Dictionary of Hymnology

Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.

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Ad templa nos rursus vocat Hymnology A publication and text-historical record of Charles Coffin’s morning hymn for Sunday Lauds, charting its intr… Aeterne rerum conditor History Hymnological profile of Saint Ambrose's Sunday morning hymn "Aeterne rerum conditor," including patristic evi… Again from calm and sweet repose History Hymnological record of Charles Philpot's nineteenth-century morning hymn, tracing its publication history and… Again the day returns of holy rest Hymnology Hymnological profile of William Mason's eighteenth-century Sunday morning hymn, detailing its publication alo… Ales diei nuntius History An overview of Aurelius Clemens Prudentius's ancient Latin morning hymn "Ales diei nuntius," its liturgical u… Another day begun! Hymnology An entry on John Ellerton's weekday morning hymn for Tuesday. At Thy feet, O Christ, we lay Hymnology An entry on Canon William Bright's morning hymn. Aurora jam spargit polum Hymnology An entry on the ancient Saturday morning Lauds hymn attributed to St. Ambrose. Author of life, with grateful heart History A morning/evening hymn by Samuel Pearce published in Andrew Fuller's Memoirs (1800). Awake, my love, awake, my joy History A morning cento adapted from John Mason's 1683 Songs of Praise. Awake, my soul, to grateful praise History An anonymous or attributed morning hymn first published in J. H. Gurney's 1838 collection. Awake, my soul, to meet the day History Philip Doddridge's morning hymn for awaking and rising, first published in 1755. Awake, our drowsy souls History Elizabeth Scott's Lord's Day morning hymn (1769) and its famous recast by Thomas Cotterill. Cecil Frances Alexander History Biographical account of Cecil Frances Alexander, the renowned Irish hymnwriter whose timeless works for child… Heinrich Alberti History Biographical account and publication history of seventeenth-century organist and composer Heinrich Alberti, c…