Question: Hymnist or Hymnodist?

Craig L Barry

Major

Join Date: May 2004

Posts: 985
- Share
- Tweet
#1

Question: Hymnist or Hymnodist?

07-27-2010, 04:08 PM

The correct term for a composer of hymns is hymnist or hymnodist? As in "...blind
hymnist (or hymnodist) Fanny Crosby wrote over _________ hymns." I have seen the
term expressed both ways.

Craig L Barry
Editor, The Watchdog, a non-profit 501[c]3
Co-author (with David Burt) Suppliers to the Confederacy
Author, The Civil War Musket: A Handbook for Historical Accuracy
Member, Company of Military Historians
Tags: None
Army30th

Corporal

Join Date: Jun 2004

Posts: 70
- Share
- Tweet
#2

07-27-2010, 07:27 PM

Re: Question: Hymnist or Hymnodist?

There is also the lesser used "Hymnographer".

Last edited by Army30th; 07-27-2010, 07:28 PM. Reason: punctuation

William Lee Vanderburg
26th NCT

Robert S. Bowers / 4th NC
Calvin Spry / 57th NC
Comment

Announcement