melodiousness

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Glass, of course, set much text to music, sometimes with little stress and other times with robust melodiousness, but in all cases the words came first.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

I can see how a person charmed by, say, the easy melodiousness of Mississippi John Hurt might find something similar to cherish in Giorgos Batis, Stratos Pagioumtzis or other early rebetika performers.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2014

Reviewing “City to City” in Rolling Stone, Ken Emerson said Mr. Rafferty “writes with the sweet melodiousness of Paul McCartney and sings with John Lennon’s weary huskiness.”

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2011

These interpretations are more intelligent and textured than the average Broadway show tune, yet they contain more melodiousness and amiability than one usually expects from jazz.

From Time Magazine Archive

His music occupies a middle ground between the melodiousness of the Italian composers of the early part of the century and the seriousness of later German opera.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)