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composer

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /


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A ghostly montage of the Twin Towers being constructed, set to composer Michael Nyman’s “Fish Beach,” brought New Yorkers to tears.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Marty Ehrlich releases an expansive album that highlights the brilliant body of work left behind by the saxophonist and composer, who died in 1995.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, writer and composer Richard O'Brien, who co-wrote the musical and film, remembered the actor as "a wonderful man by nature who was also a wonderful performer".

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

He can’t channel a direct personal relationship with the composer, as did Bud Powell and Barry Harris.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

From the Eroica symphony onwards, Beethoven self-consciously became a composer with a mission: he would change the world through his art.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The bill, AB 2319, is aimed at supporting the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

A bill, known as AB 2319 and aimed at supporting the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists, passed the Senate on Sunday, marking the state’s first-ever stand-alone postproduction tax incentive.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

At one point, an exasperated Wataka pulled out his phone to prove that the composers had been dead for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Even odder is that many of the composers did not necessarily feel compelled to explore nationalist themes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

As we see time and again, cutting-edge innovators like those of Beethoven’s youth were composers whose names are now mosdy forgotten: Johann Dussek, Louis Spohr, Muzio Clementi, Etienne Mehul, Fran^ois-Joseph Gossec .

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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