as in composers
a person who writes musical compositions
a melodist whose music is not likely to be very accessible to the casual listener
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Noun
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The film’s songwriters and composers, Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, worked closely with Gould and the team.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026 -
Then some of the most famous composers or composing teams in musical theater were asked to write four potential songs in just a few days.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Stand-up partially originated here in the West Village of the 1950s, at coffeehouses where folk musicians and beatnik poets also performed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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The musicians presumably had to rely heavily on loops in order to finish their tracks before the buzzer went off, and something is always slamming, scratching, or puttering away in the background.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Melodists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodists. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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