melodist

melodist Definition

melo·dist (mel′ə dist)

noun

a singer or composer of melodies

melodist Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

peerless: Impressive imagination and individuality combined with that musical mix reveals Lowe as a peerless melodist and a songwriter of panoramic originality.
brilliant: A brilliant melodist, colourist and miniaturist, Bizet instinctively composed with the dramatic concision of his heroes Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn.

melodist Quotes

Melody is the very essence of music.When I thinkof a good melodist I thinkof a fine race horse. A contrapuntist is onlya post-horse.

—Mozart, (Johann Chrysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus

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