melodist
Americannoun
noun
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a composer of melodies
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a singer
Etymology
Origin of melodist
Example Sentences
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Where Lang Lang is a melodist, Wang is marvel of rhythm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
Mandel was primarily a melodist and would seek out lyricists for his songs.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
Suddenly the snarky wit was a romantic, the angular composer a melodist.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
He wanted to be as great a melodist as George Gershwin and a better lyricist than Ira.
From Slate ● May 31, 2018
But there is reflected a homely dignity and mobile, felicitous vein in which the poet seems endowed with every attribute of a melodist.
From Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) by J. R. Tutin
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