Dictionary of Hymnology

Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.

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All creation groans and travails History History of John Mason Neale's cattle plague hymn "All creation groans and travails," written during the Briti… All hail, Redeemer of mankind Hymnology Overview of Charles Wesley's Eucharistic hymn "All hail, Redeemer of mankind," published in Hymns on the Lord… All praise to Him who dwells in bliss Hymn Overview of Charles Wesley's evening hymn "All praise to Him who dwells in bliss," first published in 1741. Almighty Father, heaven and earth History Account of Edward Arthur Dayman's offertory hymn "Almighty Father, heaven and earth." Almum flamen, vita mundi Hymnology Details on the Latin Whitsuntide hymn "Almum flamen, vita mundi" and its English translations. Asomen pantes laoi Hymnology An entry on St. John of Damascus's Canon for Low Sunday and its English translations. Aspice ut Verbum Patris a supernis Hymnology An entry on the Latin hymn for the Feast of the Prayer of Our Lord on Mount Olivet and its English translatio… Aspice, infami Deus ipse ligno Hymnology An entry on the Passiontide Breviary hymn and its English translations by Edward Caswall and W. J. Blew. At the tomb where Christ hath been Hymnology An entry on Gerard Moultrie's Easter hymn. 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. Audimur: almo Spiritus Hymnology An entry on Charles Coffin's Whitsuntide hymn and C. S. Calverley's translation. Aurora lucis dum novae History An Easter hymn by N. Le Tourneaux from the revised Paris Breviary of 1736. Ave, plena gratia, cujus History A Latin Sequence for the Feast of the Purification from the 1736 Paris Missal, translated by W. J. Copeland. Ave! Colenda Trinitas History An 11th-century Latin Holy Trinity hymn translated by J. D. Chambers as "All hail, adored Trinity". Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc Hymnology A publication, authorship, and text-critical overview of the celebrated Alleluiatic Sequence, examining its S… 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… Jubilemus omnes una Hymnology A publication and manuscript history of the medieval Advent sequence 'Jubilemus omnes una', tracing its prese… Latin Hymnody Hymnology An historical survey of the development of early Western church song, exploring ancient definitions, scriptur…