contrapuntist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of contrapuntist
From the Italian word contrappuntista, dating back to 1770–80. See counterpoint, -ist
Example Sentences
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Both masses included here, however, belie Ockeghem’s reputation as a forbidding contrapuntist.
From Washington Post
His training as a composer was finished under the contrapuntist Dehn, with whom Glinka stayed for several months at Berlin.
From Project Gutenberg
In his oratorio The Death of Jesus Graun shows his skill as a contrapuntist, and his originality of melodious invention.
From Project Gutenberg
Perhaps not in your pedant's style, O great contrapuntist!
From Project Gutenberg
However it be, Bach and the contrapuntists, by their treatment in an independent manner of the different voices constituting harmony, have opened a new path.
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