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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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The original score is composed by prolific composer Guillaume Roussel whose recent credits include The Three Musketeers and Dog 51.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
To be sure, the two composers had little in common, beyond being born in 1935.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
For Gibbs, the concert date is the continuation of a musical journey that the former city of Detroit architectural engineer embarked on as a fully committed professional musician, composer and producer 23 years ago.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
And years earlier, in 1997, composer and computer pioneer David Cope created music software.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
To be sure, the two composers had little in common, beyond being born in 1935.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
For Gibbs, the concert date is the continuation of a musical journey that the former city of Detroit architectural engineer embarked on as a fully committed professional musician, composer and producer 23 years ago.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 2 Nov. 2025
And years earlier, in 1997, composer and computer pioneer David Cope created music software.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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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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