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Recent Examples of librettist
Advertisement *** Schoenberg’s wife, Gertrud, a librettist, and son Larry established Belmont Music Publishers in 1965.
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Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The original version of Sunset Blvd., which Webber developed with librettists Don Black and Christopher Hampton in the early 1990s, premiered with director Trevor Nunn on the West End in 1993.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
The letter was to Jennens, the Messiah’s librettist.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
That same year Smith wed the playwright and librettist Beverly Cross, who predeceased her in 1998.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
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Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The original version of Sunset Blvd., which Webber developed with librettists Don Black and Christopher Hampton in the early 1990s, premiered with director Trevor Nunn on the West End in 1993.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
The letter was to Jennens, the Messiah’s librettist.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
That same year Smith wed the playwright and librettist Beverly Cross, who predeceased her in 1998.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for librettist
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With offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and Austin, ILP works closely with book authors, playwrights, lyricists and composers, along with their representatives, heirs and estate managers.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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Nick and Warren were then joined by White, who welcomed three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown — the composer, lyricists and book writer of The Last Five Years — to the stage.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The exhibition features an original soundscape by musical composer Omar Zubair, who Tracy was acquainted with.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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American composer Philip Glass will be celebrated with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th annual World Soundtrack Awards on Oct. 15 and at a film music concert which will close the Film Fest Gent’s three-day Film Music Days 2025 on Oct. 16 in Ghent, Belgium.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
5 Apr. 2025
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For the poet and filmmaker Asia Johnson, who was selected for the 2019 class of fellows shortly after coming home at age 32 from nine years in prison, the recognition changed the trajectory of her life.—
Hilarie M. Sheets,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The secondhand market reflects some of Ireland’s cultural inflection points: An allegiance to sport with racks of vintage O’Neills in every color to inspire your inner Connell, romantic skirts and bold costume jewelry that speak to the poets and writers that have made the island famous.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
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But this time, her muse has changed — she’s no longer consumed by darkness but in control of it.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Benny Blanco is Selena Gomez's fiancé and her muse.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 June 2018
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Her language thus had its necessary counterpoint: the Bronx’s fullness against her poetry’s economy; the streetcorner’s pizzicato against her versifier’s swing.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2022
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Modest Durnov, an artist and versifier, did not leave his mark on the world of art.—
Sarah Vitali,
Harper's magazine,
10 May 2019
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“Librettist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/librettist. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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