Dictionary of Hymnology

A A day, a day of glory Hymn 209 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago John Mason Neale's joyful 1860 Christmas carol, written expressly for Edmund Sedding's Antient Christmas Caro… A solis ortus cardine (Coelius Sedulius) History 137 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago Coelius Sedulius's landmark fifth-century alphabetical acrostic poem on the life of Christ, which shaped medi… A solis ortus cardine (Translations and Structural Variants) History 160 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago An index of the nineteenth-century English and German translations of Coelius Sedulius's hymn, detailing the … A Adam of St. Victor Hymnology 150 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago A biographical and text-critical overview of Adam of St. Victor, the premier Latin sequence writer of the twe… A Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes History 204 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago Comprehensive entry for the celebrated Christmas hymn "Adeste fideles," tracing its origin, Latin textual tra… A Agnoscat omne saeculum History 134 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago Hymnological record of Venantius Fortunatus's sixth-century Christmas hymn "Agnoscat omne saeculum," detailin… A All glory to God in the sky History 167 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago Summary of Charles Wesley's Christmas hymn "All glory to God in the sky," published in Hymns for the Nativity… A Amplest grace with Thee I find Hymnology 62 · 3 weeks, 5 days ago An entry on Augustus Montague Toplady's 1759 Christmas hymn. A Angels from the realms of glory Hymnology 77 · 3 weeks ago An entry on James Montgomery's classic Christmas hymn. A Apparuit benignitas Hymnology 38 · 3 weeks ago An entry on a fifteenth-century Latin Christmas poem and its famous English hymn translation. A Arise and hail the happy day Hymnology 81 · 1 week, 6 days ago An entry on an anonymous eighteenth-century Christmas hymn later attributed to Elizabeth Scott. C Cecil Frances Alexander History 148 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago Biographical account of Cecil Frances Alexander, the renowned Irish hymnwriter whose timeless works for child… J Johann Baptist Albertini History 132 · 1 month, 2 weeks ago A profile of Johann Baptist Albertini, the nineteenth-century Moravian bishop, theologian, and scholar whose … J Johann Michael Altenburg Hymnology 60 · 3 weeks, 5 days ago Biography and hymnological contribution of German pastor and musician Johann Michael Altenburg.