melodist

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Mr. Jobim once called him “a great melodist, harmonist, king of rhythm, of syncopation, of swing” and “singular, without equal.”

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023

But he is a melodist, too, and in his second tune, a lively one based on “What Is This Thing Called Love?,” he piled up heaps of rich melodies in the bebop vernacular.

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

In 1825 Moore paid a visit to Scott, who pronounced the Irish melodist the "prettiest warbler" he had ever heard.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various