the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
<noun.communication> his compositions always started with the lyrics he wrote both words and music the song uses colloquial language
a short poem of songlike quality
<noun.communication> [ verb ]
write lyrics for (a song)
<verb.creation> [ adj ]
used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range
<adj.all> a lyric soprano
relating to or being musical drama
<adj.pert> the lyric stage
of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
<adj.pert> lyric poetry
expressing deep emotion
<adj.all> the dancer's lyrical performance
Lyric \Lyr"ic\, n. 1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] --Addison.
3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
4. pl. The words of a song. [PJC]
Lyric \Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ic*al\, a. [L. lyricus, Gr. ?: cf. F. lyrique. See {Lyre}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry.
3. expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; as, the dancer's lyrical performance. ``Sweet lyric song.'' --Milton.
Syn: lyric. [WordNet 1.5]
It may seem minor to some people, but it's major enough for me." If any phrase could sum up the career of Richard Rodgers, it is a lyric from "No Strings," the only musical for which he wrote both words and music.
The young French soprano, pupil of Regine Crespin, has a voice of striking warmth and individual colours: even in music which seldom called for full-tilt outpouring, one gained a clear impression of its size and lyric potential.
Elsewhere" writers perfected the unlikely art of the hip pun and managed to tuck a rock lyric into the dialogue of virtually every show.
He sits on a chair and virtually explains the lyric to the audience.
"It was a case of him seeing the song and being glad he had an original piece of music that he could relate to," said Fagenson, inspired to use the singer after seeing his name on a marquee. "There was a great deal of pathos in that lyric.
In the context of the musical, a father and a son sing this intricate but stylistically simple lyric.
One lyric goes: "And if you take some innocent lives, that's when the fur really flies, "Hey man, back off and get smart, don't give us a reason.
In the West Bank village of Tamoun, nationalist songs sounded from a loudspeaker in the main square. "We will challenge the army and its tanks with our war of the knive and the war of the street," one lyric said.
Occasionally the action also slips into Buchan country; no one bounds across a moor, but there is a lyric chase on horseback across the savanna of southwestern Brazil.
Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet (1874), one of the finest products of the 19th-century operatic second rank, has a star role for a lyric baritone of romantic presence, vocal magnetism and complete command of the French singing style.
NEA Chairman John Frohnmayer, an amateur lyric baritone, said Alvin Knutsen, a special assistant with the agency, has provided between 12 and 15 lessons since Frohnmayer came to Washington in October.
Her golden-hued, effortless lyric soprano is more colorful and expressive.
Lars Magnusson, a principal lyric tenor with the Royal Opera in Stockholm, was making his U.S. opera debut as Pedrillo, servant of Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman.
He was joined there by Lynn Seymour, whose outstanding lyric and dramatic gifts were admirably attuned to MacMillan's ideals.
Referring to the crash as "the day the music died" is a bit hyperbolic, "although it makes a great song lyric," Isler said.
But Miss Freni has had more success than most in retaining the mellow tones required of a lyric soprano.