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She prefers Mozart and Beethoven to modern composers.
a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
The songs are contextualized a little and, among other gentle pleasures, Kole and Galante explore a little of the structural complexity of Bacharach’s constantly shape-shifting music, an outlier among pop compositions and indicative of the composer’s technical genius.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Michael Tilson Thomas, the renowned conductor and composer who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years and elevated its reputation to world-class, died on Wednesday.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
The songs are contextualized a little and, among other gentle pleasures, Kole and Galante explore a little of the structural complexity of Bacharach’s constantly shape-shifting music, an outlier among pop compositions and indicative of the composer’s technical genius.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Michael Tilson Thomas, the renowned conductor and composer who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years and elevated its reputation to world-class, died on Wednesday.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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composer
noun
com·pos·er
kəm-ˈpō-zər 
: one that composes
especially
: a person who writes music
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