melodist
Example Sentences
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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
Probably me, less known as a melodist than him.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2017
He had little of the latter’s humour and vivacity, but he was a fertile melodist, and his writing is invariably distinguished by elegance and refinement.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
