as in musicians
a person who writes musical compositions
a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas
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Recent Examples of composers
From 1947 to 1954, Jenkins hosted summer music conferences in Steinhall, which brought together top composers and teachers to discuss music composition, materials, and new music trends.
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Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Later, more students from SMU joined the Dinosaur Choir as composers, programmers, and performers.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Hikaru Kondo, the movie’s general director, wrote the lyrics and the composition and arrangement were handled by the composers of the film’s soundtrack — the former by Go Shiina, the latter by Shiina and Sachiko Miyano.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Alice Tully Hall In the great tradition of anthropologically minded composers, Du Yun incorporates folk music from the Jinuo people from Yunnan, China, into her own dramatic work.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
History tends not to favor hyper-prolific composers, who are suspected of producing music by the yard.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Saudi musicians, composers, and set designers will go to New York to learn from The Met as part of the deal, and an original opera — set in the ancient city of AlUla by British composer Jonathan Dove — is in the offing as well.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noticing structures among notes, composers design music.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The fall classical music season brings abundant new collaborations, with composers taking on genre-defying initiatives and organizations pooling resources to draw in top talent.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Later, more students from SMU joined the Dinosaur Choir as composers, programmers, and performers.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Hikaru Kondo, the movie’s general director, wrote the lyrics and the composition and arrangement were handled by the composers of the film’s soundtrack — the former by Go Shiina, the latter by Shiina and Sachiko Miyano.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Alice Tully Hall In the great tradition of anthropologically minded composers, Du Yun incorporates folk music from the Jinuo people from Yunnan, China, into her own dramatic work.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
History tends not to favor hyper-prolific composers, who are suspected of producing music by the yard.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Saudi musicians, composers, and set designers will go to New York to learn from The Met as part of the deal, and an original opera — set in the ancient city of AlUla by British composer Jonathan Dove — is in the offing as well.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noticing structures among notes, composers design music.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The fall classical music season brings abundant new collaborations, with composers taking on genre-defying initiatives and organizations pooling resources to draw in top talent.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for composers
musicians
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The arrival was accompanied by a performance from the Household Cavalry band, whose musicians wore ornate state dress uniforms originally designed in the 1600s and woven with pure gold thread.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Composers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/composers. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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