase letters: for resolution of these abbreviations, consult the List of Abbreviations.
- Summary of non-tune contents of the source (not indexed).
- {Holdings of this source and its subordinates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. First a capital letter indicating the form of the source, then a lowercase letter indicating the location. For resolution of these abbreviations consult the List of Abbreviations.
- Next comes the editorial footnote (if any), giving further details and, if necessary, explaining the basis for an estimated publication date or for the identification of the compiler.
- Any subordinate sources (i.e. later sources having identical tune content to the prototype) are listed below, giving first the source number or letter (which replaces the final number or letter in the source code of the prototype), the date of publication (approximate if in italics), and any publication details that differ from those in the description of the prototype.
- See the Sample Entry for more details.
