harmonist

[ hahr-muh-nist ]

/ ˈhɑr mə nɪst /

a person skilled in harmony.

a person who makes a harmony, as of the Gospels.

Origin of harmonist

First recorded in 1560–70; harmon(y) + -ist

Harmonist

[ hahr-muh-nist ]

/ ˈhɑr mə nɪst /

a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.

Also called Rappist, Rappite.

1815–25; after Harmony, town in Pennsylvania; see -ist

I will therefore trace the Harmonist Society from its outset in Germany to this place.

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume X |Various
It must suffice to indicate the general principle by which the harmonist must be guided.

Companion to the Bible |E. P. Barrows
While writing, I hear good music by well-trained voices, with the Harmonist accompaniment.

History of American Socialisms |John Humphrey Noyes
The explanation and reconciliation of these is the work of the harmonist.

Companion to the Bible |E. P. Barrows

There are few if any of Weber's melodies which are notable for creative power, and as a harmonist he was lamentably weak.

Music: An Art and a Language |Walter Raymond Spalding

harmonist

/ (ˈhɑːmənɪst) /

a person skilled in the art and techniques of harmony

a person who combines and collates parallel narratives

harmonistic, adjective harmonistically, adverb