tunesmith

noun

tune·​smith ˈtün-ˌsmith How to pronounce tunesmith (audio)
ˈtyün-
: a composer especially of popular songs

Examples of tunesmith in a Sentence

a British tunesmith whose songs were equally popular in America
Recent Examples on the Web His star rose significantly, his personal life blossomed, too, and now he’s widely regarded as his era’s greatest tunesmith. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023 Emmy’s 550-member music peer group ignored the original songs entered by Dolly Parton, David Byrne, Steve Martin, Kid Cudi, Donald Glover and Lainey Wilson, as well as those from such Oscar-winning tunesmiths as Alan Menken, Steven Schwartz, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Jon Burlingame, Variety, 12 July 2023 In-house tunesmith Daringer carries the LP with beats that seem half-finished but never feel that way, many without drums at all. Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023 The fact that the names for Earth’s satellite and for the current month happen to rhyme has not gone unnoticed by the tunesmiths. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 June 2023 The Nashville-via-Muscle Shoals tunesmith started out as an overweight outcast in rural Alabama. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023 Directed by Michael Lennox (Derry Girls) and written by Douglas and his son Tommy Douglas, Love, Tom opens with the titular writer fielding correspondence from a discouraged tunesmith. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2022 Among the musicians rising to the occasion are buzzing young chill-rocker Miloe, soulful R&B pop tunesmith Elska and local mainstays Jeremy Messersmith and Mayda, who will perform alongside readings from writers including Ibé Kaba, Colleen Kruse and longtime Strib scribe Kim Ode. Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021 As a tunesmith, the nonpareil melodist Bacharach found fame in every medium. Chris Morris, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tunesmith was in 1926

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“Tunesmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tunesmith. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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