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<big>'''Welcome to HymnWiki'''</big>
 
<big>'''Welcome to HymnWiki'''</big>
 
 
=About HymnWiki=
 
=About HymnWiki=
HymnWiki is a new site dedicated to hymns, children's songs (at least ones associated with churches and religion), religious anthems, church music, and compilations of such, with a large focus on the music of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (also known as [[the Mormon church]]) - though it is meant for all church hymns, regardless of of affiliation. HymnWiki began in April of 2007.  See [[HymnWiki:About|About HymnWiki]] for more information.
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HymnWiki is a site dedicated to hymns, children's songs (those associated with churches and religion), religious anthems, church music, other music commonly grouped with hymns, and compilations of such. HymnWiki aims to categorize most of the hymns in existence, as well as to host sheet music, MIDI files and lyrics for as many of these as legally possible. HymnWiki is for hymns of all faiths notwithstanding there is a large focus on the music and poetry of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], past, present and future. HymnWiki began in April of 2007.  See [[HymnWiki:About|About HymnWiki]] for more information.  If you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and would like to use HymnWiki for church purposes, review the [[HymnWiki:Helps for Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Helps for Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] first.
  
=Getting Started=
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=Announcements=
See the [[HymnWiki:Help|help]] and the [[HymnWiki:beginner's notes|beginner's notes]]. Also see [[HymnWiki:Tutorials|tutorials]] and [[HymnWiki:Templates|templates]].
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*To avoid broken links in future, I'm phasing out most new external links on HymnWiki, except with regard to public domain media, such as scanned hymnals. If you want to add external links, please (where possible) archive them at Archive.org, first (and use the archive link). Try to avoid linking to sites that don't let you archive their pages. The reason is to avoid unnecessary work in the future: If you feel it's vastly important for some reason, go ahead. Links to media on Archive.org are just fine.
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*Terminology and articles have finally been updated to reflect [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/general-conference/2018/10/the-correct-name-of-the-church?lang=eng President Russell M. Nelson's October 2018 talk] on the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If you find any I missed, please let us know on the discussion board.
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*The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that they are going to create a new hymnal and a new children's songbook. We don't know when, but it could be soon.
  
=Needed=
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=Featured Hymnist=
#We need editors to add topics to hymns.  Go to a hymn, read the lyrics, figure out what topics it should go under (even if they don't yet exist on HymnWiki), and type <nowiki>[[category:TopicName]]</nowiki> for each topic, where TopicName is replaced by the name of the topic. Then, go to the topic (click on it), and put it in the topics category (if it isn't there already) - i.e. type <nowiki>[[category:Topics]]</nowiki> in the specific topic category page.
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*[[Andrew L. Skoog]]
#We need people to watch Ebay for hymnals (particularly LDS and lesser-known ones) that aren't listed on HymnWiki; these are nice because you can get names and dates (and even pictures) of them as evidence that they exist.
 
#Translators (I have lots of foreign hymnals, and would like to get translations of songs I notate from them; I especially would like translators from Swedish and German to English.  You don't have to versify them unless you feel like it; versification can come later. [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 21:14, 16 July 2007 (MDT); also, translating English songs into other languages would be great, especially if versified.)
 
#Someone to make a [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/deepdocs/deepdocs.html HymnWiki search plugin for the Mycroft Project].
 
  
=Featured Song=
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=Featured Hymn=
'''''[[På Jakobs Gud]]'''''
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(See article for sheet music and midis.)
* Words and Music: [[Andrew L. Skoog]] (1856 - 1934), 1896
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*'[[Blessed Assurance]]' (The Swedish version from [[Jubelklangen, 1896|<i>Jubelklangen</i>, 1896]], no. 99, is now available.)
* Poetic Meter: [[:category:9 6 9 6 10 7 10 6|9 6 9 6 10 7 10 6]]
 
==Sheet Music==
 
*From [[Jubelklangen, 1896]], no. 33
 
**[[media:033 På Jakobs Gud.pdf|PDF]]
 
**[[media:033 På Jakobs Gud.mid|MIDI]]
 
**[[media:033 På Jakobs Gud.ly|LilyPond]]
 
''Meter changed to C.M.D.; transposed down to C. Add lyrics in [[C.M.D.]] to the LilyPond file below, and compile:''
 
**[[media:På Jakobs Gud CMD.pdf|PDF]] ([[C.M.D.]])
 
**[[media:På Jakobs Gud CMD.mid|MIDI]] ([[C.M.D.]])
 
**[[media:På Jakobs Gud CMD.ly|LilyPond]] ([[C.M.D.]])
 
**See [[Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise]] for an example of this tune with some [[C.M.D.]] lyrics.
 
  
 
=Featured Compilation=
 
=Featured Compilation=
'''''[[A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints, 1835]]'''''
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*[[Elmhurst Hymnal, and, Orders of Worship: For the Sunday School, Young People's Meetings and Church Services, 1921|<i>Elmhurst Hymnal, and, Orders of Worship: For the Sunday School, Young People's Meetings and Church Services</i>, 1921]]
*[[media:First_LDS_Hymnal_-_1835.zip|Download a zipped txt file of the hymnal]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:15, 20 April 2023

Welcome to HymnWiki

About HymnWiki

HymnWiki is a site dedicated to hymns, children's songs (those associated with churches and religion), religious anthems, church music, other music commonly grouped with hymns, and compilations of such. HymnWiki aims to categorize most of the hymns in existence, as well as to host sheet music, MIDI files and lyrics for as many of these as legally possible. HymnWiki is for hymns of all faiths notwithstanding there is a large focus on the music and poetry of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, past, present and future. HymnWiki began in April of 2007. See About HymnWiki for more information. If you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and would like to use HymnWiki for church purposes, review the Helps for Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first.

Announcements

  • To avoid broken links in future, I'm phasing out most new external links on HymnWiki, except with regard to public domain media, such as scanned hymnals. If you want to add external links, please (where possible) archive them at Archive.org, first (and use the archive link). Try to avoid linking to sites that don't let you archive their pages. The reason is to avoid unnecessary work in the future: If you feel it's vastly important for some reason, go ahead. Links to media on Archive.org are just fine.
  • Terminology and articles have finally been updated to reflect President Russell M. Nelson's October 2018 talk on the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If you find any I missed, please let us know on the discussion board.
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that they are going to create a new hymnal and a new children's songbook. We don't know when, but it could be soon.

Featured Hymnist

Featured Hymn

(See article for sheet music and midis.)

Featured Compilation