melodist

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Where Lang Lang is a melodist, Wang is marvel of rhythm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2021

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

The great melodist now spends a very quiet life as a country gentleman upon his estates near Busseto.

From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)