This Day in Church History: January 27 - John Julian and Hymnology

This Day in Church History
January 27, 1839
Birth of John D. Julian

On this day in Church History....
Birth of John Julian, famed English authority on sacred music. His undoubted masterwork is the monumental "Dictionary of Hymnology" which he published in 1892 (later revised, updated and reissued in 1957).
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John D. Julian Bio
John Julian, 1839 - 1913 (no middle name on birth certificate) was a clergyman and the editor of A Dictionary of Hymnology[1] which remains a common reference for those studying hymnody and hymnology.

He graduated from Durham University (MA, 1887), from Lambeth (DD, 1894) and from Howard University, Washington DC (LLD, 1894). He was Vicar of Topcliffe, Yorkshire; Prebendary of Church Fenton in York Minster; and Canon of York.

He also wrote Concerning Hymns (1874), History of the Use of Hymns in Public Worship, and Their Proper Characteristics (1894), and Carols, Ancient and Modern (1900).
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A Dictionary of Hymnology: Origin and History of Christian Hymns and Hymnwriters of All Ages and Nations,
by John D. Julian

First published in 1892, is a standard historical reference for early Christian hymns, with more than 40,000 entries.

The work contains biographical and historical notes about the history of hymns and hymn writers. It is not a collection of hymn texts or hymn tunes, though brief quotations and references are included. Originally published in 1892 in London by John Murray and in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons, it was reprinted in 1907-1908 by John Murray, in 1957 by Dover Publications (in two volumes) and in 1985 by Kregel Publications.

It was not revised after 1902, but remains an important source for early Christian hymns, such as Latin ones.
 

Read this entire book online at:
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