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…
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…