contrapuntist

[kon-truh-puhn-tist]

noun

1. a person skilled in the practice of counterpoint.

contrapuntist

/ ˌkɒntrəˈpʌntɪst /

noun

1. music a composer skilled in counterpoint

Word History and Origins

Origin of contrapuntist¹

From the Italian word contrappuntista, dating back to 1770–80. See counterpoint, -ist

Example Sentences

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.

From Project Gutenberg