Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A writer of song lyrics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lyric poet; one versed in lyrical composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who writes the
lyrics of asong .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who writes the words for songs
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Examples
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Sometimes, the title points into a direction that we think the lyrics could go, but in the end, the lyricist is the one who feels our music and writes his own lyrics.
Mike Ragogna: Dancing Backward In High Heels: Conversations with New York Dolls' David Johansen plus Chatting with Ancient Astronauts Mike Ragogna 2011
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Sometimes, the title points into a direction that we think the lyrics could go, but in the end, the lyricist is the one who feels our music and writes his own lyrics.
Mike Ragogna: Dancing Backward In High Heels: Conversations with New York Dolls' David Johansen plus Chatting with Ancient Astronauts Mike Ragogna 2011
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And his lyricist was a young Stephen Sondheim, fresh from writing the lyrics for "West Side Story."
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The Cape Cod town of Falmouth is the birthplace of Katherine Lee Bates, best known as the lyricist of America the Beautiful.
Woods Hole Winner 2006
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Sometimes, the title points into a direction that we think the lyrics could go, but in the end, the lyricist is the one who feels our music and writes his own lyrics.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mike Ragogna 2011
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"Everybody thought it was a fantastic idea," recalls lyricist Sheldon Harnick from his Manhattan apartment, "and we were all eager to work on what sounded like a sure-fire hit."
Thestar.com - Home Page Richard Ouzounian 2010
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"Everybody thought it was a fantastic idea," recalls lyricist Sheldon Harnick from his Manhattan apartment, "and we were all eager to work on what sounded like a sure-fire hit."
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Spoken word lyricist Matt Abbott on the impact of Seamus
WN.com - Articles related to Children's poetry inspires Natalie Merchant's return 2010
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Spoken word lyricist Matt Abbott on the impact of Seamus Heaney on his work and how poetry has got him out of some dark times.www. bbc.co.uk
WN.com - Articles related to Children's poetry inspires Natalie Merchant's return 2010
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Much has been made that all except one are a lyrical collaboration with Robert Hunter, best known as lyricist for the Grateful Dead.
CounterPunch 2009
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