Hymnology
The hymnology (from ancient Greek ὕμνος hýmnos " tone structure, hymn" and -logy ) is the study of sung hymns and hymn poetry . The scientist who represents and researches hymnology is called a hymnologist .
object
The central research topic is - by Christoph Albrecht - the hymn with his lyricists and Melodisten and in a broader sense, the hymnal of the various churches in the Church's history and present. Albrecht defines:
“Hymnology is the teaching of the hymn. Because it has to do with its textual as well as its melodic form, it is on the one hand a branch of theological research, on the other hand a piece of musicology. "
In the theological canon of subjects, hymnology is a sub-discipline of practical theology . Even ecumenical aspects play into it because hymns often skip the denominational boundaries and beyond. Hymnology is an essential subject in any church music training and in pastor or vicar training .
In addition to elements of liturgical science and church history , knowledge of aesthetics , poetics , German and philology , musicology and folklore also flow into the teaching and research of hymnology . Lately, lifeworld ethnography has been added as a new research direction. This new branch means that not only is historical research done, but active singing is included. As an example, reference is made to the “experience-oriented song analysis” by Jochen Kaiser.
The International Working Group for Hymnology is an important scientific organization , with the help of which international hymn books such as Unisono (1997) and Colors of Grace (2006) were developed.
Well-known hymnologists
17th century
- Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676)
- Johannes Olearius (1611–1684)
- Johann Christoph Olearius (1668–1747)
18th century
- Georg Ludwig von Hardenberg (1720–1786)
- David Gottfried Schöber (1696–1778), also mayor of Gera
- Christoph Schütz (1689–1750)
- Christoph Heinrich Zeibich (1677–1748)
19th century
- Wilhelm Bäumker (1842–1905)
- Hermann Albert Daniel (1812–1871)
- Samuel Elsner (1778-1856)
- Albert Fischer (1829-1896)
- Albert Knapp (1798–1864)
- Joseph Hermann Mohr (1834-1892)
- Ludwig Schöberlein (1813–1881)
- Philipp Wackernagel (1800–1877)
- Johannes Christoph Andreas Zahn (1817–1895)
20th and 21st centuries
literature
Yearbooks
- Yearbook for Liturgy and Hymnology , founded in 1955 by Konrad Ameln , Christian Mahrenholz and Karl Ferdinand Müller , published by theInternational Fellowship for Research in Hymnology, the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Hymn Book Research Mainz and the Liturgy Institute in Leipzig; until 1985 Johannes Stauda Verlag Kassel, from 1986 (vol. 30) Lutherisches Verlagshaus Hannover, since 1996 (vol. 36) Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, ISSN 0075-2681 (published annually).
Individual representations
- Christoph Albrecht : Introduction to Hymnology. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 3-525-57178-X .
- Konrad Klek : "Hymnology". In: Siegfried Bauer (Ed.): Try and study. Textbook for basic training in Protestant church music (= Edition 9024). With the collaboration of Ingo Bredenbach . Strube, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-921946-29-8 , pp. 233-265.
- Jochen Kaiser: Experience-oriented song analysis. In: Liturgy and Culture. Journal of the Liturgical Conference for Worship, Music and Art. Vol. 5, No. 1, 2014, ISSN 2190-1600 , pp. 51-56.
- Alex Stock : Latin hymns . Edited, commented on and translated by Alex Stock, Berlin 2012
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Albrecht: Introduction to Hymnology. 1995, foreword, p. 7.
- ↑ Christoph Albrecht: Introduction to Hymnology. 1995, p. 9.
- ^ Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, year book for liturgy and hymnology