melodist

Example Sentences

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But the Romanian conductor happens to be music director of the Cabrillo Festival, which was founded by Lou Harrison, California’s great melodist and eclectic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Mandel was primarily a melodist and would seek out lyricists for his songs.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2020

Her clearly articulated, lyrically imaginative cello playing can fulfill a range of roles in quick succession: melodist, beat maker, textural accompanist.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

He wanted to be as great a melodist as George Gershwin and a better lyricist than Ira.

From Slate • May 31, 2018

As a verbal melodist, especially a melodist of sweetness and of stately grace, and as a harmonist of prolonged and complex cadences, he is unsurpassable.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington