Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Away with our fears, Our troubles and tears
History
Charles Wesley's 1746 Whitsuntide hymn celebrating the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Away with our sorrow and fear
History
Charles Wesley's 1746 funeral hymn, featured in the Wesleyan Hymn Book and Toplady's collection.
Away, dark thoughts, awake, my joy
History
John Mason's 1683 nativity hymn from Songs of Praise.
Away, my needless fears
History
Charles Wesley's 1749 submission hymn from Hymns and Sacred Poems.
Away, my unbelieving fear
History
Charles Wesley's 1742 hymn on trust and confidence, founded on Habakkuk 3:17-19.
Away, thou dying saint, away
History
Thomas Kelly's 1809 hymn on the death of a believer, based on Ecclesiastes 12:7.
Awhile in spirit, Lord, to Thee
History
Joseph Francis Thrupp's Lenten hymn, first published in 1853 and later revised by Francis Pott.
Aye moi psycha
History
Hymnological profile of the third Ode of Synesius, Bishop of Ptolemais, written upon his return to Libya and …
Aye phorge, Lygia phorminx
History
Hymnological record of the first Ode of Synesius, Bishop of Ptolemais, detailing its Greek text origins and n…
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…
Cecil Frances Alexander
History
Biographical account of Cecil Frances Alexander, the renowned Irish hymnwriter whose timeless works for child…
Charles Tamberlane Astley
Hymnology
A biography of the Anglican clergyman and translator Charles Tamberlane Astley.
Christoph Carl Julius Aschenfeldt
Hymnology
A biography of the German pastor, superintendent, and hymn writer Christoph Carl Julius Aschenfeldt.
Dank, Dank, sey dir für dein Erbarmen
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of the German Post-Communion hymn attributed to Christoph Christian Stur…
Ecking, Samuel Ecking
Hymnology
A biographical note on the brief life and literary contributions of the eighteenth-century Baptist hymnwriter…
Eliza Sibbald Alderson
History
Biographical overview of nineteenth-century English hymnwriter Eliza Sibbald Alderson, author of the Passion …
Erasmus Alber
History
A biographical account of sixteenth-century reformer and hymnwriter Erasmus Alber, whose uncompromising stanc…
Ernst Moritz Arndt
Hymnology
A biographical entry on German author, historian, patriot, and hymnologist Ernst Moritz Arndt.
Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Charles Wesley’s expansive six-part poem on the Communion of Saints, …