Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who composes symphonies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A composer of symphonies: as, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven are the greatest of the earlier symphonists.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A composer of symphonies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A composer of
symphonies
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a composer of symphonies
Etymologies
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Examples
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For Mr. Botstein, Sibelius the symphonist was a progressive in his desire to emancipate music from language and from its narrative, theatrical quality.
Nordic Exposure at Bard Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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Their different, equally valid approaches simply communicate different things about Schumann as symphonist.
Schumann on CD Mark J. Estren 2010
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Their different, equally valid approaches simply communicate different things about Schumann as symphonist.
Schumann on CD Mark J. Estren 2010
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If you really want to take the measure of Mozart 1756-1791 as a symphonist, do not juxtapose him with Haydn, the other ne plus ultra of the time.
'Contemporaries of Mozart Collection' offers contrasts to the master Mark J. Estren 2010
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Scroll down this post and you can hear No Wave cult heroines Y Pants — artists Barbara Ess, Virginia Piersol, and Gail Vachon — performing their version of the Rolling Stones '"Off the Hook," produced by guitar symphonist Glenn Branca.
Archive 2007-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Louis Mushro, hair collector, is selling clips from his collection, including 1/16 - long scraps from everyone's favorite happy-go-lucky proto-Romantic symphonist.
Archive 2007-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Scroll down this post and you can hear No Wave cult heroines Y Pants — artists Barbara Ess, Virginia Piersol, and Gail Vachon — performing their version of the Rolling Stones '"Off the Hook," produced by guitar symphonist Glenn Branca.
Out for a walk Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Louis Mushro, hair collector, is selling clips from his collection, including 1/16 - long scraps from everyone's favorite happy-go-lucky proto-Romantic symphonist.
Lather, rinse, (exposition) repeat Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Bursting its seams with ambition, "Omeros" nonetheless confirms Walcott as the foremost symphonist of the language he adores.
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The symphonist Harris grew up on a farm in Oklahoma and repeatedly mentions the beautiful potatoes his father grew.
Yale Press Log: 2006
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