composers

plural of composer
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 The new incentive is aimed at bringing back jobs for the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Dudamel’s New York Dream The New York Philharmonic’s new music director is admired by composers and audiences alike. — The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026 The concert features organ works by the American composers Horatio Parker and Samuel Barber. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026 My father was a writer, and his parents were classical composers. — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026 Upon its inception, the neighboring Théâtre des Champs-Élysées brought composers, theatergoers, and fashion trailblazers to regularly dine at the property. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026 Wachner had been once highly lauded as a musician who recorded over a dozen albums of his own and other composers' music, and had been twice-nominated for Grammy Awards as a conductor. — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026 Even more remarkable was their response to feedback from both poets and composers. — Octavia McBride-Ahebee, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 Every year, more than 27,000 members of the Television Academy — actors and editors, showrunners and composers, the people who actually make television — sit down with their ballots and decide who walks away with an Emmy. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for composers
musicians
Noun
  • The Bangles were making history as one of their era’s only all-woman rock & roll bands, four California girls kicking down doors for female musicians.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Two equally incredible musicians have totally different styles.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Composers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/composers. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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