Dictionary of Hymnology

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A look to Jesus saves the soul History Albert Midlane’s 1862 conversion hymn, featured in Gospel Echoes and compiled across several late Victorian r… A solis ortus cardine (Translations and Structural Variants) History An index of the nineteenth-century English and German translations of Coelius Sedulius's hymn, detailing the … A. R. C. (Anne Ross Cousin) History The signature "A. R. C." as used in J. H. Wilson's The Service of Praise (1865) to denote the Scottish poet a… 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… 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 regias Agni dapes History A publication registry of the classicized Roman Breviary revision of the Easter hymn 'Ad coenam Agni providi,… Ades Pater supreme History Historical and liturgical entry for Prudentius's 5th-century evening hymn "Ades Pater supreme," detailing its… Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes History Comprehensive entry for the celebrated Christmas hymn "Adeste fideles," tracing its origin, Latin textual tra… Adeste, Coelitum chori History Historical entry for Nicholas le Tourneaux's Latin Easter hymn "Adeste, Coelitum chori," appointed for Matins… Adoro Te devote, latens Deitas History Detailed history of St. Thomas Aquinas's famous Eucharistic hymn "Adoro Te devote," tracing its origins, litu… Adsis superne Spiritus, Pater benigne pauperum History Hymnological profile of "Adsis superne Spiritus, Pater benigne pauperum," an anonymous 18th-century Whitsunti… Aeterna Christi munera, Et martyrum victorias History Comprehensive entry for the ancient Ambrosian hymn "Aeterna Christi munera," covering its original form for M… Aeterna coeli gloria History Hymnological profile of the fifth-century Friday Lauds hymn "Aeterna coeli gloria," detailing its manuscript … Aeterne Rex altissime, Redemptor History Comprehensive entry for the Ascension hymn "Aeterne Rex altissime, Redemptor," exploring its complex authorsh… Again the Church's year hath run its round History Hymnological entry for Godfrey Thring's nineteenth-century Advent hymn "Again the Church's year hath run its … Agnoscat omne saeculum History Hymnological record of Venantius Fortunatus's sixth-century Christmas hymn "Agnoscat omne saeculum," detailin… Ah, whither flee, or where abide History Hymnological record of Catherine Winkworth's 1865 translation "Ah, whither flee, or where abide," published i… Alleluia piis edite laudibus Hymnology Comprehensive history of the ancient hymn "Alleluia piis edite laudibus," detailing its manuscripts, liturgic… American Hymnody History Comprehensive survey of the history, development, denominational collections, and principal hymnists of Ameri… And must I part with all I have? Hymnology An entry on Benjamin Beddome's hymn on self-denial.