Melodizer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who melodizes.

    "The melodizer revels in flute and cremona stops, occasionally varied by trumpet and vox humana, and thus while one hand performs the customary one-two-three of the waltz, the other gives solos and runs, until it sinks away, probably with a final trill on the piccolo, and the player stands up in time to show that the wicked man has at last turned away from the sin that he was committing."

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"The melodizer revels in flute and cremona stops, occasionally varied by trumpet and vox humana, and thus while one hand performs the customary one-two-three of the waltz, the other gives solos and runs, until it sinks away, probably with a final trill on the piccolo, and the player stands up in time to show that the wicked man has at last turned away from the sin that he was committing."

Etymology

From melodize + -er.

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