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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He followed it with a nod to another great melodist, Ornette Coleman.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2021
Harrison liked to say music is a song and a dance, and in the last decades of the 20th century no one could touch him as a melodist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Mandel was primarily a melodist and would seek out lyricists for his songs.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
He wanted to be as great a melodist as George Gershwin and a better lyricist than Ira.
From Slate ● May 31, 2018
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! more happy, happy love!
From The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
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