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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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Many Black and female composers, such as Bob Cole and Kay Swift, helped pioneer the musical in the early 1900s, as did stars including Bert Williams and Florence Mills.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Fitting his divergent cast of sounds into such a little space meant becoming a master of instrumental ambiguity, the type of composer/programmer able to make a lead guitar waveform sound like a harmonica.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
Having begun his Second Symphony early in 1933, the Jewish composer fled Berlin two months after Hitler became German chancellor, completing the work in Paris.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Next May, two composers will conduct their own music.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Fitting his divergent cast of sounds into such a little space meant becoming a master of instrumental ambiguity, the type of composer/programmer able to make a lead guitar waveform sound like a harmonica.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
Having begun his Second Symphony early in 1933, the Jewish composer fled Berlin two months after Hitler became German chancellor, completing the work in Paris.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Next May, two composers will conduct their own music.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer. Accessed 9 Mar. 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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