# Lyricist

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##### About this job

Lyricists interpret the style of a music piece and write words to accompany the melody. They work together with the music composer.

Scope note: Excludes <a resource="http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7dc05fcc-b079-45ed-b5d4-74c75f99976c"" typeOf=""http://data.europa.eu/esco/model#Occupation"" href=""http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7dc05fcc-b079-45ed-b5d4-74c75f99976c""><span property=""http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label"" xml:lang=""en"">composer</span></a>."

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