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composer

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /


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“Danny also recommended the amazing composer who scored the episodes, Joe Laduca,” says Prady.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The composer needed a vocalist capable not just of singing clearly and authoritatively, but also of acting with apt gravity—at times speaking with instrumental backing and at others against silence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Charles Ives’s remarkable orchestral work “The Fourth of July” was, as film composer Bernard Herrmann told oral historian Vivien Perlis, intended as more than a mere poetic impression of an occasion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

He’s also the only Tin Pan Alley composer to give us a song that has become something close to our actual national anthem.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Dunstaple was a composer with a new and enchanting style that everyone wanted to emulate, and musicians fell over themselves praising the startling new sound of English triads.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Besides Berlioz, the lineup featured works by composers from the 18th to early 20th centuries, such as Franz Joseph Haydn and Paul Dukas, that have long been in the public domain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Its collection methods could use some fine-tuning, however, especially when it comes to works by long-dead composers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

I think all of my favorite composers were musicians before they were composers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Conlon created a program at the Colburn School around the composers that has gained international significance.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, composers increasingly found that chords had a hierarchy, too: certain chords exert an influence over other chords.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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