Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One skilled in harmony.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One skilled in the principles of musical harmony; also, a musical composer.
- noun plural Same as
harmonici . - noun One who shows the agreement or harmony between corresponding passages of different authors; specifically, a writer of a harmony of the four gospels.
- noun [capitalized] A member of a communistic religious body organized by George Rapp in Würtemberg on the model of the primitive church, and conducted by him to Pennsylvania in 1803: their settlement there was called Harmony (whence their name).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.
- noun (Mus.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.
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- noun One who shows the
agreement ofcorresponding passages of differentauthors , as of the fourBiblical evangelists . - noun music One who understands the
principles ofharmony or is skillful in applying them incomposition ; acomposer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And so, John, I mean, you know, given that Lucy is a dominant harmonist, did you have concrete ideas about how you wanted her to sing it?
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And so, John, I mean, you know, given that Lucy is a dominant harmonist, did you have concrete ideas about how you wanted her to sing it?
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And so, John, I mean, you know, given that Lucy is a dominant harmonist, did you have concrete ideas about how you wanted her to sing it?
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And he who mingles music with gymnastics 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.
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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 Robert Huntington Fletcher
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If the fourth gospel is held to be of apostolic origin and trustworthy, the task of the harmonist is chiefly that of combining these two records of Mark and John.
The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees
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It is highly significant that the account of the most indubitable fact in the view of the early Christians is the most difficult portion of the gospels for the exact harmonist to deal with.
The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees
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Can you believe in harmony without believing in a harmonist?
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 Various
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The Wagnerian _leit-motif_ idea is adopted in this and other works of his, and the chief objection to his writing is its too great fidelity to the Wagnerian manner, -- notably in the use of suspensions and passing-notes, -- otherwise he is a very powerful harmonist and an instrumenter of rare sophistication.
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Gleason is less successful as a melodist than as a harmonist.
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