Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
All is bright and gay around us
Hymnology
Overview of John Mason Neale's Saint's Day hymn for children, "All is bright and gay around us."
Alleluia, dulce carmen
Hymnology
Comprehensive history of the Latin hymn "Alleluia, dulce carmen," sung before Septuagesima, detailing its man…
Almighty God, to-night
Hymnology
Overview of John Mason Neale's evening hymn for children, "Almighty God, to-night."
Anastaseose Hemera
Hymnology
An entry on the Golden Canon of St. John of Damascus, detailing its eight Easter odes, liturgical context in …
Anatolius
Hymnology
A biographical and historical entry on the Greek hymn writer Anatolius, distinguishing him from the 5th-centu…
Aneste triemeros
Hymnology
An entry on St. Joseph the Hymnographer's celebrated 9th-century Greek Ascension Canon. (St. Joseph the Hymn…
Annue Christe saeculorum Domine
Hymnology
An entry on the medieval Latin hymn for the Common of Apostles.
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.
Around the throne of God, a band
Hymnology
An entry on John Mason Neale's children's hymn for Michaelmas Day.
Asomen pantes laoi
Hymnology
An entry on St. John of Damascus's Canon for Low Sunday and its English translations.
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.
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.
Awake, my love, awake, my joy
History
A morning cento adapted from John Mason's 1683 Songs of Praise.
Away, dark thoughts, awake, my joy
History
John Mason's 1683 nativity hymn from Songs of Praise.
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…
Gaude, Mater Ecclesia
Hymnology
A text-critical and publication history of the Latin hymn Gaude, Mater Ecclesia, tracing its origin in the Se…
Hymnum canentes martyrum
Hymnology
A publication, structural, and translation history of the Venerable Bede's hymn for the Holy Innocents, notin…