Lift Up Your Hearts ~ 7
Sites Devoted to Church Music & the Kinetic Arts

Introduction to Section 7 ~ Sites Devoted to Church Music & the Kinetic Arts

The following selected sites offer helpful church music and kinetic arts (dance, theatre) resources. There is a natural emphasis on Lutheran, Canadian and ecumenically accessible Revised Common Lectionary worship and liturgy materials.

We would be grateful to hear of any sites offering music and kinetic arts resources congenial to Western Rite Christianity, in general, and to the evangelical-catholic tradition of the Lutheran community, in particular. We look forward to the creation of reciprocal links to ecumenical worship and liturgy-related venues. Contact Wendell Grahlman [e-mail] to suggest possible links.

The maple leaf indicates a Canadian connection.

1. Associations, Guilds, Societies
   
2. Journals
3. Bells
4. Chant
5. Hymns & Liturgical Music
6. Organ
7. Voice/Choir
8. Music Studies & Scholarship
9. Music Publishers
10. Music Link Collections
11. Other Music
12. Kinetic Arts

Associations, Guilds, Societies

• Academy of Saint Cecilia (focus on early --pre c. 1825-- church music; London, England)
• Accademia Organistica Campana (Italy)
• American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
• American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR)
• The American Guild of Organists
• American Institute of Organbuilders
• American Orff-Schulwerk Association
• Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America
• Association of Anglican Musicians (Fort Mitchell, KY USA)
• Association of Canadian Choral Conductors (ACCC; Blainville, QC Canada)
• Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (USA and Canada)
• Association Nationale de Formation des Organistes Liturgiques (ANFOL)
• Australia and New Zealand Association of Bellringers (ANZAB)
• Bundesverband Katholischer Kirchenmusiker Deutschlands - DKKD (federation of diocesan associations of church musicians; Germany)
• Canadian Piano Page (Piano Technicians Guild)
• Cantus (Society for the promotion of church music; New Apostolic Church; Germany)
• Cantus Firmus (focus on music and the arts; ecumenical; England)
• Carl Orff Canada
• CHIME - The Churches' Initiative in Music Education (ecumenical; England)
• Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (international organization; England)
• Choral Conductors Guild (California, USA)
• Choristers Guild (choir directors of children's and youth choirs; Garland, TX USA)
• Dansk Organist og Kantor Samfund (DOKS; Denmark)
• Estonian Organ Society (EOU; Estonia)
• Europa Cantat - European Federation of Young Choirs (Marktoberdorf, Germany)
• European Guild of Organists (Paris, France)
• Fédération Francophone des Amis de L'orgue (FFAO; France)
• Foreningen af Præliminære Organister (Denmark)
• Friends of Cathedral Music (London, England)
• Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde (GdO; Mettlach, Society of Friends of the Organ; Germany)
• Gregorian Association (Peter Wilton et al; England)
• The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (USA & Canada)
• The Guild of Church Musicians (England)
• Handbell Society of Australasia
• The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
• Incorporated Association of Organists (IAC; England)
• International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM)
• Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Hymnologie (IAH; International Fellowship for Research in Hymnology)
• Internationalen Gesellschaft für Studien des Gregorianischen Chorals (AISCGre; International Association for Studies of Gregorian Chant; Germany)
• Irish Guild of Organists and Choristers
• Kyrkomusikernas Riksförbund (Sweden)
• Laudem (l'Association des organistes liturgiques du Canada, Montreal, QC Canada)
• Methodist Church Music Society (England)
• National Association of Pastoral Musicians (Roman Catholic; USA)
• National Network of Pastoral Musicians (Roman Catholic; England)
• North American Guild of Change Ringers (USA & Canada)
• Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers
• Organ Historical Society
• Organ Historical Trust of Australia
• Pan-Orthodox Society for the Advancement of Liturgical Music (PSALM; support for Orthodox musicians; Andover, NJ)
• Presbyterian Association of Musicians
• Pueri Cantores International: Federation of Young Singers (Italian site; global links)
• Royal Canadian College of Organists (national site; Ottawa, ON Canada)
• The Royal College of Organists (London, England)
• Royal Dutch Organists Association
• The Royal School of Church Music • Toronto Banch
• The Royal Society of British Organists
• Scottish Federation of Organists
• The Society of Saint Gregory (national society for liturgy and music in the Catholic Church in the British Isles)
• United Reformed Church Musicians Guild (England)
• World Carillon Federation

Journals

• Canadian Music Periodical Index
• Choir and Organ (England)
• Church Music Quarterly (Royal School of Church Music; England)
• Kyrkomusikernas Tidning (Sweden)
• The Liturgical Singer (National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Washington, DC USA)
• Ministry & Liturgy (arts in the service of the liturgy; formerly Modern Liturgy; San Jose, CA USA)
• Music and Liturgy (Society of Saint Gregory; England)
• Musica sacra - die Zeitschrift für katholische Kirchenmusik (Catholic church music; Regensburg, Germany)
• Norsk Kirkemusikk (new entry; journal; Norway)
• Organistbladet (Denmark)
• Reformed Worship (Christian Reformed worship magazine; Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• The Ringing World (excellent links; Guildford, England)

Bells

• American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR)
• Australia and New Zealand Association of Bellringers (ANZAB)
• The Bells Applet: Change Ringing on the Web (Kees van den Doel, UBC, BC Canada)
• Blagovest Bells (church bells; most from Pyatkov & Co., Kamensk-Uralsk, Russia; San Anselmo, CA USA)
• Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (international organization; England)
• Change Ringing Resources (links; Roger Bailey, London, England)
• The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (USA & Canada)
• Handbell Society of Australasia
• Keltek Trust (helping churches to acquire bells; Wiltshire, England)
• McShane Bell Foundry (Glen Burnie, MD USA)
• MIT's Guild of Bellringers (Boston, MA USA)
• North American Guild of Change Ringers (USA & Canada)
• Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers
• The Ringing World (journal; excellent links; Guildford, England)
• Schulmerich Carillons (Sellersville, PA USA)
• John Taylor Bellfounders (Loughborough, England)
• The Verdin Company (Cincinnati, OH USA)
• Whitechapel Bell Foundry (London, England)
• World Carillon Federation

Chant

• CANTUS Library of Gregorian Chant (University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada)
• Cantus Planus (data pool for research on Gregorian chant; David Hiley, Regensburg, Germany)
• Chant (Christ in the Desert Monastery, NM USA)
• Chant Links (Richard Lee, Fayetteville, AK USA)
• Gregoriaans Homepage (Willy Schuyesmans et al; Belgium)
• Gregorian Association (Peter Wilton et al; England)
• Gregorian Chant (Luís Henrique Camargo Quiroz, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Ars Antiqua - Gregorian Chant and Medieval Music (links and resources; Guido Milanese, Italy)
• Gregorian Chant Notation (Rick Kephart, Malvern, PA USA)
• Gregorian Chant E-mail List (Scott Robert Knitter, East Lansing, MN USA)
• Gregorian Schola (information, links; St. Joseph's Parish, Fayetteville, AR USA)
• Gregorianik & Liturgik (links and more; Germany)
• Internationalen Gesellschaft für Studien des Gregorianischen Chorals (AISCGre; International Association for Studies of Gregorian Chant; Germany)
• Orthodox Music Resources • Services and Selected Articles on Liturgics (Orthodox documents and links; Alfred Green, NJ USA)
• OSB Topics: Gregorian Chant Bibliography and Websites (Richard Oliver, Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville, MN USA)
• The Story of Gregorian Chant (Abbey of Solesmes, France)

Hymns & Liturgical Music

• ATLA Hymnody and Psalmody Website (American Theological Library Association)
• The Billabong (contemporary translations of RCL Psalms; more; Jeff Shrowder, Victoria, Australia)
• William Campbell (composer of liturgical song; Tucson, AZ USA)
• Catholic Book of Worship III - Canada: Hymn Tunes in Midi (Diocese of St. George's, Newfoundland, Canada)
• A Collection of Hymns for the People Called Methodists (1876; Christian Classics Etherial Library; Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• The Cyber Hymnal (MIDI file collection and more; WA USA)
• Dictionary of American Hymnology (Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH USA)
• Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (Evangelical Lutheran Synod)
• Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary MIDI Site (Evangelical Lutheran Synod)
• Gesangbuch.org (volunteer effort to translate German Reformation hymns into English; Richard Jordan et al, Ocheyedan, IA USA)
• The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
• Hymn Tune Index (database of hymn tunes having English-language texts up to 1820; Nicholas Temperley, U Illinois, IL USA)
• The Hymnal (text of 1916 Protestant Episcopal Church USA volume; Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Hymnology: Lutheran Hymnody (interesting articles, links; section on Lutheran Hymnody; via Smith Creek Music; Nashville, TN USA)
• HymnQuest (CD of hymn texts; Pratt Green Trust, Alan Luff et al, Cardiff, Wales)
• Hymns (articles on texts and tunes; Nigel Day, St. Peter's Church, Nottingham, England on-line magazine)
• Hymns by Bradley Lehman (Dayton, VA USA)
• Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Pitman, NJ USA)
• Hymns by Marnie Barrell (Auckland, NZ; via Steve Benner's Oremus Hymnal)
• Hymns from the Liturgical Tradition of the Orthodox Christian Church (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America)
• HymnSite (United Methodist; includes hymn suggestions for Revised Common Lectionary)
• Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Hymnologie (IAH) e.V. (International Fellowship for Research in Hymnology)
• Katholisches Gesangbuck (Hymnbook of the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland)
• The Lutheran Hymnal - 1941 (Project Wittenberg; hymn texts in the public domain) • other hymnals
• Lutheran-Hymnal.Com (midi-files of public-domain hymns from Lutheran hymnals; Richard Jordan, Ocheyedan, IA USA)
• LutheranMusic.com: A Collection of Lutheran Music (simplified melodies, chords for current Lutheran hymnals; Donald Vossler; Anaheim, CA USA)
• Metrical Psalms Page (RCL-based texts by Dale Schoening, Stratford, IA USA)
• Musiklus (home page of Canadian composer Ron Klusmeier; Vancouver, BC Canada)
• Das neuapostolische Gesangbuch (New Apostolic Hymnal; Rainer Schröter et al; Germany)
• Nordhymn - Nordisk institut för Hymnologi (Lund, Sweden)
• Oremus Hymnal (Steve Benner)
• The Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts (Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Thomas Ravenscroft's Psalter (1621; Greg Lindhal; Charlottsville, VA USA)
• Sacred Choral Music by William Stevens (Winston-Salem, NC, USA) • Lutheran Liturgy
• ServiceMusic: Music for church worship (large assortment of material; David Lee; St. John's, Nevilles Cross, Durham, UK)
• The Digital Hymnal (Pablo Aguilar et al; Seventh Day Adventist)
• Southern Harmony (works of William "Singing Billly" Walker; Christian Classic Ethereal Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Together to Celebrate (contemporary RCL songs; David MacGregor et al, Brisbane, Australia)
• Women Hymn Composers before 1900 (Donald McKillican, Montreal, QC Canada)
• Worship Planning Calendar (hymn and psalm suggestions following Roman Lectionary for Mass; National Association of Pastoral Musicians, USA)

Organ

A number of the sites mentioned here represent marvellous Canadian / Québecois builders of tracker organs.

• The American Guild of Organists
• American Institute of Organbuilders
• Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America
• Association Nationale de Formation des Organistes Liturgiques (ANFOL)
• British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS; England)
• Casavant Frères (organ builders; St.Hyacinthe, QC Canada)
• Chilean Pipe Organ Site / El sitio Chileno de Organos de Iglesia (Carlos Lauterbach et al; Chile)
• Choir and Organ (journal; England)
• Church Organ Links Page (Dutch and other church organ links; Peter van den Dongen; the Netherlands)
• Churchorganist (e-mail list; Beau Surratt, Jackson, TN USA)
• Classical Midi Organ Stop! (Marks Presbyterian Church, Marks, MS USA)
• Classic Organ Works (Markham, ON)
• Directory of Composers for Organ (John Henderson, Swindon, England)
• Dodington and Dodington (organ service & assembly; Aylmer, ON Canada)
• Estonian Organ Society (EOU; Estonia)
• European Guild of Organists (Paris, France)
• Fédération Francophone des Amis de L'orgue (FFAO; France)
• Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde (GdO; Society of Friends of the Organ; Mettlach, Germany)
• Guilbault-Thérien (organ builders, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada)
• Het Orgel (Royal Dutch Organists Association)
• Incorporated Association of Organists (IAC; England)
• Irish Pipe Organ Page
• Juget-Sinclair (organ builders; Montréal, QC Canada)
• KJR & Associates (organ builders; Pointe Claire. QC Canada)
• Laliberté-Payment (organ builders; Repentigny, QC Canada)
• Laudem (l'Association des organistes liturgiques du Canada, Montreal, QC Canada)
• James Louder (organ builder; Montréal, QC Canada)
• My Father's Letters: Pipe Organs in Western Canada (the writings and collections of Stuart Kolbinson; Valla Eiriksson et al; Victoria, BC, Canada)
• The Organ (magazine; information and links; England)
• Organ Alternatives (Christopher Dawes et al, Toronto, ON Canada) • OrgAlt (e-mail list)
• Organ Amateur Page (Ola Haakon Berger, Norway)
• Organ Chat (e-mail list; Dennis Goward, Phoenix, AZ USA)
• Organ Clearing House (Harrisville, NH USA)
• Organ Historical Society
• Organ Historical Trust of Australia
• L'Organaute (Frédéric Chapelet, France)
• Organistbladet (journal; Denmark)
• Organs of the United States and Canada Database (OUSCDB; George Nelson, Seattle, WA USA)
• Orgelbau Deutschland (German organbuilders; Germany and Switzerland)
• Orgues & Organistes (Association Bernayenne pour la Conservation et le Développement des Orgues; France)
• Orgues et Organistes (excellent links; Robert Poliquin, Université du Québec, QC Canada)
• Orgues Letourneau (organ Builders; Saint Hyancinthe, QC Canada)
• Pipe Organ Builders and Resources in the British Isles (MusicLink, Huddersfield, England)
• Pipe Organ List and Links (Ben Chi, Albany, NY USA)
• Pipe Organs and Music (Tokugoro Ohbayashi, Tokyo, Japan)
• Pipe Organs.Com (dedicated to organ rebuilding; Alsip, IL USA)
• The PipeChat List (e-mail list; Peter Pocock et al)
• Pole and Kingham Pipe Organs (Chatham, ON Canada)
• La route des orgues de France (French government site)
• Royal Canadian College of Organists (national site; Ottawa, ON Canada)
• The Royal College of Organists (London, England)
• The Royal Society of British Organists
• Scottish Federation of Organists
• Grant Smalley Pipe Organs (Victoria, BC Canada)

Voice/Choir

• American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
• Association of Canadian Choral Conductors (ACCC; Blainville, QC Canada)
• Boychoir - Past, Present and Future (history of boychoirs; Larry Ford et al)
• Choir and Organ (journal; England)
• Choral Archives (Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Choral Conductors Guild (new entry; CA, USA)
• The Choral Public Domain Library (large collection of sheet music; Raphael Ornes)
• ChoralNet (James Feiszli, S. Dakota School of Mines & Tech., USA)
• Choristers Guild (choir directors of children's and youth choirs; Garland, TX USA)
• ChorNETZ Europa (Andreas Kracke et al; Germany)
• Europa Cantat - European Federation of Young Choirs (Marktoberdorf, Germany)
• Fasola (shape note material; Keith Willard, U Minnesota, MN USA)
• Friends of Cathedral Music (London, England)
• International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM)
• Lectionary Choral Anthem Project (anthem suggestions following Roman Lectionary for Mass; National Association of Pastoral Musicians; Washington, DC USA)
• Musica International Database of Choral Music (Starsbourg, France)
• Pueri Cantores International: Federation of Young Singers (Italian site; global links)
• Sacred Harp and Shape Note Music Resources (Steven Sabol, Washington, D.C. USA)

Music Studies & Scholarship

• Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (England)
• Internet Resources for Music Scholars (Loeb Library at Harvard U)
• Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations (ELCA)
• Lutheran Music Program (Minneapolis, MN USA)
• Medieval Music Database (La Trobe University Library, Australia)
• Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae (U Copenhagen)
• MOZART (music notation processor; David Webber, England)
• The Musical Reforms of Martin Luther (article; Charles Moss, Sumter, SC USA)
• Nordhymn - Nordisk institut för Hymnologi (Lund, Sweden)
• Royal School of Church Music (Surrey, England) • RSCM America • RSCM Australia
• RISM - Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales (sources of/writings about pre c. 1825 music; site maintained in Frankfurt, Germany)
• Scholarly Societies Project (U of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada) • Resources of Scholarly Societies - Music
• Snowbird Statement on Catholic Liturgical Music (via CanticaNOVA, Charles Town, WV USA)
• Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (Andreas Giger et al, Indiana U, Bloomington, IN USA)

Music Publishers & Suppliers

The Music Publishers' Association of the US (MPA) offers a Directory of Music Publishers comprised of a current directory of music publishers and an index of publishers' imprints. A good place to start.

• Alfred Publishing Company
• Banks Music (York, England)
• Boosey & Hawkes
• Canadian Choral Centre (Winnipeg, MB Canada)
• CanticaNOVA Publications (State College, PA USA) • Liturgical Planning (by year, season and solemnity)
• Choraegus ShareMusic (choral music published via the Web; Larry Sue, Mountain View, CA USA)
• Choral Music of C. F. Boyd (Martin Boyd; Adelaide, South Australia)
• Church Instrumentalist
• ECS Publishing (Boston, MA USA)
• Editions Musicales Chanvrelin (Paris, France)
• Les Editions de Sylvanès (Camares, France)
• GIA Music
• Greg Scheer Music (choral music)
• Handlo Music (choral sheet music via email; Bath, England)
• Neil A. Kjos Music Company (San Diego, CA USA)
• Liturgica.com ("liturgical information, books and music"; substantial Orthodox content; USA)
• Liturgical Music Office (St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IL USA)
• Lorenz Corporation (music)
• Maelruain Publications (liturgical music; St. Mary's Priory, Dublin, Ireland)
• David Maurand Descants (David Maurand)
• David McCarthy's Music (choral music by David McCarthy; Rochester, NY USA)
• Mundial Directory (links to free sheet music; Victor Reny, France)
• MusicPlus and Kelman Hall Publishing (Kitchener, ON Canada)
• Music Publishers' Association of the US
• Musica Russica (Madison, CT USA)
• Opus II (Joyce & David Knarr; Kitchener, ON Canada)
• OCP / Oregon Catholic Press (Portland, OR USA)
• Orpheus Dei (Atlanta, GA USA)
• Oxford University Press
• J.S. Paluch (Catholic liturgical and devotional publishers; Schiller Park, IL USA)
• Paraclete Press (Community of Jesus - Benedictine; Orleans, MA USA)
• Pepper Music Network ("World's largest sheet music retailer." J. W. Pepper & Sons, Valley Forge, PA USA)
• Pine Lake Music Co. (Decatur, GA USA)
• RoDeby Music (free sheet service music; R. Mather, Stafford, Queensland, Australia)
• Saint James Music Press (Hopkinsville, KY USA)
• G. Schirmer and Associated Music Publishers (music)
• Selah Publishing Co. (music) • Music in Worship (newsletter)
• Theodore Presser Co.
• ServiceMusic: Music for Church Worship (variety of contributors; David Lee; Durham, England)
• Torcroft Press LLC (music publishers; Hancock, MI USA)
• Wild Goose Publications (The Iona Community, Scotland)
• Worldwide Music (large collection of sheet music; Altamonte Springs, FL USA)

Music Link Collections

• Church Music (Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland)
• Church Music Research Tools (Tadashi Inoue, Aichi, Japan)
• Classical Net (Classical Music Entry into the Internet, James Lampson)
• Internet Theology Resources: Liturgical Studies/Music (Elizabeth Knuth, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Mundial Directory (links to free sheet music; Victor Reny, France)
• Religious Music (Indiana U, Bloomington, IA USA)
• Sacred Music and Liturgy Resources (Craig Cigas, Coatesville, PA USA)
• Theological Library: Music (excellent links; Gerald Darring, Department of Theology, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL USA)
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources (Indiana U, IN USA)
• Worship and Church Music (articles, links; Larry Ellis, Cherry Hills Village, CO USA)

Other Music Links

• Anglican Church Music (links and more; John Watkins, London, England)
• Chancel Opera Company (Susan Bingham et al; New Haven, CT USA)
• Church Music E-mail List: Music for the Rites (subscription details; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• The Church Music Report (Bill Rayborn, Grapevine, TX USA)
• Creator Magazine (focus on Music Ministry; Healdsburg, CA USA)
• Gallery Music and Psalmody (Sue Glover, Grantham, England)
• Gloriæ Dei Artes Foundation (variety of arts; Community of Jesus, Orleans, MA USA)
• Jubilate Domino (original music for mass etc. by M. McCawley)
• Liturgica.com (liturgical music and books; OR USA)
• Music and Worship Foundation (Somerset, England)
• Reflection Christian Music (Resources for contemporary eucharistic worship; Michael Lehr, England)
• Sacred Music and Liturgy Resources (Craig Cigas, Coatesville, PA USA)

Kinetic Arts

• Christians In Theatre Arts (CITA; Greenville, SC USA)
• Christliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tanz ("Christian Working Group on Dance in Liturgy and Spirituality"; Bonn, Germany)
• Kirchentanz ("Church Dance"; Germany)
• Medieval Drama Links (Sydney Higgins, U Leeds, England)
• The Sacred Dance Guild ( USA)
• Scholarly Societies Project (U of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada) • Resources of Scholarly Societies - Dance

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