melodist
Example Sentences
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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
A squeaky melodist in the vein of A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, the young Bronx rapper Lil Tjay only has a handful of songs under his belt but has already honed the sound of exuberance.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
Italy has produced no melodist equal to him, and Germany only one—Franz Schubert.
From Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry Theophilus Finck
