His music has been characterized in a New York Times review as "possessing a rare melodic gift."

In addition, his songs, at best workmanlike and often trite, were 'the work of a true poet with a real melodic gift.

Until recently, Ms. Griffin's lyrical and melodic gifts were a cultish secret.

Are his critics right in saying that he squandered his melodic gift, chasing "short phrases" down the musical drain?

Yet curiously enough, his most needed tool - a strong melodic gift - seems absent here.

Unfortunately, Brown points out, Tchaikovsky's melodic gift could also become his worst enemy in two ways.

He was able to apply a considerable melodic gift to setting the lyrics of popular songs, some of which became international successes.

It's a testament to her melodic gift and emotional phrasing that such a subject could sound so lovely, so memorable.

What it lacks is a real melodic gift: the tunes may stick in your head afterward, but they sound like jingles.

I am not so convinced about his melodic gifts in this work.