Clemens Blume (31 January 1862 - 1932) was a

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hymnologist Hymnology (from Greek ὕμνος ''hymnos'', "song of praise" and -λογία ''-logia'', "study of") is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. It may be mo ...

Biography

Clemens Blume was born in

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on 31 January 1862. He was educated at the Jesuit gymnasium,

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, Jesuit scholasticates in the

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and England and the universities of

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and

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. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1878, was gymnasium professor at

in 1887-90 and ordained priest in 1893. He devoted himself to hymnological research, visiting most of the libraries of Europe. With Guido M. Dreves, he was coeditor of '' Analecta Hymnica medii ævi'' (1896–1905), and editor of ''Analecta Hymnica medii ævi'' (consisting of 57 volumes). He is author of ''Das Apostolische Glaubensbekenntnis'' (1893), ''Repertorium Repertorii oder kritischer Wegweiser durch Ul. Chevalier's Repertorium Hymnologicum'' (1901), ''Wolstan von Winchester und Vital von Saint Evroult'' (1903), ''Cursus S. Benedicti Nursini und die liturgische Hymnen des 6.-9. Jahrhunderts'' (1908), ''Ein Jahrtausend lateinischer Hymnendichtung'', ''Eine Blutenlese aus den Analecta Hymnica'' (1909), ''Ursprung des Ambrosianischen Lobgesanges'' (1912). He collaborated in Buchberger's ''Kirchliches Handlexikon'' and contributed to ''Stimmen aus Maria-Laach'', ''Die Kirchenmusik'' and the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''.

Works

*Der Cursus S. Benedicti Nursini und die liturgischen Hymnen des 6.-9. Jahrhunderts in ihrer Beziehung zu den Sonntags- und -Ferialhymnen unseres Breviers. Eine hymnologisch-liturgische Studie auf Grund handschriftlichen Quellenmaterials. Leipzig 1908
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*Repertorium Repertorii. Kritischer Wegweiser durch U. Chevalier's Repertorium Hymnologicum. Leipzig 190
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*Unsere Liturgischen Lieder. Das Hymnar der altchristlichen Kirche. Regensburg 1932
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blume, Clemens 1862 births 1932 deaths Hymnologists University of Bonn alumni Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia