symphonist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of symphonist
First recorded in 1650–60; symphon(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Is Anton Bruckner, an earlier-generation Austrian composer who also wound up in Vienna, edging out Mahler as the symphonist with which to show your stuff?
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2019
He wasn’t then appreciated as the greatest symphonist, but he knew he was.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2019
A mesmerizing American symphonist, Gloria Coates is our last maverick.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2014
Essentially three character sketches, of Faust, Gretchen and Mephistopheles, with a choral apotheosis tacked on at the end, its structural weaknesses and fitful sense of direction scarcely proclaim a symphonist.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2010
Quite recently I heard of a native British symphonist who had composed a remarkable orchestral Fantasy dealing with the psychology of members of the N.U.R. engaged in the railway transport of fish and milk.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 by Various
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