Considered a ground-breaking hymnal, the 1895 Hymnal (view contents) offers a wonderful selection of hymns to enhance service music in any church. Bringing new life to old hymns, the Vienna Woods Music Historic Hymnal Series is packed with features:
Every hymn is professionally formatted to allow reproduction for church bulletins (see example 1 and example 2) and musicians in your church.
Extensive indexing and full searching capability of texts helps locate the perfect hymn for any occasion.
The relationship of hymn texts to the Bible is clearly demonstrated with the 6,000+ scripture references. (See an example page and while there, click on the blue tune names near the top to view the hymn in notation).
Navigation within the hymnal is easy with the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Over 23,000 links and bookmarks provide quick and easy navigation.
The music can be transposed and printed in different keys to fit your taste and needs.
The original hymn texts are reproduced without revision.
Gain a better appreciation of the texts by seeing the words of each hymn next to the Bible verses that inspired the hymn writers. (see an example page)
The Vienna Woods Music Historic Hymn Player allows the auditioning of every hymn with sampled sounds of a pipe organ with many registration possibilities, regardless of the capabilities of your computer’s sound card. View the hymn player. Listen to the tune Vienna play.
Hymn registrations can be saved and instantly recalled using Piston buttons. Hear the tune Vienna with a different registration.
The Hymn Player features musical phrasing to avoid the robotic feeling of most computer-generated music.
Each voice part can be individually controlled for registration and volume. This enables singers to learn their parts and permits trying different voicing possibilities. View the hymn player's advanced screen.
You can print the entire hymnal or just the pages you need.
The 724 texts and 632 tunes (949 settings in all) give you a wealth of material to draw upon to supplement your current hymnal.
The Vienna Woods Music Historic Hymnal Series runs under Microsoft Windows (Windows 98 or newer only) and requires a computer with a Pentium II-333 or better with 64 MB of RAM (128 or more strongly recommended), 200 MB of hard drive space, a Windows-compatible sound card and a monitor with at least 800 x 600 resolution.
The first volume of the Historic Hymnal Series is selling for only $50 and represents the best value among the computerized hymnals currently available. Unlock the hidden treasures in both the poetry and music of this collection and enhance your service planning capability while having great fun and enjoying a real opportunity for devotional inspiration!
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Date last modified: 10/5/07
Created by: tleich@viennawoodsmusic
