Recommended Reading - The following list of books is given in hope that the information will be of benefit to your ministry. The inclusion of any source is not necessarially an endosement of its contents but merely for reference.

• The Disciplined Christian Life Style
  Taylor, Richard S. Bethany Fellowship, Inc., 6820 Auto Club Road, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55438.

The Church Music Ministry

• The Ministry of Music
  Osbeck, Kenneth. Zondervan Publishing House, 1415 Lake Drive, Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506.
  Discusses the organization, the possibilities, and the benefits of a vital music program in the local, Fundamental church.

• The Gospel in Hymns
  Bailey, Albert. Charles Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
  An excellent history of hymnology with many "hymn stories" of the best known and loved hymns.
• The English Hymn
  Benson, Louis F. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915.
  One of the most outstanding histories of the development of English language hymns, written by one of the most outstanding American hymnologists.
• The Hymnology of the Christian Church
  Benson, Louis F. John Knox Press, Ponc de Leon Avenue, Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30308.
  A fine general history of hymnology from early Christianity to the 20th century.
• Forty Stories of Famous Gospel Songs
• Famous Stories of Inspiring Hymns
• Hymn Stories for Programs
• Living Stories of Famous Hymns
• Stories of Christmas Carols
  Emurian, Ernest. Baker Book House, P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
• A Dictionary of Hymnology
  Julian, John. 2 vols. Dover Publications, Inc.,180 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014.
  The standard reference work in the field of hymnology.
• Singing with Understanding
  Osbeck, Kenneth. Kregel Publications, 525 Eastern Avenue, Southeast, P.O. Box 2607, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501.
  Standards for congregational singing. Includes the backgrounds of 101 favorite hymns.
• A Joyful Sound, Christian Hymnody
  Reynolds, William. Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 100017.
  A second edition of A Survey of Christian Hymnody, corrected and updated, especially in the are of developments in church music in the 1960's and 1970's. One serious fault of the revised edition, however, isthat the former chapter eight is deleted.

• Basic Materials in Music Theory
  Harder, Paul. 4th ed. (a programmed course), Allyn and Bacon Inc., Rockleigh, New Jersey 07647.
• Harmonic Materials in Tonal Music

  Harder, Paul. Part I and Part II. (audio cassettes available for each book), Allyn and Bacon, Inc., College Division, Department 894, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210.
• Study Outline and Workbook in the Elements of Music
  Hill, Frank W. William C. Brown Company, 2460 Kerper Boulevard, Dubuque, Iowa 52001.
• Programmed Rudiments of Music
  Ottman, Robert W. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632.
• Fundamental Concepts of Music
  Toutant, William. (audio cassette available). Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, California 94002.

• Rehearsal Guide for the Choral Conductor
  Boyd, Jack. Mark Foster Music Company, Box 4012, Champaign, Illinois 61820.
• The Modern Conductor
  Green, Elizabeth A. H. Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632.
  A standard text, from basic conducting to advanced technique for the serious conductor.
• The Grammar of Conducting
  Rudolph, Max. The Free Press, McMillan Publishing Company, Inc., 200 D. Brown Street, Riverside, New Jersey 08370.
  For the serious advanced instrumental conductor.

• Chorale Arranging
  Ades, Hawley. Shawnee Press, inc., Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania 18327.
  A helpful book for the director who has arranging talent and some theory background.
• The Technique of Orchestration
  Kennan, Kent. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632.
  The standard text for instrumental scoring.