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melodist

[ mel-uh-dist ]

/ ˈmɛl ə dɪst /

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noun

a composer or a singer of melodies.

Origin of melodist

First recorded in 1780–90; melod(y) + -ist

Words nearby melodist

melodic minor scale, melodics, melodie, melodion, melodious, melodist, melodize, melodrama, melodramatic, melodramatize, melody

Example sentences from the Web for melodist

In 1825 Moore paid a visit to Scott, who pronounced the Irish melodist the "prettiest warbler" he had ever heard.

The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 |Various
His songs prove him to be a melodist, the most original since Brahms in this form.

Ivory Apes and Peacocks |James Huneker
Bellini was essentially a melodist, a lyric composer of ideallic naiveté.

A Popular History of the Art of Music |W. S. B. Mathews
Italy has produced no melodist equal to him, and Germany only one—Franz Schubert.

Chopin and Other Musical Essays |Henry T. Finck

Leoncavallo is never much of a melodist, and 'Pagliacci' teems with reminiscences.

The Opera |R.A. Streatfeild

British Dictionary definitions for melodist

melodist

/ (ˈmɛlədɪst) /

noun

a composer of melodies

a singer