Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Accepted, Perfect, and Complete
Hymnology
A structural and publication chronicle of Frances Ridley Havergal's devotional hymn, tracing its specific scr…
Accepting, Lord, Thy gracious call
Hymnology
A publication history of Christopher Newman Hall's hymn on Christian discipleship, documenting its origin as …
According to Thy gracious word
Hymnology
A publication history of James Montgomery's communion hymn, detailing its 1825 debut, various textual alterat…
According to Thy mercy, Lord
Hymnology
A structural and compilation profile of a composite Moravian hymn of supplication, tracing its multiauthor Ge…
Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein
Hymnology
A publication and historical chronicle of Martin Luther's Psalm 12 paraphrase, detailing its 1524 debut in Wi…
Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein (English Translations)
Hymnology
A bibliography of English translations of Martin Luther's Psalm 12 paraphrase, documenting both the common us…
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Hymnology
A publication and authorship history of the German hymn of consolation attributed to Martin Moller, charting …
Ach, Jesu, dein Sterben
Hymnology
A publication history of an anonymous eighteenth-century German Passion chorale from Silesia and its subseque…
Ach, wie wird das Herz so leer
Hymnology
A publication history of Carl Johann Philipp Spitta's German hymn of celestial longing, examining its foundat…
Ach! lehre mich ein Kindlein sein
Hymnology
A entry on Emma Neustetel's children's hymn of spiritual humility, outlining its compilation in Basel and its…
Ach! treuer Gott, barmherzigs Herz
Hymnology
A publication history of Paul Gerhardt's hymn of comfort, detailing its origin from Johann Arndt's devotional…
Acquaint thee, O mortal
Hymnology
A structural account of William Knox's invitation hymn based on Job 22, detailing its initial compilation in …
Ad celebres, Rex coelice, laudes cuncta
Hymnology
A text-critical and manuscript chronicle of a historic Notkerian sequence for the Feast of Saint Michael, doc…
Ad coenam Agni providi
Hymnology
A comprehensive text-critical history of the ancient Latin Easter Vesper hymn, charting its earliest manuscri…
Ad laudes Salvatoris
Hymnology
A structural registry of the late medieval Latin sequence "Ad laudes Salvatoris," tracking its manuscript pre…
Ad perennis vitae fontem mens sitivit arida
Hymnology
A text-critical history of Cardinal Peter Damiani's celebrated sequence on the Glory of Paradise, examining i…
Ad templa nos rursus vocat
Hymnology
A publication and text-historical record of Charles Coffin’s morning hymn for Sunday Lauds, charting its intr…
Adam descended from above
Hymnology
A publication history of Charles Wesley's Lenten hymn, contrasting the primary text adopted into the standard…
Adam of St. Victor
Hymnology
A biographical and text-critical overview of Adam of St. Victor, the premier Latin sequence writer of the twe…
Adam, our father and our head
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Isaac Watts’s hymn on the Fall of Man, detailing its origin in the Ho…