Examples of composer in a Sentence
She prefers Mozart and Beethoven to modern composers.
a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas
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Their lyrics were set to the music of composers including Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, John Williams and Quincy Jones.
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Patricia Reaney, USA Today, 19 July 2025
His final collaboration was with guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, who is set to record an album of nine Bergman/Metheny songs later this year.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 July 2025
His most recent collaboration is with guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, who is set to record an album of nine Bergman/Metheny songs later this year.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Byrd is the word: Revel in the polyphonic glories of William Byrd, perhaps the greatest and certainly most influential of all the English Renaissance composers, in a setting that surely would have felt home to him, as a composer of sacred songs.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
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Patricia Reaney, USA Today, 19 July 2025
His final collaboration was with guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, who is set to record an album of nine Bergman/Metheny songs later this year.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 July 2025
His most recent collaboration is with guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, who is set to record an album of nine Bergman/Metheny songs later this year.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Byrd is the word: Revel in the polyphonic glories of William Byrd, perhaps the greatest and certainly most influential of all the English Renaissance composers, in a setting that surely would have felt home to him, as a composer of sacred songs.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
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“Composer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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composer
noun
com·pos·er
kəm-ˈpō-zər 
: one that composes
especially
: a person who writes music
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