- Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. African Culture, Traditional, Aspects of (1998-12). — Challenges and opportunities in the African continent; eliminating prejudices; dance and music; alco...
- Bahá'í Classes Songsheets (2008). — Compilation of 99 songs, with lyrics and chords to songs by Gloria Faizi, Red and Kathy Grammer, Kat...
- Louise R. Waite. Bahá'í Hymns of Peace and Praise (1908). — Fourteen hymns, with sheet music.
- Anonymous. Bahá'í Hymns, The: Explanations and Meanings (n.d.). — Four page summary of some Baha'i hymns, followed by study questions.
- Margaret Caton. Bahá'í Influences on Mirza 'Abdu'llah, Qajar Court Musician and Master of the Radíf (1984). — The mystical milieu of musicianship and the Baha'i Faith's approval of music (in contradistinction t...
- Michael Knopf. Bahá'í or Spiritual Themed Musical Works (1990-2018). — Dozens of musical scores in .pdf and .musx formats, drawn from a lifetime of original music, from a ...
- Child Education Committee of Greater Houston, comp. Bahá'í Song Book (2005). — Lyrics to 95 popular Baha'i songs, including prayers and writings that are often sung.
- Bahá'í Songs with Guitar Chords (2008). — Compilation of 78 songs, with lyrics and chords to many songs, mostly Baha'i, but including some pop...
- Baha'i Songs with Sheet Music (n.d.). — 49 songs with music.
- Mary L. Lucas. Brief Account of My Visit to Acca, A (1905). — Detailed notes of a visit to Haifa, January-February 1905, and Abdu'l-Baha's interpretations of seve...
- Geoffrey Nash. Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry? (1981). — The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Baha'i poetry; the use of profane imagery.
- R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. Considerations in Setting Sacred Text to Music for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1996). — The relationship of music to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar as a place and as a gathering of people, and a pr...
- Lasse Thoresen. Creation (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
- Michael Fitzgerald, ed. Creative Circle, The: Art, Literature, and Music in Baha'i Perspective (1989). — Essays on the arts including poetry, music, film, etc. and their role in the Baha'i community.
- Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Creative Circle: Art, Literature and Music in the Bahá'í Perspective, ed. Michael Fitzgerald: Review (1989-1990).
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity (2000).
- Jack McLean. Dimensions of Spirituality: Reflections on the Meaning of Spiritual Life and Transformation in Light of the Bahá'í Faith (1994). — The search for truth; models and profiles of spiritual transformation; the mystical sense — prayer...
- Lorraine Hetu Manifold, comp. Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove (2022). — Selections from the Writings that refer to the Word of God as music emanating from the mystic dove o...
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Charles Wolcott. Foreword (1989). — Essay on the meaning of music, and the dynamics of artistic endeavor in the context of the pull towa...
- Barry Kernfeld. Gillespie, Dizzy (2000). — Gillespie (1917-1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer; his acceptance of ...
- Alyn Shipton. Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (2001). — Roughly 2-3 page excerpt from book.
- Brad Pokorny. Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, by Alyn Shipton: Review (1999-07).
- Harvard Pluralism Project: Baha'i (2023). — Six overview essays on Baha'i history, beliefs, and practices. (Offsite)
- Bahá'í World News Service. Hearing "The Divinity in the Music": Dizzy Gillespie Remembered at 100 (2017-10-06). — Reflections on the life of Gillespie and how his Baha’i beliefs seemed to inspire and drive his wo...
- Daniel Akira Stadnicki. Hidden Words and Sounds: Tracing Iranian Legacies and Traumas in the Music of the Bahá'ís of North America (2019). — On the legacy of Persian culture, aesthetics, and history of religious persecution as reflected in B...
- Inayat Khan. Inayat Khan's meeting with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris (1913). — One-paragraph recounting of Khan, the founder of "Universal Sufism," meeting with Abdu'l-Baha in 191...
- Sarah Munro, David Cerpa, Niaz Massarrat. Instrument of Music, The: A Musical Comedy (2019-11). — Dramatization of the role of music in the expansion and consolidation of Baha’i communities, drawi...
- Daniel C. Jordan. Keys to Harmony (n.d.). — Ways of bringing harmony into the world, using musical analogies.
- Anonymous, comp. Laws Abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2020). — Laws abolished from previous religions and from the Bayan.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Christopher Buck. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Brett Zamir. Most Great Peace (a rap) (2007).
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Music (1991).
- Universal House of Justice. Music Lyrics, Singing, and Dancing at Feast (1994-03). — Baha'is may incorporate music, singing, and dancing into the spiritual portions of the community dev...
- Simon Maw hinney. Music Reviews (1999). — Reviews of recordings by Baha'i artists Geoff and Michaela Smith; Chris Ruhe; Kamran, Khodjasteh, an...
- Simon Maw hinney. Music Reviews: Five New Recordings of Bahá'í Music (1998). — Reviews of Songs of the Ancient Beauty, Lift up Your Hearts and Sing, The Prince of Peace, Here at B...
- R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. Music, Devotions, and Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1987). — An in-depth examination of the development of music and hymns within American Baha'i devotional life...
- Robert Stockman. Music, Devotions, and Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: Review (1988).
- Michael Knopf. Of Paramount Importance: Addressing the Paucity of Music in Bahá'í Devotional Practice (2000). — Short overview of the use of music in Baha'i feasts, holy day celebrations, and temples.
- Dorothy Baker. Path to God, The: 1956 (1956). — Some elements for spiritual success: power through prayer and nine benefits of prayer, victorious li...
- Michael Knopf. Paucity of Music in Bahá'í Devotional Practice and Considerations in the Composition of Music for Bahá'í Devotional Purposes, The (1999). — Devotional music in Western communities is limited to local and popular expressions and Eastern chan...
- Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). — The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions...
- William Sears. Remember Bill Sears: musical meditations (n.d.). — Four musical pieces accompanying selections from the speeches of Sears.
- Pym Trueman. Return of the Dreamtime (1995). — Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan cust...
- Kerry Hart. Role of Music in the Advancement of Civilization, The (1989). — Music is interrelated with feeling, value, and the very sense of self-identity. Nurturing an individ...
- Margaret Caton. Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community (2024). — introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Baha'i spiritual practices; 74 recordin...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet of Purity (1978). — Emphasizing purity, cleanliness, and abstinence from harmful habits, linking physical refinement to ...
- Louise R. Waite. Temple Song (1910-05-17). — Sheet music and audio for an early American Baha'i song.
- Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). — The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisatio...
- Istvan Dely. Wildfire: Reflections on Music, Drama, and Dance (2006). — Istvan Dely's reflections on music, dance and drama within the Baha'i community.
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