contrapuntist

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noun

One skilled in counterpoint.

OriginItalian contrappuntista →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nouncontrapuntist (plural contrapuntists)

plural contrapuntists

  1. entertainmentOne skilled in counterpoint.

    Now Counterpoint is certainly so much an Art , that to be , what they call , a learned Contrapuntist , is with Harmonists a title of no small excellence

    a. 1797, William Mason, Essays on Church Music

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
polyphonist

Origin

  1. Italiancontrappuntista
  2. Englishcontrapuntist

From Italian contrappuntista.

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