symphonist

[ sim-fuh-nist ]

/ ˈsɪm fə nɪst /

a composer who writes symphonies.

Origin of symphonist

First recorded in 1650–60; symphon(y) + -ist

The First Symphony calls for special mention as in it the future Symphonist is already foreshadowed.

Beethoven |George Alexander Fischer
Hector Berlioz, the famous French symphonist, was one of the extreme romanticists.

How Music Developed |W. J. Henderson
But he was not at his best in operatic writing,—this symphonist, this creator of great orchestral forms.

Beethoven |George Alexander Fischer
Not much of a symphonist, as I have said, Moussorgsky did not even take the trouble to write an overture and some entr'actes.

The Complete Opera Book |Gustav Kobb

No; in the mighty river of Beethoven the symphonist's invention shrinks to a trickle in his one opera.

Musical Criticisms |Arthur Johnstone

symphonist

/ (ˈsɪmfənɪst) /

a person who composes symphonies