composer
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Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
Paul Bettany, left, plays court composer Antonio Salieri, who grows envious of Mozart.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
His father was a teacher, prominent singer and composer, and an active campaigner for Plaid Cymru - translated as Party of Wales - the Welsh language and Welsh culture.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The Los Angeles Philharmonic will name the Hollywood Bowl’s stage for the 93-year-old composer, whose music for “Star Wars” and “E.T.” helped define modern cinema.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The immigrant Handel, a naturalised British citizen from 1727, demonstrated more successfully than any other composer before the nineteenth century how music could become the collective voice of nationhood.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing composer
Music - Introductory
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Academy Awards, List 3
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Music - Middle School
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