Finding Aid for Hymn Tune Index Records, 1964-2007 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Hymn Tune Index Records, 1964-2007

ID: 12/5/81

Primary Creator: Temperley, Nicholas (1932-2020)

Extent: 4.75 cubic feet

Arrangement: Materials are arranged into four series: Series 1) Hymn Tune Index Data, Series 2) Research Notes and Research Correspondence, Series 3) Administrative Records, and Series 4) Digital Content. Series 1 is arranged into two sub-series, Sub-Series 1) Data Input Cards and 2) Data Source Information and Research Files. This material follows the original order of the files, which are arranged by Generic Code, Title Code, and Compiler Code and Alphabetically therein. Series 2 is arranged into 5 subseries: 1) Correspondence, 2) Bibliographies, 3) Articles, 4) Material from other Institutions, and 5) Parodies. This material follows the original order. Series 3 is arranged into two subseries 1) Internal and 2) Publication, both follow the original order. Series 4 is arranged into two subseries 1) Computer Storage and Disks and 2) Paper copies.

Date Acquired: 06/21/2021

Subjects: Choral music, Church music, Vocal music

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains the Hymn Tune Index and the research that went into it, including handwritten data entry cards, HTI entries, photocopies of newspaper articles, advertisements and books, professional correspondence, a photograph, floppy disks, a CD, typed and handwritten pages of notes, newspaper subscriber lists, genealogies, library catalogs, and sheet music.

Collection Historical Note

The Hymn Tune Index was a project founded by Nicholas Temperley after the publication of his 1979 book, The Music of the English Parish Church. Temperley, who sought to compile a list of historic sources of hymns, won a three-year grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities to fund the project. The Index includes a comprehensive census of English-language hymn tunes, except for tunes found within single manuscripts and barrel-organs, from 1535 up to 1820. Many of the sources were gathered by Temperley himself, while others were gathered by Carl Manns and graduate assistant Joseph Herl. The team gathered as many original sources as possible in the form of photocopies, microfilm, and handwritten indexes for sources that could not be duplicated. Between 1982 and 1985, the HTI team compiled their index in a database created by George Chaltas, which was written in FORTRAN 77. Due to the limits of the technology, tune citations were initially limited to 80 characters, including source code, tune incipit, text code, tune name, attribution, voice setting, and key. Attribution was limited to 15 characters, which resulted in a loss of information about the composer that has never been remedied. In 1988, the database was transfered to a Unix operating system and further programming was done by Eric Loeb, Jehng-Jung Kao, and Joseph Herl. In 1993, the database was transfered again to Paradox, which ran under Microsoft Windows 3.1.

The first printed edition of the Hymn Tune Index was completed in 1998 and published by Oxford University Press in four volumes. Two years later Joseph Herl redesigned the Online Index interface. On June 30, 2007, the management of the interface was transferred to the University of Illinois Library.

Biographical Note

Nicholas Temperley (1932-2020) was born in Beaconsfield, England on August 7, 1932. His parents were Arthur Cecil Temperley, a Major-General of the British Army who served as a representative at the League of Nations, and Joyce van Oss, a Dutch musician and author. Temperley began his musical studies at the age of five, performing on piano and studying composition. After his father died in 1939, he was admitted to an all-boy's boarding school. In this same year he published his first composition entitled "Elegy," which appeared in a British publication called The Young Musician. In 1945, Temperley won a Foundation Scholarship to study at Eaton College, where he received further musical instruction until 1951. In 1948, his mother married a German refugee named Donald von Hirsch, who would go on to lead the German Institute in London. Temperley then earned his associate degree in piano performance at the Royal College of Music in 1952 as well as a certificate in organ performance at the Royal College of Organists in 1954. Following this, he earned another Foundation Scholarship to study music at King's College, Cambridge University where he earned a bachelor of arts degree (Double First in Music) in 1955, a bachelor's of music degree in 1956, and both his master's and doctoral degrees in 1959. While at King's College, Temperley specialized in the history of English music during the Classical and Romantic periods and he took additional courses in composition and organ performance.

Following his graduation from King's College, Temperley moved to the United States, becoming a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It was here that Temperley met Mary Dorothea Sleator, an assistant professor of English who was also an active singer in Urbana. The two were married a year later in Ann Arbor, Michigan. While in Urbana, Temperley published several early articles on the influence of Handel, Beethoven, Mozart, and Mendelssohn upon English composers; founded an amateur carol group called the "Temperley Singers"; and served as a music critic for the Champaign-Urbana Courier.

In 1961, he and Mary moved to the UK, Temperley having accepted a position as an assistant lecturer at Cambridge University and the Director of Studies in Music at Clare College, Cambridge. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Temperley edited and revised both the entrance exams and the "Musical Tripos" final exams for graduate students. Two of Temperley's children were born during this time, Lucy (1962) and David (1963). During this period, Temperley began publishing short articles on the history of English Parish Church music and Victorian opera. He also combined his historical research with his interest in composition, arranging new editions of Victorian operas. While at Cambridge in 1966, he resurrected the Victorian-era composer Edward Loder's opera Raymond and Agnes. Soon after, Temperley accepted a position as an assistant professor at Yale University, where he taught for a year.

In 1967, Temperley returned to the University of Illinois as an associate professor in musicology. On the first day of school, his third child, Sylvia, was born. Temperley was promoted to full professor in 1972, at which point he had already written nearly two dozen articles about English music in the Victorian era. Temperley published his first book, Jonathan Gray and Church Music in York, 1770-1840 five years later in 1977. Two years later he received the Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society for his book, The Music of the English Parish Church. Building upon his research on hymns and church music, Temperley founded the Hymn Tune Index at the University of Illinois in 1982. As a research center, the Hymn Tune Index compiled an archive of hymns printed in English texts up to 1820 and published a reference book of their findings in four volumes begininng in 1998.

In 1981, Temperley published The Romantic Age: 1800-1914, a groundbreaking book on the music of the Victorian era. He would go on to edit several other books related to Victorian music including the 20-volume series The London Piano Forte School 1766-1860. Tied to his research on this era, Temperley also completed critical editions of both Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique (1971) and Haydn's The Creation (1988); a revised edition of John Gay's the Beggar's Opera (1984); and arrangements of two unfinished operas, George Friedrich Handel's Hercules (1985) and Mozart's L'Oca del Cairo (1991).

After serving two terms as department chair of the Musicology Division and being named a University Senior Scholar between 1986 and 1989, he retired in 1996. Temperley continued to research and publish in the areas of English church music and Victorian-era opera. For instance, in 2007, Temperley served as the co-editor alongside Sally Drage for a critical edition of 18^th-Century English church music for the Musica Britannica series. In 2016, he published his twelfth book, Musicians of Bath and Beyond: Edward Loder (1809-1865) and His Family. In 2018, he and Beth Quitslund published the first critical edition of the Elizabethan era congregational book The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre.

During his retirement, Temperley remained connected to the Musicology Division at the University of Illinois, establishing a dissertation prize in 2003 and a research prize in 2017. Temperley also spent his retirement staging Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in Urbana and in 2009 he published Christmas is Coming, a collection of original and arranged carols. Temperley died on April 19, 2020 in Urbana Illinois.

Subject/Index Terms

Choral music
Church music
Vocal music

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: School of Music

Acquisition Method: Transfer.

Related Materials: Nicholas Temperley Music and Papers 12/5/80

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Hymn Tune Index Data, 1976-2009],
[Series 2: Research Notes & Research Correspondence, 1954-2020],
[Series 3: Administrative Records, 1982-2000],
[Series 4: Digital Content, 1985-2002],
[All]

Series 1: Hymn Tune Index Data, 1976-2009

Contains the raw Data Input Cards and Data Source Information and Research Files that make up the bulk of the Hymn Tune Index. Each source was given a unique identifier based on the information available on that source. Three standard identifiers were given to Source Codes: codes beginning with an asterisk (*) denote generic sources, codes beginning with a number symbol (#) denote sources identitfied by title, and codes beginning with letters (i.e. Wain) denote sources identified by compilers. Both generic source codes and title source codes assigned letters based on the first letter of each word included in the title of the source (typically these titles include 4-6 letters). For example the Source Code *PER GM, denotes a generic periodical by the name of Gospel Magazine; whereas the Source Code WainJCPT contains information on the compiler Wainwright, John and his text A Collection of Psalm Tunes. Each of the Source and Text Codes can be found on the virtual Hymn Tune Index Search Engine [https://hymntune.library.uiuc.edu/]. A complete list of codes can be found within the print version of the Index. Box 4, folder 58 "Policy Memoranda" also contains a partial list of Generic Codes.

Sub-Series 1: Data Input Cards, 1982-2009

Contains raw data for each entry within the Hymn Tune Index. The data is included in a standard Source Code Card, which contains a table that includes the following information: Assigned Source Code, Full Source Title, Compiler/Reviser, Composer, Publisher, Original Location/Library, Call No., Format, Notes on Source, Instrumentation, Total page count, and other data collected by members of the Hymn Tune Index.

Box 1

Folder 1: *A-M, 1983-2006
Folder 2: *P (1 of 3), 1982-1988
Folder 3: *P (2 of 3), 1982-1988
Folder 4: *P (3 of 3), 1982-1988
Folder 5: *PER (1 of 2), 1983-1995
Folder 6: *PER (2 of 2), 1983-1995
Folder 7: *TS, 1983-2009
Folder 8: #A (1 of 3), 1983-2000
Folder 9: #A (2 of 3), 1983-2000
Folder 10: #A (3 of 3), 1983-2000
Folder 11: #P (1 of 2), 1983-1995
Folder 12: #P (2 of 2), 1983-1995
Folder 13: Adam A, 1983-2009
Folder 14: Babe S (1 of 2), 1982-2006
Folder 15: Babe S (2 of 2), 1982-2006
Folder 16: Bill N (1 of 2), 1983-1999
Folder 17: Bill N (2 of 2), 1983-1999
Folder 18: Cahu T (1 of 2), 1983-1996
Folder 19: Cahu T (2 of 2), 1983-1996
Folder 20: Dale J (1 of 2), 1983-2006
Folder 21: Dale J (2 of 2), 1983-2006
Folder 22: Habe J, 1983-2006
Folder 23: Inga J (1 of 2), 1982-2006
Folder 24: Inga J (2 of 2), 1982-2006
Folder 25: Law H (1 of 2), 1983-2008
Folder 26: Law H (2 of 2), 1983-2008
Folder 27: Padd J (1 of 2), 1983-2006

Box 2

Folder 1: Padd J (2 of 2), 1983-2006
Folder 2: SampR (1 of 2), 1985-2000
Folder 3: SlyRAH (2 of 2), 1983-2000
Folder 4: TaaSW (1 of 3), 1983-2006
Folder 5: TaylJ (2 of 3), 1983-2006
Folder 6: TimbF (3 of 3), 1983-2006
Folder 7: UpfoJ - VokeH, 1984-1988
Folder 8: WainJCPT (1 of 4), 1984-1985
Folder 9: WanlTMPT (2 of 4), 1983-2000
Folder 10: WeymDMS2 (3 of 4), 1983-1990
Folder 11: Will WWMS (4 of 4), 1983-1993
Folder 12: YateWCMSH, 1984-1985
Folder 13: P, 1821-1841

Sub-Series 2: Data Source Information and Research Files, 1976-2006

Consists of completed Code Cards for sources that were not included within the final version of the Hymn Tune Index, handwritten research notes on various sources, scans of articles and sheet music related to sources, and correspondence to various libraries used to construct the Hymn Tune Idex.

Box 2

Folder 14: Unused Files (1 of 2), Undated
Folder 15: Unused Files (2 of 2), 1983-1987
Folder 16: *AC, undated, 1991-1992
Folder 17: *CHP, undated, 1982-1983, 1990
Folder 18: *FHC
Folder 19: *GC, undated
Folder 20: *LHC, undated, 1987-1988
Folder 21: *MCC, undated, 1992
Folder 22: *P 16582, 16583, 1988
Folder 23: *PER AM17, undated
Folder 24: *PER CM, undated
Folder 25: *PER GM, undated
Folder 26: *PER_GMTR, undated
Folder 27: *PER LITI, undated
Folder 28: *SCT_A-C, undated, 1983
Folder 29: *SCT/E, undated
Folder 30: *SCT F, undated, 1988, 1992-1993
Folder 31: *SM_0/1, 1983
Folder 32: *SM_0/2, 1983
Folder 33: *SM_0/3, 1983
Folder 34: *SM_0/4, 1983
Folder 35: *SM_0/5, 1983
Folder 36: *SM_0/6, 1983
Folder 37: *SM_0/7, 1983
Folder 38: *SM_35, 1983
Folder 39: *SM_38, 1983
Folder 40: *SM_39, 1983
Folder 41: *SM 43, 1983
Folder 42: *SM 45, 1983
Folder 43: *SM 48, 1983
Folder 44: *SM 49, 1983
Folder 45: *SM 51, 1983-1984
Folder 46: *SM 52, 1983
Folder 47: *SM 54, 1983
Folder 48: *SM 60. 61, 1983
Folder 49: *SM 63, 1991
Folder 50: *SM 66, 1993
Folder 51: *TS_Bro, undated
Folder 52: *TS_Pat, undated
Folder 53: *TS_TatA, undated
Folder 54: *TS_TatB, undated
Folder 55: *TS_WatA, undated
Folder 56: *TS_WatB, undated
Folder 57: *TS_WatC, undated
Folder 58: *TS_Wes, 1994
Folder 59: *UC_1, undated
Folder 60: *UC_2, 1987
Folder 61: *UC_3, undated
Folder 62: *UC_4, 1988
Folder 63: *UC_7, 1986-1988
Folder 64: *UC_13, undated
Folder 65: #AMM 2-1 and 2-2, 1992
Folder 66: #BC, undated
Folder 67: #BHM, undated
Folder 68: #BMH_____a, undated
Folder 69: #CBCTCA, undated
Folder 70: #CH, 2005
Folder 71: #CHAEC, undated
Folder 72: #CMAC/T, 1983
Folder 73: #CN, 1979
Folder 74: #CPPSC, 1983
Folder 75: #CPTTB, undated
Folder 76: #CSP, undated
Folder 77: #CSPB, 1983
Folder 78: #CTOPT, undated
Folder 79: #DMM, undated
Folder 80: #FCC_____2, undated
Folder 81: #FH, undated
Folder 82: #FTP, 1983
Folder 83: #HA a, undated
Folder 84: #HGFOO, undated
Folder 85: #HSDMS, undated
Folder 86: #MPS, undated
Folder 87: #MSH, undated
Folder 88: #NIP, 1984
Folder 89: #NVPD____a, undated
Folder 90: #OPC, 1983
Folder 91: #PDMPT, undated
Folder 92: #SCCSM___1, 1983
Folder 93: #SFH, 1983
Folder 94: #SGP, 1990-1996
Folder 95: #SH, undated
Folder 96: #SHCCPH, 1986
Folder 97: #SHSA, undated
Folder 98: Rider #SHTI, 2, 1996
Folder 99: #SHVH, undated
Folder 100: 1815 #SMFC, undated
Folder 101: #SPHC, undated
Folder 102: #SPHT, 1984
Folder 103: #SPHW, undated
Folder 104: #SPPC, undated
Folder 105: #SPPD, undated
Folder 106: #TH, undated
Folder 107: #TM, 1990
Folder 108: #VH, 1987
Folder 109: Adam A/PN, 1983
Folder 110: AddiS/C. 1985
Folder 111: Adga A PM, 1991
Folder 112: Ains HBP, undated
Folder 113: Alco J/CATF, 1983
Folder 114: Alle F/NYS a, undated
Folder 115: Alle FNYS_4, undated
Folder 116: Arno J/CP__1-7, undated
Folder 117: Arno J/LH, undated
Folder 118: Ashw C CT, 1983
Folder 119: Bain J/EI, 1983
Folder 120: BallS/HLPH, undated
Folder 121: Barb R/BP, 1995
Folder 122: BartW BPM, undated
Folder 123: Bath WBISS, undated
Folder 124: Bayl DAH, 1988
Folder 125: Bayl D/EH, 1984
Folder 126: Bayl DEHM_b, undated
Folder 127: Bees M/CN and BP, undated
Folder 128: Bish J/SPB, undated
Folder 129: Blow J/PSF, undated
Folder 130: Bond HPDM, undated
Folder 131: Boyd H/SC, undated
Folder 132: Brod J/NSA, undated
Folder 133: BrooM CCT, undated
Folder 134: BrooMCTE, 1995
Folder 135: Brow OSH, undated
Folder 136: Burg J/A, 1983
Folder 137: Burg W/EA, 1995
Folder 138: Burl C/PM, undated
Folder 139: ButtT/HS, 1983-1992
Folder 140: CahuT PC2, 1977
Folder 141: Call J/WDSC, 1983
Folder 142: CampT/AI, 1994
Folder 143: CardA MH, 1976
Folder 144: Ch_p R/HRD, 1983
Folder 145: ChetJ BP, 1995
Folder 146: ClarT/SPT4, 1988-1989
Folder 147: Cole JDH, undated
Folder 148: Cole J EHV, 1984-1992
Folder 149: Cole W PE, undated
Folder 150: Cost T/SPH, undated
Folder 151: CoveMGP, undated
Folder 152: CrouW SPT, undated
Folder 153: CurtT/DA, undated
Folder 154: Dall J SUP, undated
Folder 155: DamaWBM1,2, undated
Folder 156: Dave U PPC_1, undated
Folder 157: DaviASKH_a, undated
Folder 158: DearB SRSM, undated
Folder 159: DixoW E, undated
Folder 160: Dixo W PC__a, undated
Folder 161: DobnM, 1996
Folder 162: Dool E/PSC, undated
Folder 163: Dray RBP, undated
Folder 164: Dyer SNS, 1988
Folder 165: East W Sm_b, HS, 1995
Folder 166: East WVM, 1988
Folder 167: Edso LSH__2, undated
Folder 168: Ely_ABC, undated
Folder 169: EvanJDC2b, 1986-1988
Folder 170: EvisJ/CBP, 1992-1995
Folder 171: FaweJ, 2000
Folder 172: Fitc GCC__a, undated
Folder 173: FitcGNPT, undated
Folder 174: FlacWHTV, 2006
Folder 175: Flag J/SA, undated
Folder 176: FostJ/SM, 1993
Folder 177: FrieJPH, undated
Folder 178: GawtN/HP, undated
Folder 179: GiffWTNPT, undated
Folder 180: GilsC/LPS, undated
Folder 181: GoodRP, 1988
Folder 182: Gree J/BP, 1994
Folder 183: GresW/PI, 1983
Folder 184: GrimJH, undated
Folder 185: GrisECH__a, undated
Folder 186: Grise HCSH, 1807, 1986

Box 3

Folder 1: Guess RPD, undated
Folder 2: Habe J/PG, undated
Folder 3: Hall E/PSSC, undated
Folder 4: Hall J/CV, undated
Folder 5: Hanw J/REM2, undated
Folder 6: Harr R/SH, undated
Folder 7: Hawk JH3, undated
Folder 8: Hayew H, undated
Folder 9: Hell PCP, undated
Folder 10: Hick G DAW-2, undated
Folder 11: Hint S/CCM, 1994
Folder 12: Hold OUH1-1, undated
Folder 13: Holt B NESH, undated
Folder 14: Howy JSM, undated
Folder 15: Hmmbs/UH2, undated
Folder 16: Hunn W SS, 1983-1984
Folder 17: Hunt JAC, undated
Folder 18: Jaco B/NP, undated
Folder 19: Jaco J/PG, 1984
Folder 20: Jarm TSM1-4, 1986-1990
Folder 21: Jarv S TPT, undated
Folder 22: Jenk S MH, NEH, 1980
Folder 23: John TANVP, undated
Folder 24: Kent E DH, 1988
Folder 25: Key JA, undated
Folder 26: Kiny HPD, undated
Folder 27: Kiny R PHSC [1688], undated
Folder 28: Kiny W/NCM 1 [c.1752], undated
Folder 29: Knap W/SNP(T) 1-8 [1738-70], undated
Folder 30: Knib T PSH, 1993
Folder 31: Koll A/MHP, undated
Folder 32: Lany RDH, 1998
Folder 33: Latr C/HT, 1983
Folder 34: Latr C/SI, undated
Folder 35: Law A AS, 1992
Folder 36: Law-ARM-2, undated
Folder 37: Leas J/NS ,SS, undated
Folder 38: Lee P/SCH, 1983
Folder 39: Leiy W TLSS, undated
Folder 40: Litt WEI, 1987
Folder 41: Lock M/PSMV, undated
Folder 42: Lowe ERDP 2, undated
Folder 43: Majo S/SM, 1983
Folder 44: Mann ENC_ _1, undated
Folder 45: Mars J FNPT, undated
Folder 46: Maxi A/NH, 1992
Folder 47: Maynard, Ezekiel: A New Selection of Sacred Music [1822], undated
Folder 48: Melr TSR, undated
Folder 49: Merr DPBC, undated
Folder 50: Mily BSH, undated
Folder 51: Miller, Psalms of David, 1988-1996
Folder 52: Mi UEPTC, undated
Folder 53: Moor T/PS2, undated
Folder 54: Nevi J/NBC 1, undated
Folder 55: Orme TCPT-2, undated
Folder 56: Page JAP, 1983
Folder 57: Page J/CH, 1983
Folder 58: Page J/DH, undated
Folder 59: Peac J/DH, undated
Folder 60: Peck J/PC1-3, undated
Folder 61: Peck JPM 1,2, undated
Folder 62: Peck JPM 3-5, undated
Folder 63: Peck J/THF, undated
Folder 64: Play H/DC, 1983
Folder 65: Play JI, undated
Folder 66: Play JWB, 1989
Folder 67: Purc D/PSF, undated
Folder 68: Rand J/C, 1983
Folder 69: Rave T/WBP, undated
Folder 70: Read DCH, 1985-1994
Folder 71: Read JNES_1, undated
Folder 72: Ripp J/S, undated
Folder 73: Robi D EVM, undated
Folder 74: Robi TNCL, 1987
Folder 75: Robi TSM, 1987
Folder 76: Sive J/CCTA, CPT, undated
Folder 77: Slat W/DD, undated
Folder 78: Smit I/CPT, undated
Folder 79: Smit I/GC 7,8, undated
Folder 80: Smit J/ SS 1-3, undated
Folder 81: Smit T/PD, 1994
Folder 82: Smit T/SD, 1983
Folder 83: Stam E/PC, undated
Folder 84: Step J/CH, 1993
Folder 85: Sten J/SI, 1992-1993
Folder 86: Stre J/ BCA_1,2, undated
Folder 87: Tans W/EMD, undated
Folder 88: Tans W/MS, undated
Folder 89: Tans W/PSJ, undated
Folder 90: Tans W/RPC, 1984
Folder 91: Tans W/W, etc., undated
Folder 92: Tatt W/IP, undated
Folder 93: Tayl ECPT, undated
Folder 94: Tayl JCT, undated
Folder 95: Tayl RBSV, undated
Folder 96: Timb FDM, 1994
Folder 97: Timb FDC/dd, 2002-2006
Folder 98: Trie J/NV, undated
Folder 99: Triv E HSS, 1989
Folder 100: Upfo J/CT, 1987
Folder 101: Walk J BSH, undated
Folder 102: Walk T/WC, undated
Folder 103: Walt T/G, undated
Folder 104: Warr SSC, undated
Folder 105: Wash JTH 1,2, 1998
Folder 106: Wesl C/SH, 1983
Folder 107: Wilk M BP, IP, 1986-1987
Folder 108: Will A/PM, undated
Folder 109: Will A/MP, 1983
Folder 110: Will RSH, undated
Folder 111: Will T/PE, undated
Folder 112: Wils P/CPH, Wils D/CCT, undated
Folder 113: With G/HSC, undated
Folder 114: Wood CCPT a, undated
Folder 115: Wood MDH, 1985
Folder 116: Wyet J WR, 1988-1991
Folder 117: Yate WCMJH, 1983