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composer

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /


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The composer spent most of his career writing alone, but he never entirely lost his love of performing.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

During that production, he also understudied the musical director of the show, Carl Davis - who similarly became a prominent composer for film and television.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Like Clara, Brahms, too, had been financially strapped and made slow, fitful progress as a composer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In addition to Mosaku’s Academy Award nomination for supporting actress, “Sinners’” Oscars haul included wins for filmmaker Ryan Coogler, star Michael B. Jordan, cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw and composer Ludwig Göransson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

When she sang for composer Jean Sibelius at his home in Finland, he threw his arms around her, said “My ceiling is much too low for your voice,” and called for champagne.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

College taught me to investigate the “great” composers who mattered and disdain those of no value.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

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 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

More important to Italy’s musical enrichment than the cultural salvage from Constantinople was the importing, at vast expense, of skilled and celebrated Flemish composers.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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