Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
The signature "A." used to denote hymns by Joseph Addison in the Bristol Baptist Collection compiled by John Ash and Caleb Evans, first published in 1769.
The initials "A. B." as sometimes historically cited, or "A. R." as actually adopted, by George Burder for his contributions to the Gospel Magazine.
The signature "A. C. C." used in The Hymnary (1872) to denote William Cooke, standing for "A Canon of Chester."
The signature "A. K. B. G-." used in The Divine Hymnal (1860) to denote Augustus Kerr Bozzi Granville.
The pen name "A. L. P." (standing for "A London Priest") used by Dr. Richard Frederick Littledale in the People's Hymnal (1867).
The initials "A. L. W." used in various hymn collections to sign the deeply devotional work of Welsh poet and hymn writer Anna Letitia Waring.
The initials "A. M. G." (sometimes misprinted as "A. M. Gh") used in Thrupp's Psalms and Hymns (1853) to sign the work of Anna Maria Glennie, later Mrs. Walter Glennie Smith.
The signature "A. R. C." as used in J. H. Wilson's The Service of Praise (1865) to denote the Scottish poet and songwriter Anne Ross Cousin, née Cundell.
The initials "A. R. W." used in the American Baptist Praise Book (1871) to sign the contributions of the Reverend Aaron Robarts Wolfe.
The signature "A. T." used in Joseph Francis Thrupp's Psalms and Hymns (1853) to sign the work of Adelaide Thrupp.
The initials "A. T. R." used in Psalms and Hymns (1851) to sign original contributions and translations by the compiler, the Reverend Arthur Tozer Russell.