as in musician
a person who writes musical compositions
a versatile composer whose works include operas, symphonies, concertos, and sonatas
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This wildly successful Christmas album is the brainchild of composer and producer Chip Davis, who curated its largely instrumental takes on Christmas classics after years of working on his own jazz-rock chops.
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Stephanie Kaloi and James Mercadante, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Other composers with growing international renown on the Grande Ourse roster include Guillaume Roussel and Olivier Arson.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Jewish composers wrote most of the best Christmas music—so how about some great new stuff for the festival of lights?
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
In a joint conversation with Vanity Fair, Marc Platt, who produced the 2024 film, Wicked author Gregory Maguire and composer Stephen Schwartz recalled the first efforts in the late 1990s to bring the Broadway musical to the big screen.
—Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Kaloi and James Mercadante, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Other composers with growing international renown on the Grande Ourse roster include Guillaume Roussel and Olivier Arson.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Jewish composers wrote most of the best Christmas music—so how about some great new stuff for the festival of lights?
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
In a joint conversation with Vanity Fair, Marc Platt, who produced the 2024 film, Wicked author Gregory Maguire and composer Stephen Schwartz recalled the first efforts in the late 1990s to bring the Broadway musical to the big screen.
—Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
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