Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Dank, Dank, sey dir für dein Erbarmen
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of the German Post-Communion hymn attributed to Christoph Christian Stur…
Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Charles Wesley’s expansive six-part poem on the Communion of Saints, …
Hymnum canentes martyrum
Hymnology
A publication, structural, and translation history of the Venerable Bede's hymn for the Holy Innocents, notin…
I give immortal praise
Hymnology
A publication, structural, and textual history of Isaac Watts's famous trinitarian doxology, charting its shi…
Jerusalem, thy joys divine
Hymnology
A publication and textual history of the seventeenth-century poem on the Heavenly Jerusalem, tracking its rec…
Scottish Translations and Paraphrases
Hymnology
A detailed publication, authorship, and committee breakdown of the 1781 Scottish Translations and Paraphrases…
Zion stands by hills surrounded
Hymnology
An entry on Thomas Kelly's 1806 hymn Zion stands by hills surrounded, covering its scriptural origin in Psalm…