Symphonist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A composer of symphonies

    "Always more a colorist than a symphonist, Bernstein nevertheless created a powerful statement in the symphony’s three movements: Prophecy, Profanation and Lamentation."

  2. 2
    a composer of symphonies wordnet

Example

More examples

"Always more a colorist than a symphonist, Bernstein nevertheless created a powerful statement in the symphony’s three movements: Prophecy, Profanation and Lamentation."

Etymology

From symphony + -ist.

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