contrapuntist
IPA: kˈɑntrʌpˈʌntɪst
noun
- (music) One skilled in counterpoint.
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Examples of "contrapuntist" in Sentences
- He was by then recognized as a leading contrapuntist and church composer.
- Piel's compositions reveal the resourceful contrapuntist, and are of classic purity of style.
- Who ever heard of an Irish epicure, an Irish _flâneur_, or, for that matter, an Irish contrapuntist?
- Byrd was the most distinguished contrapuntist and the most prolific composer of his time in England.
- He was the most gifted and most learned contrapuntist and composer before Palestrina and was the head of the Second
- Albrechtsberger, one of these, was a famous contrapuntist of his time, and the student gained much from his teaching.
- His musical instructors include Speidel, Lebert, and Pruckner, at Stuttgart, Huff the contrapuntist at Frankfort, and
- Nothing could be more absurd: as well attempt to interpret Beethoven in terms of mathematical physics - as many a fatuous contrapuntist, indeed, has tried to do.
- In both [the melodic inventor and the contrapuntist] this is to be ascribed more to the energies of genius, and to some natural and inborn talent than to craftsmanship.
- He studied at the University of his native city, choosing the law for his profession, but making music the occupation of his leisure hours, -- the well-known contrapuntist, Türk, being his instructor in musical theory and composition.
- Albrechtsberger was the famous contrapuntist of his day, and Beethoven derived much from his teaching; he does not appear to have impressed his master, however, with a high opinion of his powers, for the old man advised one of his pupils to have nothing to do with the young man from Bonn.
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