composer

American  

[kuhm-poh-zer] / kəmˈpoʊ zər /

noun

1. a person or thing that composes.

2. a person who writes music.

3. an author.

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composer British  

/ kəmˈpəʊzə /

noun

1. a person who composes music

2. a person or machine that composes anything, esp type for printing

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Etymology

Origin of composer

First recorded in 1555–65; compose + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Standing alongside the director of any given film are dozens of handmaidens willing the work into being: production and costume designers, score composers, casting directors and so on down the list of credits.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last year, broadcast network HBO announced it had recruited Hans Zimmer as a composer for the forthcoming third season alongside him.

From BBC

That moment confirmed two things for Walden: “First, I can actually write that music,” the composer said in a recent interview at his Franklin Hills home while in the thick of Oscars prep.

From Los Angeles Times

Previous banknotes have pictured other national figures including novelist Charles Dickens, physicist and chemist Michael Faraday, composer Edward Elgar, nurse Florence Nightingale and architect Christopher Wren.

From Barron's

Mr. Millepied’s urge to reinterpret for contemporary audiences Prokofiev’s often heavy-going score, which the composer created under the thumb of Soviet censors, seems more than understandable.

From The Wall Street Journal

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