The English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams famously set existing poems, by men like William Cowper and Charles Wesley, to traditional folk tunes to create hymns, many of which he published in the English Hymnal.
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Inspired by the outrage felt by the Portuguese people, the lyricist, Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, accepted Keil's request to create words to suit his melody.
Lyrics were written by the famous Serbian lyricist Marina Tucaković.
Arif Şirin, commonly known as Ozan Arif ("Arif the Bard") (10 June 1949 in Alucra district - ) is a Turkish lyricist, composer, singer, and bağlama performer, foremost known for his songs with lyrics propagating the Turkish nationalist cause.
He was the screenplay assistant to veteran filmmaker Gulzar, for the films Ijaazat(1987) and Lekin(1990).
The album's primary story and lyrical concept as written by vocalist-lyricist Byron Roberts centres on the exploits of a fictional nineteenth century British archaeologist and adventurer named Professor Caleb Blackthorne III, who has dedicated his life to the field of antediluvian anthropology and to seeking out evidence as to the true nature of mankind's origin.
Aziz Dogdu (Aziz Dogdu Turuskan) (b. December 24, 1976 Dortmund, Germany) is a Turkish poet, lyricist, treatment writer, producer, art director and director.
The cover artwork for the album features the fantasy character "Caylen-Tor", created by Bal-Sagoth vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts.
Bivouac Jaun is a project recorded in the Autumn of 1983 featuring Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Phish lyricist Tom Marshall, and one-time Phish percussionist Marc Daubert.
It features unaccompanied performances on an Austrian-made Rieger pipe organ, with liner notes provided by jazz critic and lyricist Gene Lees.
Lyricist Moied Elhaam famous in Bollywood, D S P Khairuddin and One Syed Family resides here the head of this family name is Dr. Syed Sharfuddin who belongs to Syed zahid Ali Family who was a famous Sufi and peer of Islamic religion.
Luna collaborated with pianist and composer Ariel Ramírez as a lyricist for what arguably became the best-known work for either man: the Misa Criolla (Creole Mass), in 1964.
Frank Eyton (30 August 1894 – 11 November 1962) was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's "Body and Soul" (1930) with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour.
Munshi Premchand Ki, based on the writing of Premchand, starring Pankaj Kapur and Surekha Sikri, directed by Gulzar and produced by Doordarshan.
He was a Jewish pianist, composer and lyricist and part of the 1920s cabaret scene in Berlin, writing songs like Savannah Tango, Mensch komm mal rüber, Warum kiekste mir denn immer uff die Beene and Die Tausend-Kronen-Note for singer Claire Waldoff.
"Heroes and Villains" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, co-written by the group's leader Brian Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks.
Aysel Gürel expressed that the lyrics completely written by her and accused Işın Karaca for describing herself as a co-lyricist.
"Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" is a popular song with music by Fred Fisher and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy and Howard Johnson, published in 1916.
The ITFA Best Lyricist Award is given by the state government as part of its annual International Tamil Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films.
:For the guitarist and lyricist of the British rock group The Outfield, see John Spinks
The band consisted of Ian Dury as lead vocalist and lyricist, pianist Russell Hardy, guitarist Nick Cash (real name Keith Lucas - member of 999) and bassist Humphrey Ocean.
Lyricist Michael Kunze had previously co-written Silver Convention's 1977 entry for Germany, "Telegram", and in the late 70s both Kunze and co-writer Geoff Bastow had also worked as session musicians and composers for other successful Germany-based disco acts like Boney M. and Amanda Lear.
This is the native place of noted Sanskrit poet and lyricist Manmohan Acharya.
From 1993 he was the lyricist, composer, singer, and producer of the national number one and multiple award winning boy-band Hip Hop Boyz and performed at significant festivals (MIDEM, Total Dance, Bravo Festival) and was the opening act for Dr. Alban, East 17, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, DJ BoBo, No Mercy, Michael Jackson and other Hungarian bands and artists.
Lew Brown (1893–1958), lyricist for popular songs in the United States
Utz also collaborated as a lyricist with classical composer Richard Lane on a number of songs, including several for children.
Marshall Barer (born Marshall Louis Barer, Astoria, Queens, 19 February 1923--Santa Fe, New Mexico, 25 August 1998 ) was a lyricist, librettist, singer, songwriter and director.
At this time, lyricist Gireesh Puthenchery told an interesting story to Jayaram about four bachelors with the youngest the one only educated, in a Corleone-like family.
Some of the lyrics are taken from the poem "Neon Loneliness" (the first line of the chorus, "Under neon loneliness", is a direct lift) by Welsh poet Patrick Jones, the brother of Manics bass guitarist and lyricist Nicky Wire.
One Oclarit (born Onecimo Oclarit in 1951), usually known as One, is a blind Filipino lyricist, pianist, composer and hymnist best known for his Cebuano Christian hymns.
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1940.
Together with arts personalities like dancer Vani Ganapathy, actors such as Rohini Hattangadi, Suhasini Mani Ratnam and Urmila Matondkar, lyricist Javed Akhtar and director M. S. Sathyu, Mohammed Ali planned a series of plays to its effect.
Redd Evans (July 6, 1912 – August 29, 1972) was a music lyricist whose songs have been recorded by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Doris Day amongst many others.
The album featured production by Stevie J (made famous for his work with P. Diddy's Hitmen production team) and guest vocals from West Coast heavyweights Kam and Jayo Felony and controversial East Coast lyricist Chino XL.
Sreekumaran Thampi, was introduced to the Malayalam film industry by P. Subramaniam as a lyricist in the film Kaatumallika, has produced about 22 films, directed 29, and wrote scripts for 78 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs.
Marcelline Jayakody OMI - Well-known Sri Lankan Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist and patriot.
The cover artwork for the album is a painting by the famed artist Joe Petagno, based on a concept by Bal-Sagoth vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts.
Ubaid Azam Azmi s/o Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (Urdu Poet, Bollywood Lyricist, Prosody Scholar & ex. Special Executive officer Govt. of Maharashtra)
Suddala Hanmanthu was married to Janakamma and his son Suddala Ashok Teja is a contemporary lyricist.
Tadeusz Nalepa (26 August 1943 in Zgłobień, Poland – 4 March 2007, Warsaw) – was a Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist, and lyricist.
Theme song "The Adventurer's" (衝擊), and the sub theme song "The Sentimental Debts" (情債) composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Jenny Tseng.
MTV's The Lyricist Lounge Show had its roots in New York City's "Lyricist Lounge", a hip hop show case founded by Danny Castro and Anthony Marshall, which featured up and coming musical artists, many of whom have gone on to huge success, including Sean Combs, Notorious B.I.G, and Eminem.
The music for the film is derived from Tchaikovsky's original music for The Nutcracker, the composer's ballet version of the E.T.A. Hoffmann story, and lyricist Tim Rice wrote lyrics for it.
The production style and quality was leaps ahead of Mafoko A Me and the leading single "Monate Thwa" saw the album flying off shelves,and another SAMA nod in the form of a nomination for the Best Hip Hop album and a Metro FM Award win tagged along on Tuks' journey as a respected hip hop lyricist.
Vedanayagam Sastriar 1774 -1864 of Thanjavur, poet-lyricist, court poet in the palace of Serfoji II.
Vybz Kartel (born 1976), Jamaican dancehall artist and lyricist
Its title track was originally released as a single by its lyricist Chisato Moritaka in 1993.
Wilhelm Eduard Vischer (Davos 30 April 1895 - Montpellier 27 November 1988) was a Swiss pastor, theologian, Hebraist, Old Testament scholar and amateur Lied lyricist.
With William Finn as lyricist, Aronson has composed songs for Sybille Pearson’s play Next, Mary Testa’s Sleepless Variations, and Finn’s own Songs of Innocence and Experience.
Maury Yeston, Tony Award-winning Broadway composer and lyricist.
Yuri Entin (born 21 August 1935) was a poet, playwright, and lyricist who wrote music with Bulat Okudzhava for the 1975 film The Adventures of Buratino.