Definition of "melodist" [mel•o•dist]

• A performer or composer of melodies (noun)

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• "He's a little fed up with people asking how a drummer can be such a skilled melodist: "I'm approaching melody as a human being, not as a percussionist.""
• "Young was a master melodist who had composed some of the most luscious songs of the era “Love Letters,” “Stella by Starlight,” “My Foolish Heart”."
• "His enviable gifts as a melodist are evident throughout and finely straddle the line between the decorous and the deeply felt."