Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
At the tomb where Christ hath been
Hymnology
An entry on Gerard Moultrie's Easter hymn.
At Thy command, our dearest Lord
Hymnology
An entry on Isaac Watts's Holy Communion hymn.
At Thy feet, O Christ, we lay
Hymnology
An entry on Canon William Bright's morning hymn.
At Thy Feet, our God and Father
Hymnology
An entry on James Drummond Burns's New Year hymn.
At Thy transfiguration, Lord
Hymnology
An entry on Bishop Christopher Wordsworth's hymn on the Transfiguration.
Attend, and mark the solemn fast
Hymnology
An entry on the Scottish Paraphrase of Isaiah 58:5–9 by John Logan and John Morison.
Attend, my ear, my heart rejoice
Hymnology
An entry on Philip Doddridge's hymn on the final sentence and happiness of the righteous.
Attend, while God's exalted Son
Hymnology
An entry on Isaac Watts's hymn on the new creation and its centos.
Attend, ye tribes that dwell remote
Hymnology
An entry on John Morison's paraphrase of Isaiah 33:13–18 and its revisions.
Attolle paullum lumina
Hymnology
An entry on the anonymous Latin Passiontide hymn and John Mason Neale's analysis.
Audi nos, Rex Christe
Hymnology
An entry on the anonymous eleventh-century Latin pilgrim processional song.
Audi, benigne Conditor
Hymnology
An entry on the Lenten hymn attributed to St. Gregory the Great and its English translations.
Auf, auf, ihr Reichsgenossen
Hymnology
An entry on Johann Rist's German Advent hymn and its English translations.
Auf, auf, weil der Tag erschienen
Hymnology
An entry on Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen's German Advent hymn.
Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du
Hymnology
An entry on Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's resurrection poem and its English translations.
Aurora lucis rutilat
History
An ancient Easter hymn ascribed to St. Ambrose, later revised in the Roman Breviary as Aurora coelum purpurat.
Aus Lieb' verwundter Jesu mein
History
A 16th-century German Holy Communion hymn, translated as "O Jesu, pierced for love of me."
Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir
History
Martin Luther's celebrated 1523 hymn based on Psalm 130 (De Profundis).
Austin, John
Biography
Biographical sketch of John Austin (c. 1613-1669), Roman Catholic devotional writer and hymn contributor.
Austin, William
Biography
Biographical sketch of William Austin (d. 1633), lawyer and author of Devotionis Augustinianae Flamma.