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composer

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /


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“Everything you hear is him, is his orchestration, his arrangement,” said Barton. who was introduced to Hopkins 20 years ago by composer Harry Gregson-Williams.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Stephen Barton, the BAFTA-nominated British composer credited with “score preparation” on the album, noted that if classical fans think of the music as an actor’s vanity project, they should think again.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

It was immortalized by the composer Johann Strauss II as “The Blue Danube,” but the views from today’s cruise-ship windows are heavy on the grey-brown hues of dried-up riverbeds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

But their first act was promising, and a lunch with Kallman in New York further reassured the composer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Luther, as well as being a theologian, scholar, writer and preacher, was a composer.

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

Amid all the fireworks and fanfare sure to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial this weekend, it’s worth remembering how sculptors, writers, composers and more have channeled the American character in works from throughout this country’s history.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

It was, however, Conlon’s attachment to the Austrian composer that led him to the many composers who could not flee.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

The German and Austrian symphonic and operatic music of the 1930s happens to be the root of the Hollywood soundtrack, created by composers such as Erich Korngold, who fled the Nazis.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

The two composers did meet once, an encounter brokered by the kindly Antonio Salieri, and we have it word for word since Beethoven, being deaf, had to have the conversation written down.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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