Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Are we not sons and heirs of God?
Hymnology
An entry on Isaac Watts's hymn on Christian gravity and decency based on Philippians 4:8.
Are your souls the Saviour seeking?
Hymnology
An entry on an anonymous nineteenth-century hymn on spiritual peace.
Arglwydd arwain trwy'r anialwch
Hymnology
An entry on William Williams's classic Welsh hymn and its famous English translation, Guide me, O Thou great …
Arglwydd arwain trwy'r anialwch. W. Williams. [Strength to pass through the Wilderness.'] This was pub. in the 1st ed. of the author's Alleluia, Bristol, 1745, in 5 st. of 61., as follows:—
Hymnology
An entry on an anonymous seventh-century Latin acrostic poem on the Day of Judgment.
Arise and hail the happy day
Hymnology
An entry on an anonymous eighteenth-century Christmas hymn later attributed to Elizabeth Scott.
Arise, and follow me
Hymnology
An entry on Henry Alford's hymn written for St. Matthew's Day.
Arise, in all Thy splendour, Lord
An entry on Sarah Slinn's missionary hymn and its American revision.
Arise, my soul, arise, Shake off
Hymnology
An entry on Charles Wesley's widely used hymn on Christ the Mediator.
Aute he klete kai hagia hemera
Hymnology
An entry on Ode VIII of the Easter Canon by St. John of Damascus and its use in English hymnals.
Aye moi psycha
History
Hymnological profile of the third Ode of Synesius, Bishop of Ptolemais, written upon his return to Libya and …
Aye phorge, Lygia phorminx
History
Hymnological record of the first Ode of Synesius, Bishop of Ptolemais, detailing its Greek text origins and n…
Baptist Hymnody, English
Hymnology
A comprehensive historical overview of congregational song among English Baptists from the seventeenth centur…
Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc
Hymnology
A publication, authorship, and text-critical overview of the celebrated Alleluiatic Sequence, examining its S…
Cecil Frances Alexander
History
Biographical account of Cecil Frances Alexander, the renowned Irish hymnwriter whose timeless works for child…
Dank, Dank, sey dir für dein Erbarmen
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of the German Post-Communion hymn attributed to Christoph Christian Stur…
Ecking, Samuel Ecking
Hymnology
A biographical note on the brief life and literary contributions of the eighteenth-century Baptist hymnwriter…
Eliza Sibbald Alderson
History
Biographical overview of nineteenth-century English hymnwriter Eliza Sibbald Alderson, author of the Passion …
Erasmus Alber
History
A biographical account of sixteenth-century reformer and hymnwriter Erasmus Alber, whose uncompromising stanc…
Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Charles Wesley’s expansive six-part poem on the Communion of Saints, …
Gaude, Mater Ecclesia
Hymnology
A text-critical and publication history of the Latin hymn Gaude, Mater Ecclesia, tracing its origin in the Se…