Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Johann Georg Albinus
History
A biography of seventeenth-century Saxon pastor and poet Johann Georg Albinus, author of classic funeral and …
Joseph Addison Alexander
History
Overview of American biblical scholar and Princeton professor Joseph Addison Alexander, author of the solemn …
Jubilemus omnes una
Hymnology
A publication and manuscript history of the medieval Advent sequence 'Jubilemus omnes una', tracing its prese…
Knowles, James Davis
Hymnology
A biographical profile of American Baptist minister and professor James Davis Knowles, highlighting his pasto…
Kolbe, Frederick William
Hymnology
A biographical profile of Rhenish and London Missionary Society missionary Frederick William Kolbe, highlight…
Latin Hymnody
Hymnology
An historical survey of the development of early Western church song, exploring ancient definitions, scriptur…
Lucy Evelina Akerman
History
Biographical sketch of American Unitarian writer Lucy Evelina Akerman, author of the popular evangelistic hym…
Macgill, Hamilton Montgomerie
Hymnologists
A biographical profile of Hamilton Montgomerie Macgill, exploring his pastoral ministry, leadership roles wit…
Marion Paul Aird
History
Biographical summary of Scottish devotional writer Marion Paul Aird, author of Home of the Heart and the hymn…
Mark, shining light of Egypt
History
An overview of three Greek homoia from the liturgical office for St. Mark's Day in the Eastern Orthodox Menae…
Quae gloriosum tanta coelis evocat
Hymnology
A publication, liturgical, and translation history of Guillaume de la Brunetière's Latin hymn for the Convers…
Regnantem sempiterna per saecula susceptura
Hymnology
A publication and manuscript history of the early medieval Advent sequence 'Regnantem sempiterna per saecula …
Scottish Translations and Paraphrases
Hymnology
A detailed publication, authorship, and committee breakdown of the 1781 Scottish Translations and Paraphrases…
Sir William Alexander
History
Biographical account of Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, a Scottish courtier, poet, and principal con…
Temperance Hymnody
Hymnology
An overview of the rise, development, popular compositions, and key contributors of the Temperance hymnody mo…
Unitarian Hymnody
Hymnology
An extensive historical overview of English Unitarian hymnody, its doctrinal evolution from Presbyterian root…
United Methodist (Free Churches Hymnody)
Hymnology
A historical overview of the hymnody, collections, and doctrinal lineage of the United Methodist Free Churche…
Verbum Dei, Deo natum
Hymnology
A historical account of the medieval Latin hymn Verbum Dei, Deo natum, its manuscript sources, liturgical use…
Washburn, Edward Abiel
Hymnology
A biographical overview of Edward Abiel Washburn, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, theologian, and translator …
Wilhelm Alard
History
Biographical account of seventeenth-century pastor and Latin poet Wilhelm Alard, author of the Excubiarum Pia…