Dictionary of Hymnology

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Agricola, Johannes History Biographical and hymnological entry for Johannes Agricola (Sneider), sixteenth-century Protestant reformer, p… Alle Christen singen gerne History Background of the eighteenth-century German hymn "Alle Christen singen gerne" and its English translation by … Alleluia piis edite laudibus Hymnology Comprehensive history of the ancient hymn "Alleluia piis edite laudibus," detailing its manuscripts, liturgic… 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… And did the Son of God appear Hymnology An entry on James Montgomery's hymn written for J. H. Gurney's collection. Anni peractis mensibus Hymnology An entry on an 11th-century medieval Whitsuntide Latin hymn. Another year hath fled, renew Hymnology An entry on Arthur Tozer Russell's New Year hymn and its textual revisions. 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. Baptist Hymnody, English Hymnology A comprehensive historical overview of congregational song among English Baptists from the seventeenth centur… Erasmus Alber History A biographical account of sixteenth-century reformer and hymnwriter Erasmus Alber, whose uncompromising stanc… Hymnarium Hymnology An examination of the ancient medieval liturgical office book known as the Hymnarium, with an analytical over… Hymnum canentes martyrum Hymnology A publication, structural, and translation history of the Venerable Bede's hymn for the Holy Innocents, notin… James Waddell Alexander History Profile of American Presbyterian minister and scholar James Waddell Alexander, translator of classic devotion… The Great Advent Antiphons Hymnology An entry on the seven greater Advent antiphons, their liturgical usage, and their prose and metrical English … Washburn, Edward Abiel Hymnology A biographical overview of Edward Abiel Washburn, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, theologian, and translator …