symphonist

[ sim-fuh-nist ]

noun

1. a composer who writes symphonies.

symphonist

/ ˈsɪmfənɪst /

noun

1. a person who composes symphonies

Word History and Origins

Origin of symphonist¹

First recorded in 1650–60; symphon(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

The First Symphony calls for special mention as in it the future Symphonist is already foreshadowed.

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But he was not at his best in operatic writing,—this symphonist, this creator of great orchestral forms.

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No; in the mighty river of Beethoven the symphonist's invention shrinks to a trickle in his one opera.

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Not much of a symphonist, as I have said, Moussorgsky did not even take the trouble to write an overture and some entr'actes.

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Hector Berlioz, the famous French symphonist, was one of the extreme romanticists.

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