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
To be sure, the two composers had little in common, beyond being born in 1935.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The film had already landed distribution from Netflix when co-chief Ted Sarandos agreed to screen it at last year’s fest, where composers Clément Ducol and Camille led a special concert.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
These policy updates are in response to songwriters and composers increasingly incorporate a variety of AI tools into their creative process and workflow.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The juxtaposition of the two composers — one Baroque, one from the 20th century — allowed for serendipitous dialogue between the contrasting styles.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Sun Ra and a new generation of jazz masters—particularly Miles Davis and John Coltrane—were coming into their own as composers, and DeJohnette would catch their shows at local club McKee Fitcher’s.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2025
Our first composers on the project were Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, who worked on Cyndi Lauper’s first album.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Grieg's Piano Concerto, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Under guest conductor Rune Bergmann, the MSO has lined up a program of music from Scandinavian composers.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Paul used his family’s wealth to commission one-handed piano works from Ravel, Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten, and at least fourteen other composers.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The film had already landed distribution from Netflix when co-chief Ted Sarandos agreed to screen it at last year’s fest, where composers Clément Ducol and Camille led a special concert.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
These policy updates are in response to songwriters and composers increasingly incorporate a variety of AI tools into their creative process and workflow.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The juxtaposition of the two composers — one Baroque, one from the 20th century — allowed for serendipitous dialogue between the contrasting styles.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Sun Ra and a new generation of jazz masters—particularly Miles Davis and John Coltrane—were coming into their own as composers, and DeJohnette would catch their shows at local club McKee Fitcher’s.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2025
Our first composers on the project were Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, who worked on Cyndi Lauper’s first album.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Grieg's Piano Concerto, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Under guest conductor Rune Bergmann, the MSO has lined up a program of music from Scandinavian composers.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Paul used his family’s wealth to commission one-handed piano works from Ravel, Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten, and at least fourteen other composers.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for composers
musicians
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Season Two was filmed after the musicians completed their military service in South Korea.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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And in the early 1970s, two of the most famous musicians in the world learned about a lot of it from a TV in their cozy, two-bedroom love nest in New York City’s West Village.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Composers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/composers. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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