The Internet and Congregational Song

This essay examines four ways the Internet has influenced the study, accessibility, proliferation and practice of congregational song: the digitization of materials in the public domain, the born-digital and twinned digital combined with print materials, making digital objects findable and visible, and the emerging pedagogies. The main focus of this entry is on those resources that offer the full text or image of a hymn. Serious scholars should devote attention to The Hymn Tune Index*. See under ‘Pedagogical Strategies’, below. Public Domain Congregational Song Materials in the public domain can be accessed free of charge using Google Books, Internet Archive, Hymnary.org, and Hathi Trust...

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