as in songwriter
a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice
a British tunesmith whose songs were equally popular in America
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Recent Examples of tunesmith
The songs are by composing legend Mike Stoller, now 93, and a master tunesmith during the era in which much of the story spans.
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Berkley, a three-time 2026 San Diego Music Awards nominee, is one of Southern California’s most prolific performers, producers, tunesmiths and arrangers.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
From the November 1946 issue: Handel In all of his work, Handel was among the greatest, most irresistible of tunesmiths.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Anna’s debut album, Breakup Over Breakfast, will be released July 19 on Warner Music Nashville, and seems aimed to heightening Anna’s promise as a towering, soul-baring tunesmith.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 July 2024
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Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Berkley, a three-time 2026 San Diego Music Awards nominee, is one of Southern California’s most prolific performers, producers, tunesmiths and arrangers.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
From the November 1946 issue: Handel In all of his work, Handel was among the greatest, most irresistible of tunesmiths.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Anna’s debut album, Breakup Over Breakfast, will be released July 19 on Warner Music Nashville, and seems aimed to heightening Anna’s promise as a towering, soul-baring tunesmith.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunesmith
Noun
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The singer, songwriter and actress also performed the anthem before the 2015 and 2024 races.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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Since co-founding Vampire Weekend 20 years ago and producing the band’s first three albums, Rostam Batmanglij has enjoyed a unique profile as a pop songwriter and studio wizard, especially for a guy whose sound never really left his old band’s highbrow sensibilities behind.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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In other circumstances, history (or, at least, classical-music buffs) would remember him as Kapellmeister to the Emperor of Austria, a skilled court composer of some forty operas, and a mentor to Beethoven and Schubert.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Moore is a multiaward-winning saxophone player, and Wheeler is a Grammy-winning producer, composer and keyboard virtuoso.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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“Tunesmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunesmith. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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