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<big>'''Welcome to HymnWiki'''</big> | <big>'''Welcome to HymnWiki'''</big> | ||
=About 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 [[ | + | 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. |
| − | = | + | =Announcements= |
| − | * | + | *I have finished restoring the PDF sheet music, MIDIs, and LilyPond files that were lost with the MediaWiki software update. The problem seems to have only affected files with non-ASCII characters and question marks in them. So, I'm guessing something in the MediaWiki software was updated to support Unicode. The only thing I wasn't able to restore was one of the ogg files (I didn't have a backup copy, and the copy on Archive.org was corrupted). |
| − | + | *We now have a Discord server (text-only). See the Discussion Board link in the navigation sidebar. If you wish to register, let me know there. | |
| + | *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 [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. [Edit: I've still been finding articles that need fixing once in a while.] | ||
| − | = | + | =Featured Hymnist= |
| − | * | + | *[[Valdimar Briem]] |
| − | =Featured | + | =Featured Hymn= |
| − | (See | + | (See article for sheet music and midis.) |
| − | *[[ | + | *'[[Begin, My Tongue, the Heavenly Theme]]' |
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=Featured Compilation= | =Featured Compilation= | ||
| − | * | + | *[[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]] |
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| + | =Recommendation= | ||
| + | If you're just here looking for public domain PDF sheet music, I recommend looking at [[:Category:Public_Domain_PDF_Sheet_Music|this category]] rather than the links in the sidebar. Note that each piece of content may be individually licensed; so, while articles in that category should contain public domain content, they may also contain restricted content (such as is the case with [[What Wondrous Love Is This]]). | ||
Latest revision as of 23:33, 6 May 2025
Welcome to HymnWiki
Contents
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
- I have finished restoring the PDF sheet music, MIDIs, and LilyPond files that were lost with the MediaWiki software update. The problem seems to have only affected files with non-ASCII characters and question marks in them. So, I'm guessing something in the MediaWiki software was updated to support Unicode. The only thing I wasn't able to restore was one of the ogg files (I didn't have a backup copy, and the copy on Archive.org was corrupted).
- We now have a Discord server (text-only). See the Discussion Board link in the navigation sidebar. If you wish to register, let me know there.
- 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. [Edit: I've still been finding articles that need fixing once in a while.]
Featured Hymnist
Featured Hymn
(See article for sheet music and midis.)
Featured Compilation
Recommendation
If you're just here looking for public domain PDF sheet music, I recommend looking at this category rather than the links in the sidebar. Note that each piece of content may be individually licensed; so, while articles in that category should contain public domain content, they may also contain restricted content (such as is the case with What Wondrous Love Is This).
