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Composer. Portrait of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composing at his desk, by Valentin Serov, 1898. A composer is a person who writes music. [ 1] The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, [ 2] or those who are composers by occupation. [ 3] Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Composer is an application-level dependency manager for the PHP programming language that provides a standard format for managing dependencies of PHP software and required libraries. It was developed by Nils Adermann and Jordi Boggiano, who continue to manage the project.
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names.The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.
Sarah Elizabeth Gibson (21 May 1986 – 14 July 2024) was an American pianist and composer. She and pianist and composer Thomas Kotcheff formed a piano duo, Hocket.Her compositions have been performed by major orchestras throughout the United States and in Europe.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[ a ][ b ] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles ...
Frédéric François Chopin[ n 1] (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; [ n 2][ n 3] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional ...
Yasunori Mitsuda (光田 康典, Mitsuda Yasunori, born January 21, 1972) is a Japanese composer and musician. He is best known for his work in video games, primarily for the Chrono, Xeno, Shadow Hearts, and Inazuma Eleven franchises, among various others. Mitsuda began composing music for his own games in high school, later attending a music ...
Gabriel Urbain Fauré ( French: [ɡabʁi.ɛl yʁbɛ̃ foʁe]; [ 1] 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) [ n 1] was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem ...