lyricist
Origin of lyricist
1Words that may be confused with lyricist
- lyricist , lyrist
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How to use lyricist in a sentence
I don’t profess to be the world’s greatest lyricist or anything, but I do try very hard and I wouldn’t say the age we’re in is a golden age of the word.
Musical adventurer Rufus Wainwright returns to touring, plays D.C. Sept. 28 | Joey DiGuglielmo | September 16, 2021 | Washington BladeI grew up listening to Bloc Party and Kele is one of the greatest lyricists of his generation.
Pandemic playlists: Songs (and podcasts) that got us through coronavirus lockdown | Seb Joseph | July 26, 2021 | DigidayInstead, it was filled with quieter, stripped-down melodies that allowed Swift’s talents as a lyricist to shine.
“I Am Easy to Find” was the first National record to decenter Berninger, also the band’s primary lyricist, by featuring several female singers including Kate Stables, Mina Tindle, Sharon Van Etten and Gail Ann Dorsey, David Bowie’s longtime bassist.
How Taylor Swift and indie rock band the National became unlikely collaborators | Sonia Rao | December 11, 2020 | Washington Postlyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.
When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive | Laurence Maslon | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
One of the many pleasures of the book is to see the lyricist frolic in another form.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is a gifted lyricist, but in the Hong Kong live music scene, rap is a niche genre.
No one wrote about this subject in a way children could understand better than the famous American lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.
Saudi Textbooks Incite Hate, Say Leaders in American Publishing | Robert L. Bernstein, Harold Evans, Larry Kirshbaum, Adam Bellow, Larry Hughes, Andre Schiffrin, Jonathan Karp | October 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPindar, the greatest lyricist of the Greeks, wrote about athletic contests; athletes were his heroes.
The Literature of Ecstasy | Albert MordellSubjective this poet may be—is it not a virtue in the lyricist?
Studies of Contemporary Poets | Mary C. SturgeonTo pass down in history as an exceptional beauty is to inspire art ideals and to furnish a theme for the lyricist.
Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10) | Burleigh James Bartlett
British Dictionary definitions for lyricist
/ (ˈlɪrɪsɪst) /
a person who writes the words for a song, opera, or musical play
Also called: lyrist a lyric poet
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