- A
hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist,
hymnographer, etc.) is
someone who
writes the text, music, or both of hymns. In the Judeo-Christian tradition...
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pronounced [kasia'ni]; c. 810 –
before 865) was a Byzantine-Gr**** composer,
hymnographer and poet. She
holds a
unique place in
Byzantine music as the only known...
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Joseph the
Hymnographer (Gr****: Όσιος Ιωσήφ ο Υμνογράφος, romanized: Ósios
Iosif o Ymnográfos) was a Gr**** monk of the
ninth century. He is
regarded as...
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poets who
write sacred poetry ("
hymnographers")
differ from the
usual image of
poets in a
number of ways. A
hymnographer such as
Isaac Watts who
wrote 700...
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Bernadette Farrell (born 26
March 1957) is a
British hymnographer and
composer of
Catholic liturgical music.
Among her
compositions are "Christ, Be Our...
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Andrew of Jerusalem, was an 8th-century bishop, theologian, homilist, and
hymnographer. He is
venerated as a
saint in both the
Eastern Orthodox Church and the...
- (Gr****: Ῥωμανὸς ὁ Μελωδός; late 5th-century – after 555) was a
Byzantine hymnographer and composer, who is a
central early figure in the
history of Byzantine...
- Melodist, or
Cosmas the Poet (d. 773 or 794), was a
bishop and an
important hymnographer in the East. He is
venerated as a
saint by the
Eastern Orthodox Church...
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Londaratus or
Londaritus (1518-1572) was a Gr**** composer,
singer and
hymnographer from today's
Heraklion of the Venetian-ruled
Crete (i.e.
Kingdom of Candia)...
- churches. His
feast day falls,
together with 4th-century
theologian and
hymnographer St.
Ephrem the Syrian, on
January 28. He was born in the
region of Beth...
