hymnwriter
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A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns. The Christian tradition views the composition of hymns as dating back to before the time of David, who is traditionally believed to have composed many of the Psalms. The term hymnodist, in the United States more than in other regions, broadens the scope to include the study of hymns.
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- Instance of
- occupation
- Subclass of
- lyricist
- Field of occupation
- Christian hymn
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- female form of label
- складальніца гімнаў
- topic's main category
- Category:Hymnwriters
- Commons category
- Hymn writers
- male form of label
- innografo
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- History
- Early Church and Middle Ages
- Post-Reformation
- Nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries
- Hymn writers who have been canonised
- Catholic
- Lutheran
- Anglican
- See also
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A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns. The Christian tradition views the composition of hymns as dating back to before the time of David, who is traditionally believed to have composed many of the Psalms. The term hymnodist, in the United States more than in other regions, broadens the scope to include the study of hymns.
==History== ===Early Church and Middle Ages===
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