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Noun composer has 1 sense

• composer(n = noun.person) - someone who composes music as a profession;
has particulars: contrapuntist, psalmist, ballad maker, songster, songwriter, symphonist, ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, bach, johann sebastian bach, barber, samuel barber, bartok, bela bartok, beethoven, ludwig van beethoven, van beethoven, bellini, vincenzo bellini, alban berg, berg, berlioz, hector berlioz, louis-hector berlioz, bernstein, leonard bernstein, bizet, georges bizet, blitzstein, marc blitzstein, bloch, ernest bloch, aleksandr borodin, aleksandr porfirevich borodin, borodin, boulez, pierre boulez, brahms, johannes brahms, benjamin britten, britten, edward benjamin britten, lord britten of aldeburgh, bruch, max bruch, anton bruckner, bruckner, byrd, william byrd, cage, john cage, john milton cage jr., carlos chavez, chavez, cherubini, luigi cherubini, maria luigi carlo zenobio cherubini, chopin, frederic francois chopin, aaron copland, copland, arcangelo corelli, corelli, couperin, francois couperin, coward, noel coward, sir noel pierce coward, czerny, karl czerny, claude achille debussy, claude debussey, debussy, clement philibert leo delibes, delibes, leo delibes, delius, frederick delius, donizetti, gaetano donizetti, dowland, john dowland, dukas, paul dukas, antonin dvorak, dvorak, elgar, sir edward elgar, sir edward william elgar, enesco, george enescu, georges enesco, falla, manuel de falla, cesar franck, franck, george gershwin, gershwin, glinka, mikhail glinka, mikhail ivanovich glinka, christoph willibald von gluck, gluck, charles francois gounod, gounod, george percy aldridge grainger, grainger, percy aldridge grainger, percy grainger, edvard grieg, edvard hagerup grieg, grieg, fromental halevy, halevy, jacques francois fromental elie halevy, georg friedrich handel, george frederick handel, george frideric handel, handel, handy, w. c. handy, william christopher handy, franz joseph haydn, haydn, joseph haydn, hindemith, paul hindemith, arthur honegger, honegger, engelbert humperdinck, humperdinck, ibert, jacques francois antoine ibert, charles edward ives, ives, joachim, joseph joachim, joplin, scott joplin, aram kachaturian, kachaturian, jerome david kern, jerome kern, kern, aram ilich khachaturian, aram khachaturian, khachaturian, constant lambert, lambert, leonard constant lambert, lasso, orlando di lasso, roland de lassus, huddie leadbetter, leadbelly, ledbetter, franz lehar, lehar, franz liszt, liszt, andrew lloyd webber, baron lloyd webber of sydmonton, lloyd webber, frederick loewe, loewe, giambattista lulli, jean baptiste lully, lulli, lully, edward macdowell, macdowell, gustav mahler, mahler, jules emile frederic massenet, massenet, felix mendelssohn, jakob ludwig felix mendelssohn-bartholdy, mendelssohn, gian carlo menotti, menotti, giacomo meyerbeer, jakob liebmann beer, meyerbeer, darius milhaud, milhaud, claudio monteverdi, monteverdi, douglas moore, moore, mozart, wolfgang amadeus mozart, modest moussorgsky, modest mussorgsky, modest petrovich moussorgsky, modest petrovich mussorgsky, moussorgsky, mussorgsky, carl august nielsen, carl nielsen, nielsen, jacques offenbach, offenbach, orbison, roy orbison, giovanni pierluigi da palestrina, palestrina, piston, walter piston, cole albert porter, cole porter, porter, francis poulenc, poulenc, prokofiev, sergei sergeyevich prokofiev, giacomo puccini, puccini, henry purcell, purcell, rachmaninoff, rachmaninov, sergei rachmaninoff, sergei rachmaninov, sergei vasilievich rachmaninoff, sergei vasilievich rachmaninov, jean-philippe rameau, rameau, maurice ravel, ravel, reich, stephen michael reich, steve reich, ottorino respighi, respighi, nikolai andreyevich rimski-korsakov, nikolai andreyevich rimsky-korsakov, rimski-korsakov, rimsky-korsakov, richard rodgers, rodgers, romberg, sigmund romberg, giloacchino antonio rossini, rossini, anton gregor rubinstein, anton grigorevich rubinstein, anton rubenstein, rubinstein, charles camille saint-saens, saint-saens, erik alfred leslie satie, erik satie, satie, artur schnabel, schnabel, arnold schoenberg, arnold schonberg, schoenberg, schonberg, franz peter schubert, franz schubert, franz seraph peter schubert, schubert, robert alexander schumann, robert schumann, schumann, clara josephine schumann, schumann, aleksandr nikolayevich scriabin, aleksandr scriabin, scriabin, andres segovia, segovia, roger huntington sessions, roger sessions, sessions, dmitri dmitrievich shostakovich, dmitri shostakovich, shostakovich, jean sibelius, johan julius christian sibelius, sibelius, bedrich smetana, smetana, sondheim, stephen sondheim, john philip sousa, march king, sousa, johann strauss, strauss, strauss the elder, johann strauss, strauss, strauss the younger, richard strauss, strauss, igor fyodorovich stravinsky, igor stravinsky, stravinsky, arthur seymour sullivan, arthur sullivan, sir arthur sullivan, sullivan, tallis, thomas tallis, deems taylor, joseph deems taylor, taylor, peter ilich tchaikovsky, peter tchaikovsky, pyotr ilych tchaikovsky, pyotr tchaikovsky, tchaikovsky, georg philipp telemann, telemann, thomson, virgil garnett thomson, virgil thomson, edgar varese, varese, ralph vaughan williams, vaughan williams, giuseppe verdi, guiseppe fortunino francesco verdi, verdi, heitor villa-lobos, villa-lobos, antonio lucio vivaldi, antonio vivaldi, vivaldi, richard wagner, wagner, wilhelm richard wagner, sir william turner walton, sir william walton, walton, william walton, baron karl maria friedrich ernst von weber, carl maria von weber, weber, kurt weill, weill, hugo wolf, wolf
is a kind of musician
Derived form verb compose₂

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composer

advertising writer, annalist, arranger, art critic, author, authoress, ballad maker, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, belletrist, bibliographer, coauthor, collaborator, columnist, compiler, contrapuntist, copywriter, creative writer, critic, dance critic, diarist, drama critic, dramatist, encyclopedist, essayist, ethnomusicologist, free lance, free-lance writer, ghost, ghostwriter, harmonist, harmonizer, humorist, hymnist, hymnographer, hymnologist, inditer, librettist, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, madrigalist, magazine writer, man of letters, melodist, melodizer, monographer, music critic, musicographer, musicologist, newspaperman, novelettist, novelist, orchestrator, pamphleteer, penwoman, poet, prose writer, reviewer, scenario writer, scenarist, scorer, scribe, scriptwriter, short-story writer, song writer, songsmith, storyteller, symphonist, technical writer, tone poet, tunesmith, word painter, wordsmith, writer

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Concord

N concord, accord, harmony, symphony, homologue, agreement, sympathy, empathy, response, union, unison, unity, bonds of harmony, peace, unanimity, league, happy family, rapprochement, reunion, amity, alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker, intercessor, mediator, concordant, congenial, agreeing, in accord, harmonious, united, cemented, banded together, allied, friendly, fraternal, conciliatory, at one with, of one mind, at peace, in still water, tranquil, with one voice, in concert with, hand in hand, on one's side, commune periculum concordiam parit, melody concord, melody, rhythm, measure, rhyme, pitch, timbre, intonation, tone, scale, gamut, diapason, diatonic chromatic scale, enharmonic scale, key, clef, chords, modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution, staff, stave, line, space, brace, bar, rest, appoggiato, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, note, musical note, notes of a scale, sharp, flat, natural, high note, low note, interval, semitone, second, third, fourth, diatessaron, breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, sustained note, drone, burden, tonic, key note, leading note, fundamental note, supertonic, mediant, dominant, submediant, subdominant, octave, tetrachord, major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode, passage, phrase, concord, harmony, emmeleia, unison, unisonance, chime, homophony, euphony, euphonism, tonality, consonance, consent, part, harmony, harmonics, thorough-bass, fundamental-bass, counterpoint, faburden, piece of music, composer, harmonist, contrapuntist (musician), harmonious, harmonical, in concord, in tune, in concert, unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant, ariose, consonant, measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, melodious, musical, melic, tuneful, tunable, sweet, dulcet, canorous, mellow, mellifluous, soft, clear, clear as a bell, silvery, euphonious, euphonic, euphonical, symphonious, enchanting fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned, harmoniously, in harmony, as one, the hidden soul of harmony.

Music

N music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.

Musician

N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.

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