Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
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 …
According to Thy mercy, Lord
Hymnology
A structural and compilation profile of a composite Moravian hymn of supplication, tracing its multiauthor Ge…
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Hymnology
A publication and authorship history of the German hymn of consolation attributed to Martin Moller, charting …
At God's right hand in countless numbers
Hymnology
An entry on the composite Moravian hymn compiled by Bishop Foster.
Aufer immensam, Deus, aufer iram
Hymnology
An entry on the Latin hymn for a national fast and its German adaptation by Martin Moller.
Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir
History
Martin Luther's celebrated 1523 hymn based on Psalm 130 (De Profundis).
Author of faith, to Thee I cry
History
A Lenten hymn by Charles Wesley first printed in 1745 in a tract regarding Moravian differences.
Christian Henry Bateman
History
Scottish and English minister and editor known for creating widely popular children's hymnals and writing Com…
Heinrich Alberti
History
Biographical account and publication history of seventeenth-century organist and composer Heinrich Alberti, c…
Johann Augusta
Hymnology
A biographical sketch of Johann Augusta, Bishop of the Bohemian Brethren, and his hymns.
Johann Baptist Albertini
History
A profile of Johann Baptist Albertini, the nineteenth-century Moravian bishop, theologian, and scholar whose …