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
A woman develops a special bond with composer Ludwig van Beethoven while working as his copyist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
Pierre loses his fortune and becomes a writer; Isabel becomes his diligent copyist.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
In February and March this year, he spent one day a week in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s copyist program, creating interpretation of masterpieces with his easel set up in galleries.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2017
Even when writing from a copy, some alteration is frequently necessary, as will be shown in the following pages, requiring independent knowledge of the subject on the part of the copyist.
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Clement A. Harris
