melodiousness

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Glass, of course, set much text to music, sometimes with little stress and other times with robust melodiousness, but in all cases the words came first.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

I can see how a person charmed by, say, the easy melodiousness of Mississippi John Hurt might find something similar to cherish in Giorgos Batis, Stratos Pagioumtzis or other early rebetika performers.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2014

Reviewing “City to City” in Rolling Stone, Ken Emerson said Mr. Rafferty “writes with the sweet melodiousness of Paul McCartney and sings with John Lennon’s weary huskiness.”

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2011

Journalists who heard him warble Margaritaville on election eve can testify that his baritone is notable more for enthusiasm than for melodiousness.

From Time Magazine Archive

With his remembrance of the grim deacon he had doubts as to the melodiousness of his utterance.

From The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Poe, Edgar Allan