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harmonist

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har·mo·nist  (härm-nst)
n.
One skilled in harmony.
harmo·nistic adj.
harmo·nisti·cal·ly adv.
harmonist [ˈhɑːmənɪst]
n
1. (Music, other) a person skilled in the art and techniques of harmony
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) a person who combines and collates parallel narratives
harmonistic  adj
harmonistically  adv
Harmonist
a member of a Protestant sect from Württemberg, Germany that settled in Harmony, Pennsylvania, in 1803, and believed in common ownership of property.
See also: Protestantism
a person skilled in the principles of harmony. See also literature
See also: Music
a scholar of literature who shows parallels or harmony between passages from different authors. See also music.
See also: Literature


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And he who mingles music with gymnastic in the fairest proportions, and best attempers them to the soul, may be rightly called the true musician and harmonist in a far higher sense than the tuner of the strings.
The Republic by Plato View in context
As a verbal melodist, especially a melodist of sweetness and of stately grace, and as a harmonist of prolonged and complex cadences, he is unsurpassable.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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