01 January 2023
New articles published so far this year
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05 January 2022
New articles published so far this year
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01 February 2021
New articles published so far this year
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17 December 2019
Introducing One License, a premier licensing source that covers all of your congregational reprint needs
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04 November 2019
Last month John Henry Newman became the first canonised English saint since 1970. We take a look at some of his writing
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12 June 2019
Ahead of Trinity Sunday, we look at how hymn writers throughout the centuries have celebrated the idea of God as Trinity.
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03 December 2019
New articles published so far this year
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15 January 2019
Hymns published 100, 200, 300 and 400 years ago.
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30 December 2019
What have you been researching this year? We take a look at the hymns viewed most in the Dictionary throughout 2019...
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12 December 2018
We look at the history of some popular Advent, Christmas and Epiphany hymns and carols from around the world...
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08 November 2018
Hymns written during, or influenced by, the war of 1914-18
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21 August 2018
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology continues to grow, with new articles and updates published every month.
Here are just a few highlights from the entries published this summer.
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19 August 2019
Harvest hymns and songs - and the stories behind them:
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21 May 2018
The stories behind some of the hymns from the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle...
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11 May 2018
We are currently updating our e-newsletter list.
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05 March 2019
Anne Brontë, G. K. Chesterton, Harriet Beecher Stowe - some of the novelists who feature as hymn writers in the Dictionary
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26 February 2018
Hymns and songs for - and inspired by - the season of Lent...
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31 December 2018
New articles published so far this year
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28 December 2017
The entries viewed most frequently in 2017.
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12 December 2017
We take a look at the history of some popular Advent hymns and songs...
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11 April 2019
Favourite hymns and songs for Easter Day, as chosen by the staff at Hymns Ancient & Modern.
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17 February 2017
This month we look at different styles of musical accompaniment...
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10 December 2017
New articles published in 2017:
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13 January 2017
The Dictionary includes entries for a number of hymns in languages other than English. Here we highlight just a few...
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27 November 2016
We look at the history of some popular Advent, Christmas and Epiphany hymns and carols...
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28 October 2016
This year, the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland celebrates its 80th birthday.
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25 October 2017
This year sees the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses. The Dictionary includes a number of entries on Reformation hymns and hymn writers...
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08 September 2016
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology continues to grow, with new articles and updates published every month.
Here are just a few highlights from the entries published this summer.
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31 December 2016
New articles published in 2016
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28 May 2015
Ask us about the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology at one of these conferences.
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30 March 2015
Find out more about the hymn writers featured on our homepage...
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25 September 2015
Added to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology in 2015...
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09 December 2014
Since its launch the editors have added over 200 new articles to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.
Here are just a few highlights...
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02 December 2014
Perfect for anyone interested in sacred music or church history, gift subscriptions to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology are now available to buy online.
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08 October 2014
Tina M. Schneider interviews the editors of the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology for The Hymn journal.
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01 March 2014
In 1892, John Julian, an Anglican priest who wrote several books about hymns, created a Dictionary of Hymnology, which he revised with a Supplement in 1907. Published in two volumes, with 1,768 pages of small type and multiple authors, it has been the standard and trustworthy English language reference for hymnody since then. Numerous attempts throughout the twentieth century were made to update or replace it. Finally, in November 2013, after more than a decade of work, The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology was launched as its replacement.
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02 May 2014
Since its founding in 1936, one of the aims of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland has been to produce an updated version of John Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology, which was originally published in 1892, with a revised edition in 1907. But in the age of the physical book, expanding and updating a tome that already ran to over 1,700 pages proved too daunting....
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17 January 2014
Find out more about the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology at one of these meetings...
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15 January 2014
It is billed as the "Public Launch of the Impossible Task." A feat ten years in the making, The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology is designed to be the successor to A Dictionary of Hymnology edited by John Julian, first published in 1892 with a 1907 revision that went through multiple printings over the years...
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14 January 2014
"The long-awaited Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology is an extraordinary resource for scholars in numerous fields, worship leaders, and hymn lovers of all ages and interests...
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13 January 2014
“The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology is a timely welcome publication for the expanded new world of hymnody...
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07 January 2014
"This is an amazing resource. It inaugurates a new era in the study of hymns and hymn tunes."
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02 January 2014
Set up IP authentication or a referring URL to provide your members with automatic access to the dictionary...
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03 December 2013
Thank you to everyone who visited the Dictionary of Hymnology stand at the recent AAR-SBL meeting in Baltimore...
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02 December 2013
"As a teacher of liturgy and worship, organist and choir director, I find the new Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology an increasingly valuable resource. The well-informed articles range widely...
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18 November 2013
"Do you care about the church? Do you want to know about its music? Access the new Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology and prepare to plunge into a seemingly never ending well of useful information...
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17 November 2013
"Congratulations on the launch of The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Of course, it is more than a dictionary of Hymnology, for it contains extensive biographical information of composers of varies styles of music...
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14 November 2013
"I am so pleased to have the long-awaited Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology available for use. This resource brings together biographies and topical articles that have not been available before or existed in scattered locations that made access difficult...
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05 November 2013
“The new Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology is a tremendous resource for scholars just at a time when the hymns are being studied afresh by literary critics, historians, theologians, musicologists, and others...
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07 November 2013
Are you attending the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) meeting in Baltimore? If so please come and see us - we will be there to launch the Dictionary in the US: booth #1719.
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01 November 2013
Thanks to the University of Bristol, UK, for hosting a wonderful launch conference to mark publication of the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Over 80 delegates enjoyed a couple of days of scholarship and hospitality. Thanks to all involved.
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