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Simeon Samuel Frug
Simeon Samuel Frug , 1860-1916, Russian-Jewish lyricist and writer. His poems, dealing mainly with Zionist themes, appeared in Russian and Jewish periodicals under various pseudonyms. ... Read more
Lorenz Milton Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart 1895-1943, American lyricist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. Hart began collaborating with Richard Rodgers in 1919; their initial success was The Garrick Gaieties (1925). Thereafter, the team of Rodgers and Hart produced such popular musicals as Connecticut Yankee (... Read more
William Collins
William Collins 1721-59, English poet. He was one of the great lyricists of the 18th cent. While he was still at Oxford he published Persian Ecologues (1742), which was written when he was 17. Unstable and weak-willed, he never chose a profession and was constantly in debt until he inherited mone... Read more
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner 1918-86, American lyricist and librettist, b. New York City. After two years as a radio scriptwriter, Lerner began an association with the composer Frederick Loewe that resulted in several popular musicals, including Brigadoon (1947, film 1954), Paint Your Wagon (1951, film 1969... Read more
Oscar Hammerstein, 2d
Oscar Hammerstein, 2d 1895-1960, American lyricist and librettist, b. New York City, grad. Columbia Univ., 1916; grandson of Oscar Hammerstein. His first success was Wildflower (1923), with music by Vincent Youmans. Thereafter, he collaborated with Rudolf Friml on Rose Marie (1924); with Jerome... Read more
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948-, British theatrical composer. A member of a successful musical family, he began composing musicals as a teenager; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968) was an early work done in collaboration with the lyricist Tim Rice. Lloyd Webber's spectacular string of ... Read more
Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer (John Herndon Mercer) mûr´ser , 1909-76, American lyricist and songwriter, b. Savannah, Ga. Mercer, who was one of American popular music's most accomplished wordsmiths, began writing songs as a teenager; in 1929 he moved to New York City, where he worked as an actor and... Read more
Cole Porter
Cole Porter 1891-1964, American composer and lyricist, b. Peru, Ind., grad. Yale, 1913. Porter's witty, sophisticated lyrics and his affecting melodies place him high in the ranks of American composers of popular music. He was an elegant and debonair man, in spite of a riding accident (1937) that l... Read more
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim 1930-, American composer and lyricist, b. New York City. As a young man, he studied lyric writing with Oscar Hammerstein 2d, and early in his career he wrote lyrics for Leonard Bernstein 's West Side Story (1957) and collaborated with Jule Styne in the writing of Gypsy... Read more
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick 1591-1674, English poet, generally considered the greatest of the Cavalier poets . Although he was born in London, he spent most of his childhood in Hampton. In 1607 he became apprenticed to his uncle, jeweler to the king, and remained in London until 1613. He was graduated from Cam... Read more

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Stephen Sondheim
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...theater beginning in 1957, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (born 1930) redefined...into the 1980s. American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is mainly known for...collaborations with Leonard Bernstein as lyricist for West Side Story (1957) and Candide...
Harburg, E(dgar) Y.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...1898–1981), lyricist and librettist. Familiarly...1944). In 1947 he served as lyricist and co‐librettist...committed of major Broadway lyricists and certainly the most patently...Wizard of Oz? Yip Harburg, Lyricist, Harold Meyerson and Ernie...
Harburg, E. Y.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Y. Harburg Popular song lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg...sensitivity to the craft of the lyricist, often the forgotten partner...friends with Ira Gershwin, a lyricist with talents equal to his...was one of the best-known lyricists
Menken, Alan
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...collaboration with librettist‐lyricist Howard Ashman was the short‐...Menken wrote additional songs with lyricist Tim Rice for the 1994 Broadway version...Broadway Weird Science (1992) with lyricist David Spenser and the Madison Square...
Wodehouse, P(elham) G(ranville)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...ranville] (1881–1975), lyricist and librettist. After making a name...his later contributions were those as lyricist and/or co‐librettist for...well be considered the first truly great lyricist of the American musical stage, his easy...
Rodgers, Richard (Charles)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...remarkable career was collaborating with lyricist Lorenz Hart on the songs and occasionally...1962). Hs later scores, with various lyricists, were Do I Hear a Waltz ? (1965...which he was writing and because of his lyricist, his material with Hart tended to be...
Loesser, Frank (Henry)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...1910–69), composer and lyricist. Although he was born into a musical...Broadway first heard of him solely as a lyricist when he set words to some Irving Actman...theatre in 1948 as both composer and lyricist for Where's Charley? , he had long...
Richard Charles Rodgers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...pertinent musical sections. Rodgers and his lyricists, Hart and, later, Oscar Hammerstein...period of unprecedented success with lyricist Hammerstein. Of their 10 musicals...for the first time served as his own lyricist for the score of No Strings (1962...
Frank Loesser
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1969) is one on America's major lyricists, having written the lyrics to hundreds...Loesser was determined to succeed as a lyricist. Often though, he was compelled to...Sherwin. He had done well enough as a lyricist that he signed an individual contract...
Fields, Dorothy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Fields, Dorothy (1905–74), lyricist and librettist. Daughter of Lew Fields and sister of Herbert...Allenhurst, New Jersey, and became in her own right a major lyricist whose work was distinguished by a sophistication coupled with...

Dictionary entries related to "Lyricist"

lyricist
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English lyr·i·cist / ˈlirəsist / • n. a person who writes the words to a popular song or musical.
Kahn, Gus
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers KAHN, Gus Lyricist. Nationality: Russian. Born: Koblenz...began working in the film industry as lyricist. Award: Academy Award for One Night...California, 8 October 1941. Films as Lyricist: 1927 The Jazz Singer (Crosland) 1928...
Menken, Alan
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...show teamed Menken with playwright/lyricist Howard Ashman and initiated an exceptionally...Aladdin (1992). Disney enlisted lyricist Tim Rice to finish the project. Rice...to the theater and collaborated with lyricist David Spencer on another off-Broadway...
Comden, Betty, and Adolph Green
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...GREEN COMDEN. Writer and Lyricist. Nationality: American...1919. GREEN. Writer and Lyricist. Nationality: American...1960. Films as Writers and Lyricists: 1947 Good News (Walters...Cheering ) (Berkeley) (lyricists only); The Barkleys of Broadway...
Mercer, Johnny
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers MERCER, Johnny Lyricist. Nationality: American...then band vocalist; lyricist for Jerome Kern, Hoagy...27 June 1976. Films as Lyricist: 1933 College Coach...number of experienced lyricists and composers to leave...
Porter, Cole
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers PORTER, Cole Composer and Lyricist. Nationality: American. Born...first Broadway show (composer and lyricist); worked with Duryea Relief Party...October 1964. Films as Composer and Lyricist: 1929 The Battle of Paris (Florey...
Schwartz, Stephen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...SCHWARTZ, Stephen Composer and lyricist. Nationality: American...A. Films as Composer/Lyricist: 1973 Godspell (Greene...of Broadway composers and lyricists in the last decade of the...renaissance was that of composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz. Born in...
Sondheim, Stephen
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...1994) Getting his start as a lyricist in the late 1950s, Stephen...theatrical tunesmiths and lyricists of the past such as Richard...Sondheim was also recruited as a lyricist for Gypsy (1959). Based...success as both a composer and lyricist, A Funny Thing Happened on...
Edens, Roger
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...credit must go to Roger Edens. Composer, lyricist, arranger, producer, and associate...the Berkeley style was shared by fellow lyricist and future producer Arthur Freed. Freed...debut as producer, employing Edens as lyricist and a more subdued Berkeley as director...
Freed, Arthur
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers FREED, Arthur Producer and Lyricist. Nationality: American. Born...1929–39—lyricist for MGM; 1939—producer...Died: 12 April 1973. Films as Lyricist: 1929 The Broadway Melody (Beaumont...

Thesaurus entries related to "Lyricist"

less
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...This is tricky only because less is being applied to a singular count noun, whereas it usually applies to a mass noun. Lyricist Hal David got it right in “One Less Bell to Answer” (1970). Nearly a quarter of the time, however...
poet
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus poet • noun  she has the soul of a poet synonyms : writer of poetry, versifier, rhymester, rhymer, sonneteer, lyricist, lyrist; laureate; literary bard; derogatory poetaster; historical troubadour, balladeer.
author
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...synonyms : writer, composer; novelist, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter, poet, essayist, biographer, librettist, lyricist, songwriter, journalist, columnist, reporter.   2. the author of their misfortune synonyms : cause, creator...

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A lyricist
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/11/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...talent for it. Many lyricists in Malaysia have...citing renowned lyricist Habsah Hassan as an example. A good lyricist, says Mohd Shahriza...writing his lyrics. "Lyricists must be mindful...for multilingual lyricists. "An English...need the help of a lyricist who has a good command...
Lyricists are Bollywood's unsung heroes, says music industry
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/21/2008; 676 words ; ...Joshi, most other lyricists don't get the...create music. "Lyricist's and composer...state of affairs. A lyricist is as important...these days is that lyricists are at the bottom...be more visible. Lyricists are very much a...no space for the lyricist," said Mukul Kansal...
CD REVIEW: 'Lyricist Lounge 2' one of year's best
News Wire article from: University Wire; 12/7/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- "The Lyricist Lounge was founded in 1991 by two high...from club to club," the liner notes of Lyricist Lounge Volume 2 read, shortly explaining the history of the entity. The first Lyricist Lounge album displayed the talents of...
Lyricist Lounge has word on new rappers
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/20/2002; ; 369 words ; CUE TIPS Lyricist Lounge has word on new rappers Friday, December 20, 2002 The Lyricist Lounge, a nationally touring rap music and...as the rappers Grafh and Blest E Nation. The Lyricist Lounge began in New York City in 1991 and quickly...
Lyricist Sameer honoured with Kashi Gaurav Samman
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 5/31/2007; 356 words ; ...Kashi (Varanasi)," said noted lyricist Sameer. He was speaking as chief...Guinness Book of World Records as a lyricist soon," he said. He said it was a noteworthy example that a son of a lyricist (Anjan) was also a lyricist. He...
Lyricist from ad world comes alive with 'Zinda'.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 1/30/2006; 700+ words ; Lyricist from ad world comes alive...taken copywriter-turned-lyricist Virag Mishra six years and...loyalist." He admires poet-lyricists Gopal Das Neeraj and Santosh...it is much tougher for a lyricist to repeat success." Explaining...
Lyricist Sameer inks five-film deal with Nikhil Advani
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/1/2008; 623 words ; ...Syndication. New Delhi, July 1 -- Lyricist Sameer, best known for songs...has never happened with any lyricist before. It's only because...is still one of the busiest lyricists. Apart from these five films...towards my goal. "Popular lyricist Anand Bakshi is my biggest...
Lyricist keeps scoring hits in dynamic duos
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/10/2001; ; 700+ words ; Lyricist keeps scoring hits in dynamic...rather profitable resolution, lyricist Tim Rice found himself back...of musical theater's top lyricists. Maybe he can't write...and "Aida." Composer and lyricist fell easily back into their...
The common man's lyricist
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 4/12/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...astounding success that lyricist Anand Bakshi enjoyed...Shanker-Jaikishan, and lyricists Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra...become the most prolific lyricist in Hindi cinema. The...important is that while the lyricists of his generation had...
Lyricist Tim Rice's Early Triumphs Are Back Lighting Up Stages Again
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/25/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...takes Aladdin's lamp to track down lyricist Tim Rice. And so - abracadabra! - the...undertook after the death of the original lyricist, Howard Ashman. In addition, there...obligated to try to write in the late lyricist's style. "In a funny way, Howard...