Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
A little child the Saviour came
Hymn
William Robertson’s beautiful 1861 baptismal hymn, which was historically misattributed in American hymnals t…
A solis ortus cardine (Translations and Structural Variants)
History
An index of the nineteenth-century English and German translations of Coelius Sedulius's hymn, detailing the …
Accepted, Perfect, and Complete
Hymnology
A structural and publication chronicle of Frances Ridley Havergal's devotional hymn, tracing its specific scr…
According to Thy mercy, Lord
Hymnology
A structural and compilation profile of a composite Moravian hymn of supplication, tracing its multiauthor Ge…
Ad coenam Agni providi
Hymnology
A comprehensive text-critical history of the ancient Latin Easter Vesper hymn, charting its earliest manuscri…
Adams, Nehemiah
Hymnology
A biographical entry on Nehemiah Adams, Congregational clergyman, author, and compiler of Church Pastorals.
Ades Pater supreme
History
Historical and liturgical entry for Prudentius's 5th-century evening hymn "Ades Pater supreme," detailing its…
Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes
History
Comprehensive entry for the celebrated Christmas hymn "Adeste fideles," tracing its origin, Latin textual tra…
Adeste, Coelitum chori
History
Historical entry for Nicholas le Tourneaux's Latin Easter hymn "Adeste, Coelitum chori," appointed for Matins…
Adsis superne Spiritus, Pater benigne pauperum
History
Hymnological profile of "Adsis superne Spiritus, Pater benigne pauperum," an anonymous 18th-century Whitsunti…
Aeterni Festi gaudia and Aeterni Patris Unice
History
Hymnological profile of two notable Latin texts: Adam of St. Victor's sequence "Aeterni Festi gaudia" for St.…
Agricola, Johannes
History
Biographical and hymnological entry for Johannes Agricola (Sneider), sixteenth-century Protestant reformer, p…
Albrecht of Brandenburg-Culmbach
History
Biographical account of Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg-Culmbach, known as the German Alcibiades, and the hi…
Alleluia, dulce carmen
Hymnology
Comprehensive history of the Latin hymn "Alleluia, dulce carmen," sung before Septuagesima, detailing its man…
American Hymnody
History
Comprehensive survey of the history, development, denominational collections, and principal hymnists of Ameri…
Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc
Hymnology
A publication, authorship, and text-critical overview of the celebrated Alleluiatic Sequence, examining its S…
Macgill, Hamilton Montgomerie
Hymnologists
A biographical profile of Hamilton Montgomerie Macgill, exploring his pastoral ministry, leadership roles wit…
Scottish Hymnody
History
An historical account of congregational song in Scotland from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century, …
Sir William Alexander
History
Biographical account of Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, a Scottish courtier, poet, and principal con…
Temperance Hymnody
Hymnology
An overview of the rise, development, popular compositions, and key contributors of the Temperance hymnody mo…
A solis ortus cardine (Translations and Structural Variants)
History
An index of the nineteenth-century English and German translations of Coelius Sedulius's hymn, detailing the …
Accepted, Perfect, and Complete
Hymnology
A structural and publication chronicle of Frances Ridley Havergal's devotional hymn, tracing its specific scr…
According to Thy mercy, Lord
Hymnology
A structural and compilation profile of a composite Moravian hymn of supplication, tracing its multiauthor Ge…
Ad coenam Agni providi
Hymnology
A comprehensive text-critical history of the ancient Latin Easter Vesper hymn, charting its earliest manuscri…
Adams, Nehemiah
Hymnology
A biographical entry on Nehemiah Adams, Congregational clergyman, author, and compiler of Church Pastorals.
Ades Pater supreme
History
Historical and liturgical entry for Prudentius's 5th-century evening hymn "Ades Pater supreme," detailing its…
Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes
History
Comprehensive entry for the celebrated Christmas hymn "Adeste fideles," tracing its origin, Latin textual tra…
Adeste, Coelitum chori
History
Historical entry for Nicholas le Tourneaux's Latin Easter hymn "Adeste, Coelitum chori," appointed for Matins…
Adsis superne Spiritus, Pater benigne pauperum
History
Hymnological profile of "Adsis superne Spiritus, Pater benigne pauperum," an anonymous 18th-century Whitsunti…
Aeterni Festi gaudia and Aeterni Patris Unice
History
Hymnological profile of two notable Latin texts: Adam of St. Victor's sequence "Aeterni Festi gaudia" for St.…
Agricola, Johannes
History
Biographical and hymnological entry for Johannes Agricola (Sneider), sixteenth-century Protestant reformer, p…
Albrecht of Brandenburg-Culmbach
History
Biographical account of Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg-Culmbach, known as the German Alcibiades, and the hi…
Alleluia, dulce carmen
Hymnology
Comprehensive history of the Latin hymn "Alleluia, dulce carmen," sung before Septuagesima, detailing its man…
American Hymnody
History
Comprehensive survey of the history, development, denominational collections, and principal hymnists of Ameri…
Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc
Hymnology
A publication, authorship, and text-critical overview of the celebrated Alleluiatic Sequence, examining its S…
Macgill, Hamilton Montgomerie
Hymnologists
A biographical profile of Hamilton Montgomerie Macgill, exploring his pastoral ministry, leadership roles wit…
Scottish Hymnody
History
An historical account of congregational song in Scotland from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century, …
Sir William Alexander
History
Biographical account of Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, a Scottish courtier, poet, and principal con…
Temperance Hymnody
Hymnology
An overview of the rise, development, popular compositions, and key contributors of the Temperance hymnody mo…