symphonist
a composer who writes symphonies.
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How to use symphonist in a sentence
The First Symphony calls for special mention as in it the future symphonist is already foreshadowed.
Beethoven | George Alexander FischerBut he was not at his best in operatic writing,—this symphonist, this creator of great orchestral forms.
Beethoven | George Alexander FischerNo; in the mighty river of Beethoven the symphonist's invention shrinks to a trickle in his one opera.
Musical Criticisms | Arthur JohnstoneNot much of a symphonist, as I have said, Moussorgsky did not even take the trouble to write an overture and some entr'actes.
The Complete Opera Book | Gustav KobbHector Berlioz, the famous French symphonist, was one of the extreme romanticists.
How Music Developed | W. J. Henderson
British Dictionary definitions for symphonist
/ (ˈsɪmfənɪst) /
a person who composes symphonies
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