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hymnist [ˈhɪmnɪst], hymnodist [ˈhɪmnədɪst], hymnographer [hɪmˈnɒgrəfə] n (Music, other) a person who composes hymns How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| What makes this compilation of events so exciting is that the expertise of professional historians, linguists, musicians, ethnomusicologists, ministers, poets, writers, hymnists and composers is constantly referenced. The initial letters of each verse constitute a belligerent acrostic that is unlikely to be accidental; the Byzantine hymnist Romanos the Melode (6th century) also employed acrostic devices. David Music, in "The Newport Collection (1766): The First Baptist Hymnal in America," stated, "By far the most significant source drawn upon by the compiler of the Newport Collection was the British Seventh Day Baptist hymnist, Joseph Stennett. |
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