tonalist

[tohn-l-ist]

noun

a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.

Origin of tonalist

First recorded in 1900–05; tonal + -ist

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Tonalist, with his fresh legs, surged past Commissioner to take the race by a nose.
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