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 Patre Unigenitus (English Translations)
History
The principal nineteenth-century English translations of the ancient Latin Epiphany hymn 'A Patre Unigenitus'…
A. L. P.
History
The pen name "A. L. P." (standing for "A London Priest") used by Dr. Richard Frederick Littledale in the Peop…
Accept our thanks, O Lord, we pray
Hymnology
A publication note on William Chatterton Dix's commemorative hymn for the festival of Saint Bede, highlightin…
Ad laudes Salvatoris
Hymnology
A structural registry of the late medieval Latin sequence "Ad laudes Salvatoris," tracking its manuscript pre…
Adsunt tenebrae primae
History
Hymnological profile of the anonymous Mozarabic evening hymn "Adsunt tenebrae primae," tracing its manuscript…
Agnes, fair martyr
History
Hymnological record of Mary Dunlop Moultrie's nineteenth-century hymn for St. Agnes's Day, detailing its deat…
Arrayed in robes of virgin white
Hymnology
An entry on Gerard Moultrie's hymn for the Festival of Martyrs.
Aute he klete kai hagia hemera
Hymnology
An entry on Ode VIII of the Easter Canon by St. John of Damascus and its use in English hymnals.
Gaude, Mater Ecclesia
Hymnology
A text-critical and publication history of the Latin hymn Gaude, Mater Ecclesia, tracing its origin in the Se…
A. L. P.
History
The pen name "A. L. P." (standing for "A London Priest") used by Dr. Richard Frederick Littledale in the Peop…
Accept our thanks, O Lord, we pray
Hymnology
A publication note on William Chatterton Dix's commemorative hymn for the festival of Saint Bede, highlightin…
Ad laudes Salvatoris
Hymnology
A structural registry of the late medieval Latin sequence "Ad laudes Salvatoris," tracking its manuscript pre…
Adsunt tenebrae primae
History
Hymnological profile of the anonymous Mozarabic evening hymn "Adsunt tenebrae primae," tracing its manuscript…
Agnes, fair martyr
History
Hymnological record of Mary Dunlop Moultrie's nineteenth-century hymn for St. Agnes's Day, detailing its deat…
Arrayed in robes of virgin white
Hymnology
An entry on Gerard Moultrie's hymn for the Festival of Martyrs.
Aute he klete kai hagia hemera
Hymnology
An entry on Ode VIII of the Easter Canon by St. John of Damascus and its use in English hymnals.
Gaude, Mater Ecclesia
Hymnology
A text-critical and publication history of the Latin hymn Gaude, Mater Ecclesia, tracing its origin in the Se…