tunesmith

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Back in England, John was a skilled, hardworking piano player and tunesmith who had tried for years to gain a foothold in the business, with middling results.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

On April 30, the Washington Times printed the sheet music to a song by local tunesmith Abraham Gamse that it said was “Dedicated to Those to Whom the Knickerbocker Disaster Brought Sorrow.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022

In 1999, Rogers' own Dreamcatcher label issued the She Rides Wild Horses LP, featuring first single "The Greatest," penned by "The Gambler" tunesmith Don Schlitz.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2020

Kacey Musgraves – “Merry Go ’Round” Like Max Martin, Nashville tunesmith Shane McAnally could probably fill up a list of new American standards on his own, in combination with his various collaborators.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018

The German critic Theodor Adorno dismissed Weill’s American music as the work of a tunesmith and sellout, and much German thought followed in that vein.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2017