Clemens Blume
Born(1862-01-31)31 January 1862
Haguenau, Alsace
Died1932 (aged 69–70)
Chicago, Illinois
OccupationHymnologist

Clemens Blume (31 January 1862 - 1932) was a Jesuit hymnologist.

Biography

Clemens Blume was born in Billerbeck on 31 January 1862. He was educated at the Jesuit gymnasium, Feldkirch, Austria, Jesuit scholasticates in the Netherlands and England and the universities of Prague and Bonn. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1878, was gymnasium professor at Feldkirch in 1887-90 and ordained priest in 1893.[1] 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).[2]

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.[2]

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. online
  • Repertorium Repertorii. Kritischer Wegweiser durch U. Chevalier's Repertorium Hymnologicum. Leipzig 1901 online
  • Unsere Liturgischen Lieder. Das Hymnar der altchristlichen Kirche. Regensburg 1932. online

References

  1. ↑ "Clemens Blume - Oxford Reference". oxfordreference.com. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Blume, Reverend Clemens". The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers. New York: The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 24 May 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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