Composer
noun
Someone who writes music.
Mozart was a famous composer in the 18th century.
Often appears as...
- music composer
- film composer
noun
Someone who writes music.
Mozart was a famous composer in the 18th century.
Often appears as...
- music composer
- film composer
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impact
Understanding a composer's influence can enrich the cultural context of the music being discussed.
Ludwig van Beethoven, a composer who reshaped classical music, is still celebrated today.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Specific
Composers often specialize in a certain genre; knowing this can inform your expectations of their work.
John Williams is known as a composer for iconic film scores.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Period
Learning when a composer lived helps grasp the historical and musical context of their compositions.
Claude Debussy, a composer from the Impressionist era, used innovative harmonies.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impact
Understanding a composer's influence can enrich the cultural context of the music being discussed.
Ludwig van Beethoven, a composer who reshaped classical music, is still celebrated today.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Specific
Composers often specialize in a certain genre; knowing this can inform your expectations of their work.
John Williams is known as a composer for iconic film scores.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Period
Learning when a composer lived helps grasp the historical and musical context of their compositions.
Claude Debussy, a composer from the Impressionist era, used innovative harmonies.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impact
Understanding a composer's influence can enrich the cultural context of the music being discussed.
Ludwig van Beethoven, a composer who reshaped classical music, is still celebrated today.
Pro Tip 2/3Genre Specific
Composers often specialize in a certain genre; knowing this can inform your expectations of their work.
John Williams is known as a composer for iconic film scores.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Period
Learning when a composer lived helps grasp the historical and musical context of their compositions.
Claude Debussy, a composer from the Impressionist era, used innovative harmonies.
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DJ Spooky's Arctic...
some of the issues that I'm thinking about as I look at the role of the composer and the artist and the writer and this era of just very, very radical change in the environment. So, what I want to do is walk you guys through some of the material that drives, why I think the Arctic is so important. I ended up writing a book about
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What’s a squillo, and...
The concert hall helps as well, with rigid surfaces that reflect sound waves towards the audience. All singers take advantage of these techniques, but different vocal signatures demand different physical preparation. A Wagnerian singer needs to build up stamina to power through the composer’s four-hour epics.
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Why we love repetition...
that avoided exact repetition. They heard excerpts from these pieces in either their original form, or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers,
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Meklit Hadero: The...
and I think it's because it has a pitch. It has a melody. You can almost see the shape as it springs from someone's mouth. "Indey" -- it dips, and then raises again. And as a musician and composer, when I hear that word, something like this is floating through my mind.
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The mad scientist of...
but I'm actually having a paradoxical reaction to that, so that was a bad idea. Anyway, I was really delighted to receive the invitation to present to you some of my music and some of my work as a composer, presumably because it appeals
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Jennifer Lin:...
and all the great Romantic composers. Next, I make the structure of the entire piece with my teachers. They help me plan out the whole piece. And then the hard part is filling it in with musical ideas, because then you have to think.
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
made the age of the virtuoso possible. This is when those big forms arose -- the symphonies, the sonatas, the concertos. And in these big architectures of time, composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime.
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Planet Earth: A...
to raise our spirits during the pandemic we brought together composer han zimmer and jacob shea and top selling artist dave to create a visual and musical feast
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Incredible high school...
to have orchestras in all the countries in all Americas. And we want to play a little piece for you by one of the most important composers
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Music as a refuge PIPE...
thank you as a composer and artist my work comes from a place between worlds that place we call home that is both
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DJ Spooky's Arctic...
some of the issues that I'm thinking about as I look at the role of the composer and the artist and the writer and this era of just very, very radical change in the environment. So, what I want to do is walk you guys through some of the material that drives, why I think the Arctic is so important. I ended up writing a book about
Video examples
What’s a squillo, and...
The concert hall helps as well, with rigid surfaces that reflect sound waves towards the audience. All singers take advantage of these techniques, but different vocal signatures demand different physical preparation. A Wagnerian singer needs to build up stamina to power through the composer’s four-hour epics.
Video examples
Why we love repetition...
that avoided exact repetition. They heard excerpts from these pieces in either their original form, or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers,
Video examples
Meklit Hadero: The...
and I think it's because it has a pitch. It has a melody. You can almost see the shape as it springs from someone's mouth. "Indey" -- it dips, and then raises again. And as a musician and composer, when I hear that word, something like this is floating through my mind.
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The mad scientist of...
but I'm actually having a paradoxical reaction to that, so that was a bad idea. Anyway, I was really delighted to receive the invitation to present to you some of my music and some of my work as a composer, presumably because it appeals
Video examples
Jennifer Lin:...
and all the great Romantic composers. Next, I make the structure of the entire piece with my teachers. They help me plan out the whole piece. And then the hard part is filling it in with musical ideas, because then you have to think.
Video examples
Michael Tilson Thomas:...
made the age of the virtuoso possible. This is when those big forms arose -- the symphonies, the sonatas, the concertos. And in these big architectures of time, composers like Beethoven could share the insights of a lifetime.
Video examples
Planet Earth: A...
to raise our spirits during the pandemic we brought together composer han zimmer and jacob shea and top selling artist dave to create a visual and musical feast
Video examples
Incredible high school...
to have orchestras in all the countries in all Americas. And we want to play a little piece for you by one of the most important composers
Video examples
Music as a refuge PIPE...
thank you as a composer and artist my work comes from a place between worlds that place we call home that is both
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Gunther Schuller
American Composer
Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations.
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George Crumb
American Composer
Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.
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Fred Frith
English Composer
I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I'm working with.
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Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
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Fede Alvarez
Uruguayan Director
In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.
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James Cook
British Explorer
Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.
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Tim Rice
British Musician
To find a new British composer who is really good is rare.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Italian Composer
The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.
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Bob Fosse
American Celebrity
In my next lifetime, I want to come back as a composer.
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John Corigliano
American Composer
I have tremendous respect for film composers.
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Gunther Schuller
American Composer
Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations.
Quote examples
George Crumb
American Composer
Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.
Quote examples
Fred Frith
English Composer
I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I'm working with.
Quote examples
Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
Quote examples
Fede Alvarez
Uruguayan Director
In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.
Quote examples
James Cook
British Explorer
Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.
Quote examples
Tim Rice
British Musician
To find a new British composer who is really good is rare.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Italian Composer
The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.
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Bob Fosse
American Celebrity
In my next lifetime, I want to come back as a composer.
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John Corigliano
American Composer
I have tremendous respect for film composers.
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