melodist

Example Sentences

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

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

We think of Bernstein as a melodist, and it’s true that the vocal lines of “West Side Story” are gorgeous, even when they’re spiky.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018

Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed   Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied,   For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! more happy, happy love!

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir