melodist

Example Sentences

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He followed it with a nod to another great melodist, Ornette Coleman.

From Washington Post

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

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

But those sounds illuminated Swift’s playfulness and bite — the ones she turns to here are often at direct odds with her gifts as a melodist and lyricist.

From New York Times

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

From Seattle Times