Interesting article on the production of collections of hymns (in print and online) in a time when hymnals are falling out of use.
Having grown up in a church where we used lyric only versions of hymns and simply memorised the tunes from experience, the transition to projected lyrics was a pretty easy one for me to make.
This article includes both hymnal as denominational expression to publisher based generalist collection perspectives.
In the age of overhead projection, PowerPoint and the multi-media worship experience, it may seem odd to stake a claim for the continued relevance of the hymnal. It flies in the face of the post-print age, the rapid transition from Gutenberg to Google. Nothing, it seems, is more anachronistic than ink and paper between two covers. Indeed, from outward appearances, the age of the old-fashioned hymnal is fast waning. In a recent Worship Leader survey of over fifty members of the Christian Music Publishers Association, only seven reported that they were still in the hymnal business.
Read the article here.
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