Brief notes on 150 popular hymns.
The German Chorales
Bacon and Allen, The Hymns of Martin Luther. London, 1884.
Luther’s hymns set to their original melodies. Includes Luther’s prefaces to successive hymn books published during his life time and under his supervision.
Collitz, Klara Hechtenberg, Selections from Classical German Literature. Oxford University Press, 1914.
Includes biographical notes.
Knapp, Albert, Evangelischer Liederschatz. Stuttgart, 1865.
More than 3,000 of the great hymns of Germany are included in this work, the most comprehensive hymn collection ever published in Germany. But Knapp took undue liberties in revising the hymns of some of the older writers.
Koch, Edward Emil, Geschichte des Kirchenliedes und Kirchengesangs. Stuttgart, 1867.
A standard work.