librettist
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8.8
- noun
- /lɪˈbrɛtɪst/
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libretista
- Librettists tailored texts that met the opera composer's specific requirements.
- librettist and composer
Examples
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"I'm actually working again with Royce Vavrek, the librettist, on the next one.
Blog text (24) -
Brian is the lyricist and librettist for "Next to Normal," and Tom is the composer.
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Wagner was his own librettist.
Academic text (1998) -
Of course, every combination of librettist, composer, and subject produces a unique piece of art.
Academic text (2000) -
Jake and librettist Gene Scheer are going to be on campus for a master class and panel discussion.
Blog text (11) -
The count, as presented by Mozart and his librettist Da Ponte, is a mere chauvinist and seducer.
Academic text (1997) -
Monteverdi's librettist Alessandro Striggio straightforwardly makes this point in the first act of "Orfeo":
Blog text (24) -
Simon Boccanegra, a failure at its premiere in 1857, was widely acclaimed when Verdi revised it in 1881 with librettist Arrigo Boito.
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Wasserman is best known as the librettist of "Man of La Mancha."
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Hattie Gossett is an educator, essayist, and librettist who lives and works in Harlem.
Synonyms
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5.4
A person who writes words for songs, often for pop music or musicals
A person who writes the words of songs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Librettist comes from the Italian word libretto, which means 'little book' and comes from libro, 'book'. A librettist writes the words for an opera, so the name reminds you of someone who makes the 'little book' of words for the music.