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
That wind-blown voice of his, with its deepwater melodiousness, had dropped to a whisper.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
