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symphonist

[ sim-fuh-nist ]

noun

  1. a composer who writes symphonies.


symphonist

/ ˈsɪmfənɪst /

noun

  1. a person who composes symphonies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of symphonist1

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

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

But he was not at his best in operatic writing,—this symphonist, this creator of great orchestral forms.

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

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

Hector Berlioz, the famous French symphonist, was one of the extreme romanticists.

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