Definition of "lyrists" [lyrists]

• Plural form of lyrist. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "The brilliant simplicity and pointed grace of the three stanzas to Œnone ( "What conscience, say, is it in thee") recall the lyrists of the Restoration in their cleanlier and happier mood."
• "Poets, lyrists shaped our national consciousness and gave expression to our national aspirations in bygone times - and they are continuing to shape that consciousness to this very day."
• "On the stand was a whole new group of musicians: harpists, lyrists, players of the flageolet and dulcimer, two men sweating over glockenspiels, a group equipped with zithers and citharas and sitars, three women playing nose-flutes, two men with shofars, and a tall, blond man playing a clarino trumpet."