composer

1. Someone who composes music as a profession (synset 109966711)
   is a type of: musician - artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
   subtypes:

   • contrapuntist - a composer who specializes in counterpoint
   • psalmist - a composer of sacred songs
   • ballad maker, songster, songwriter - a composer of words or music for popular songs
   • symphonist - a composer of symphonies
   specific instances:

   • ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose - (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
   • bach, johann sebastian bach - German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
   • barber, samuel barber - United States composer (1910-1981)
   • bartok, bela bartok - Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)
   • beethoven, ludwig van beethoven, van beethoven - German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)
   • bellini, vincenzo bellini - Italian composer of operas (1801-1835)
   • alban berg, berg - Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)
   • berlioz, hector berlioz, louis-hector berlioz - French composer of romantic works (1803-1869)
   • bernstein, leonard bernstein - United States conductor and composer (1918-1990)
   • bizet, georges bizet - French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875)
   • blitzstein, marc blitzstein - United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964)
   • bloch, ernest bloch - United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959)
   • aleksandr borodin, aleksandr porfirevich borodin, borodin - Russian composer (1833-1887)
   • boulez, pierre boulez - French composer of serial music (born in 1925)
   • brahms, johannes brahms - German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897)
   • benjamin britten, britten, edward benjamin britten, lord britten of aldeburgh - major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
   • bruch, max bruch - German composer (1838-1920)
   • anton bruckner, bruckner - Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896)
   • byrd, william byrd - English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
   • cage, john cage, john milton cage jr. - United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
   • carlos chavez, chavez - Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978)
   • cherubini, luigi cherubini, maria luigi carlo zenobio cherubini - Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842)
   • chopin, frederic francois chopin - French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)
   • aaron copland, copland - United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990)
   • arcangelo corelli, corelli - Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713)
   • couperin, francois couperin - French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)
   • coward, noel coward, sir noel pierce coward - English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
   • czerny, karl czerny - Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)
   • claude achille debussy, claude debussy, debussy - French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918)
   • clement philibert leo delibes, delibes, leo delibes - French composer of operas (1836-1891)
   • delius, frederick delius - English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934)
   • donizetti, gaetano donizetti - Italian composer of operas (1797-1848)
   • dowland, john dowland - English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626)
   • dukas, paul dukas - French composer (1865-1935)
   • antonin dvorak, dvorak - Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904)
   • elgar, sir edward elgar, sir edward william elgar - British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)
   • enesco, george enescu, georges enesco - Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)
   • falla, manuel de falla - Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946)
   • cesar franck, franck - French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
   • george gershwin, gershwin - United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)
   • glinka, mikhail glinka, mikhail ivanovich glinka - Russian composer (1804-1857)
   • christoph willibald von gluck, gluck - German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787)
   • charles francois gounod, gounod - French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893)
   • george percy aldridge grainger, grainger, percy aldridge grainger, percy grainger - United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961)
   • edvard grieg, edvard hagerup grieg, grieg - Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907)
   • fromental halevy, halevy, jacques francois fromental elie halevy - French operatic composer (1799-1862)
   • georg friedrich handel, george frederick handel, george frideric handel, handel - a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
   • handy, w. c. handy, william christopher handy - United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
   • franz joseph haydn, haydn, joseph haydn - prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
   • hindemith, paul hindemith - German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)
   • arthur honegger, honegger - Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955)
   • engelbert humperdinck, humperdinck - German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921)
   • ibert, jacques francois antoine ibert - French composer (1890-1962)
   • charles edward ives, ives - United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
   • joachim, joseph joachim - Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)
   • joplin, scott joplin - United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917)
   • aram kachaturian, kachaturian - Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978)
   • jerome david kern, jerome kern, kern - United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
   • aram ilich khachaturian, aram khachaturian, khachaturian - Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978)
   • constant lambert, lambert, leonard constant lambert - English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
   • lasso, orlando di lasso, roland de lassus - Belgian composer (1532-1594)
   • huddie leadbetter, leadbelly, ledbetter - United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949)
   • franz lehar, lehar - Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948)
   • franz liszt, liszt - Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
   • andrew lloyd webber, baron lloyd webber of sydmonton, lloyd webber - English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948)
   • frederick loewe, loewe - United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
   • giambattista lulli, jean baptiste lully, lulli, lully - French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687)
   • edward macdowell, macdowell - United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908)
   • gustav mahler, mahler - Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911)
   • jules emile frederic massenet, massenet - French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912)
   • felix mendelssohn, jakob ludwig felix mendelssohn-bartholdy, mendelssohn - German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)
   • gian carlo menotti, menotti - United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911)
   • giacomo meyerbeer, jakob liebmann beer, meyerbeer - German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864)
   • darius milhaud, milhaud - French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974)
   • claudio monteverdi, monteverdi - Italian composer (1567-1643)
   • douglas moore, moore - United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969)
   • mozart, wolfgang amadeus mozart - prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791)
   • modest moussorgsky, modest mussorgsky, modest petrovich moussorgsky, modest petrovich mussorgsky, moussorgsky, mussorgsky - Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
   • carl august nielsen, carl nielsen, nielsen - Danish composer (1865-1931)
   • jacques offenbach, offenbach - French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880)
   • orbison, roy orbison - United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)
   • giovanni pierluigi da palestrina, palestrina - Italian composer (1526-1594)
   • piston, walter piston - United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
   • cole albert porter, cole porter, porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
   • francis poulenc, poulenc - French pianist and composer (1899-1963)
   • prokofiev, sergei sergeyevich prokofiev - Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953)
   • giacomo puccini, puccini - Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924)
   • henry purcell, purcell - English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695)
   • rachmaninoff, rachmaninov, sergei rachmaninoff, sergei rachmaninov, sergei vasilievich rachmaninoff, sergei vasilievich rachmaninov - composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943)
   • jean-philippe rameau, rameau - French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764)
   • maurice ravel, ravel - French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
   • reich, stephen michael reich, steve reich - United States composer (born in 1936)
   • ottorino respighi, respighi - Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936)
   • nikolai andreyevich rimski-korsakov, nikolai andreyevich rimsky-korsakov, rimski-korsakov, rimsky-korsakov - Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908)
   • richard rodgers, rodgers - United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979)
   • romberg, sigmund romberg - United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951)
   • giloacchino antonio rossini, rossini - Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868)
   • anton gregor rubinstein, anton grigorevich rubinstein, anton rubenstein, rubinstein - Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894)
   • charles camille saint-saens, saint-saens - French pianist and composer (1835-1921)
   • erik alfred leslie satie, erik satie, satie - French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925)
   • artur schnabel, schnabel - United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951)
   • arnold schoenberg, arnold schonberg, schoenberg, schonberg - United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
   • franz peter schubert, franz schubert, franz seraph peter schubert, schubert - Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
   • robert alexander schumann, robert schumann, schumann - German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)
   • clara josephine schumann, schumann - German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896)
   • aleksandr nikolayevich scriabin, aleksandr scriabin, scriabin - Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915)
   • andres segovia, segovia - Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987)
   • roger huntington sessions, roger sessions, sessions - United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985)
   • dmitri dmitrievich shostakovich, dmitri shostakovich, shostakovich - Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975)
   • jean sibelius, johan julius christian sibelius, sibelius - Finnish composer (1865-1957)
   • bedrich smetana, smetana - Czech composer (1824-1884)
   • sondheim, stephen sondheim - United States composer of musicals (born in 1930)
   • john philip sousa, march king, sousa - a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
   • johann strauss, strauss, strauss the elder - Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
   • johann strauss, strauss, strauss the younger - Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
   • richard strauss, strauss - German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949)
   • igor fyodorovich stravinsky, igor stravinsky, stravinsky - composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)
   • arthur seymour sullivan, arthur sullivan, sir arthur sullivan, sullivan - English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900)
   • tallis, thomas tallis - English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)
   • deems taylor, joseph deems taylor, taylor - United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
   • peter ilich tchaikovsky, peter tchaikovsky, pyotr ilych tchaikovsky, pyotr tchaikovsky, tchaikovsky - important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
   • georg philipp telemann, telemann - German baroque composer (1681-1767)
   • thomson, virgil garnett thomson, virgil thomson - United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)
   • edgar varese, varese - United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965)
   • ralph vaughan williams, vaughan williams - English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958)
   • giuseppe verdi, guiseppe fortunino francesco verdi, verdi - Italian operatic composer (1813-1901)
   • heitor villa-lobos, villa-lobos - Brazilian composer (1887-1959)
   • antonio lucio vivaldi, antonio vivaldi, vivaldi - Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741)
   • richard wagner, wagner, wilhelm richard wagner - German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
   • sir william turner walton, sir william walton, walton, william walton - English composer (1902-1983)
   • baron karl maria friedrich ernst von weber, carl maria von weber, weber - German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
   • kurt weill, weill - German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950)
   • hugo wolf, wolf - Austrian composer (1860-1903)

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