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composer

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /


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Fenton got his first job as composer and musical director for a production of Twelfth Night at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1974.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Then in the evening, in a separately ticketed event, Disney Hall welcomes film composer extraordinaire Michael Giacchino for a double feature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He brings to vivid life a composer whose persona has been debated for centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The actor plays the legendary composer during a late-in-life meeting with the king of Prussia in a play by Oliver Cotton at Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

She’d pick a selection on a CD, then ask me the composer.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

Through constant touring and “tireless promotion of composers we assume were always famous,” Ms. Fritz writes, Clara shaped the musical canon according to her own exquisite ear and sophisticated taste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“The Score” benefits from the comic-bordering-on-caricaturish portrayals of some of its characters, including not just Frederick but also three court composers in cahoots with him to humiliate Bach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Astaire considered himself a dancer first, but composers prized his singing—its flawless rhythm, clear diction and emotional restraint, a plain manner that let melody and lyrics speak for themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

It has changed and evolved as composers experimented with new sounds, ideas, and even new or evolving instruments.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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