Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
A day, a day of glory
Hymn
John Mason Neale's joyful 1860 Christmas carol, written expressly for Edmund Sedding's Antient Christmas Caro…
A. (Joseph Addison)
History
The signature "A." used to denote hymns by Joseph Addison in the Bristol Baptist Collection compiled by John …
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
Hymnology
A comprehensive chronicle of Henry Francis Lyte’s renowned hymn, detailing its poignant composition context i…
According to Thy mercy, Lord
Hymnology
A structural and compilation profile of a composite Moravian hymn of supplication, tracing its multiauthor Ge…
Ad laudes Salvatoris
Hymnology
A structural registry of the late medieval Latin sequence "Ad laudes Salvatoris," tracking its manuscript pre…
Alas! and did my Saviour bleed
History
An in-depth historical profile of Isaac Watts's monumental 1707 Passion hymn, detailing its theological impac…
Aliquis
History
Note on Aliquis, the pseudonym under which the 1821 collection Hymns for Villagers was published.
All glorious God, what hymns of praise
History
History of Philip Doddridge's eighteenth-century hymn of praise "All glorious God, what hymns of praise," bas…
And can it be that I should gain
Hymnology
An entry on Charles Wesley's famous 1738 conversion hymn celebrating thanksgiving for salvation.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld
History
English Dissenting author, poet, and hymn writer known for her contributions to Unitarian and wider English h…
Another week for ever gone
Hymnology
An entry on an anonymous 1844 Lord's Day hymn from John Rippon's collection.
Aufer immensam, Deus, aufer iram
Hymnology
An entry on the Latin hymn for a national fast and its German adaptation by Martin Moller.
Jonathan Friedrich Bahnmaier
History
German Lutheran pastor, professor at Tübingen, and hymn writer known for his influential missionary hymn Spre…
Venerable Bede
History
Early English monk, scholar, historian, and theologian known for the Ecclesiastical History of the English Pe…
A. (Joseph Addison)
History
The signature "A." used to denote hymns by Joseph Addison in the Bristol Baptist Collection compiled by John …
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
Hymnology
A comprehensive chronicle of Henry Francis Lyte’s renowned hymn, detailing its poignant composition context i…
According to Thy mercy, Lord
Hymnology
A structural and compilation profile of a composite Moravian hymn of supplication, tracing its multiauthor Ge…
Ad laudes Salvatoris
Hymnology
A structural registry of the late medieval Latin sequence "Ad laudes Salvatoris," tracking its manuscript pre…
Alas! and did my Saviour bleed
History
An in-depth historical profile of Isaac Watts's monumental 1707 Passion hymn, detailing its theological impac…
Aliquis
History
Note on Aliquis, the pseudonym under which the 1821 collection Hymns for Villagers was published.
All glorious God, what hymns of praise
History
History of Philip Doddridge's eighteenth-century hymn of praise "All glorious God, what hymns of praise," bas…
And can it be that I should gain
Hymnology
An entry on Charles Wesley's famous 1738 conversion hymn celebrating thanksgiving for salvation.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld
History
English Dissenting author, poet, and hymn writer known for her contributions to Unitarian and wider English h…
Another week for ever gone
Hymnology
An entry on an anonymous 1844 Lord's Day hymn from John Rippon's collection.
Aufer immensam, Deus, aufer iram
Hymnology
An entry on the Latin hymn for a national fast and its German adaptation by Martin Moller.
Jonathan Friedrich Bahnmaier
History
German Lutheran pastor, professor at Tübingen, and hymn writer known for his influential missionary hymn Spre…
Venerable Bede
History
Early English monk, scholar, historian, and theologian known for the Ecclesiastical History of the English Pe…