copyist
Example Sentences
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To support himself in New York, he served as an assistant and copyist for the composer and critic Virgil Thomson, who paid the young man $20 a week and gave him lessons in orchestration.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Either way, I thought it was a work of beauty and genius, especially after getting to study the music up close as I proofread parts of the score for the show’s copyist.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
A woman develops a special bond with composer Ludwig van Beethoven while working as his copyist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
Paderni was a painter and copyist from Rome, who had come to Herculaneum to reproduce some of the villa’s wall paintings.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015
This song gives you an idea of the miserable copyist I have had ever since Schlemmer's death.
From Life of Beethoven by Anton Schindler
