First Reformed Church Music Resource Library
First Church maintains a Music Resource Library for its congregation, as well as area organists, directors of music, and students. It is located on the lower level of First Reformed Church at 630 State Street in Holland (Room L13) off the hall at the foot of the stairs. The library is open to the public during regular church hours (weekdays from 8:30 - 4:30) and whenever else the church is open. You are free to borrow any items from the library for as long as you would like. We just ask that you would write down your name, the date, and the item(s) you borrowed. When you return the item(s) just cross off that line.
The library includes the following items:
We are hoping that this will be a useful addition to the community, and that you will stop by whenever you can and see what is available.
We would love to keep building the library up with more musical materials (including more organ pieces, CD’s, DVD’s and possibly musical instruments). If you would like to donate any items to the library, we would be happy to accept them. You may drop them off in the church office or leave them in the music library.
The library includes the following items:
- Over 500 titles of organ music [see the list on Organ Music page]
- Books about the organ (including brochures of individual organs and improvisation guides)
- About 100 different hymnals and hymnal supplements (including children’s hymnals and old Dutch Psalters)
- Books of hymn stories and histories
- Biographies of composers
- Music dictionaries
- Music history books
- Back issues of The American Organist magazine
- Back issues of The Diapason magazine
- Older copies of Reformed Worship magazines
- Worship planning materials
- Books on sacred symbolism
- Single copies of choral music pieces
- Old choral music (most with over 25 copies of each title)
- Various editions of Handel’s Messiah (including the G. Schirmer organ score)
- Organ scores for the Brahms, the Fauré, and the Durufle Requiems
- Books of musical scores and songs
- CD's - classical, choral, organ, piano, Christmas, popular secular
- Many LP’s (vinyl) of classical and church (organ/choir) music - some popular
- DVD's of The Joy of Music program with organist Diane Bish (donated by David Roosien) [see the list on Joy of Music DVD's page]
We are hoping that this will be a useful addition to the community, and that you will stop by whenever you can and see what is available.
We would love to keep building the library up with more musical materials (including more organ pieces, CD’s, DVD’s and possibly musical instruments). If you would like to donate any items to the library, we would be happy to accept them. You may drop them off in the church office or leave them in the music library.
