Hymnology

The hymnology ( from Ancient Greek ὕμνος hymn " Tongefüge, hymns " and -logy ) is the science of singing hymns and hymns. The scientist, who represents the hymnology and explored, ie Hymnologe.

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  • 3.2 monographs

Subject

The central research topic is - by Christoph Albrecht - the hymn with his librettists and Melodisten and in a broader sense, the hymnal of the various churches in the Church's history and present, and he defines:

" Hymnology is the doctrine of the hymn. Because it has to do with both its textual as well as with its melodic shape, it is on the one hand a branch of theological research, on the other hand, a piece of musicology. "

In theological subjects taught the hymnology is a sub-discipline of practical theology. Also ecumenical aspects play into it, because hymns often skip the confessional boundaries and beyond. The hymnology is a major specialist in every church musician in training and the pastors or vicar training.

In addition to scientific liturgy and church- historical elements flow into the teaching and research of Hymnology also a knowledge of aesthetics, poetics, German and philology, musicology and folklore.

Hymnologists

Important hymnologists of the 17th century

  • Paul Gerhardt
  • John OLEARIUS (1611-1684)

Important hymnologists of the 18th century

  • Georg Ludwig von Hardenberg
  • David Gottfried Schöber (1696-1778), also mayor in Gera
  • Christoph Schütz
  • Christoph Heinrich Zeibich

Important hymnologists of the 19th century

  • Wilhelm Bäumker
  • Hermann Albert Daniel
  • Samuel Elsner
  • Albert Fischer
  • Albert Knapp
  • Philipp Wackernagel
  • Johannes Christoph Andreas Zahn
  • Ludwig Schöberlein
  • Joseph Hermann Mohr

Important Hymnologinnen and hymnologists of the 20th and 21st centuries

  • Christoph Albrecht
  • Konrad Ameln
  • Wolfgang Bretschneider
  • Jürgen Henkys
  • Markus Jenny
  • Gustav Adolf war
  • Bernhard Leube
  • Christian Mahrenholz
  • Martin- Christian Mautner
  • Otto Michaelis ( theologian )
  • Dorte Maria Packeiser
  • Christa Reich
  • Martin Roessler
  • Friedrich Smend
  • Friedrich Spitta
  • Sigvald Tveit
  • Günter Balder, in the area of ​​free churches and Pietism
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