composer

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1. N-COUNT A composer is a person who writes music, especially classical music. (尤指古典音乐) 作曲家
...music by Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven, and other great composers. …施特劳斯、莫扎特、贝多芬及其他伟大作曲家创作的音乐。

The composer Strauss was once challenged to a duel .
The famous jazz musician , Duke Ellington, was a composer, arranger and pianist .
As a composer, he was up there with the best .
In my opinion , no other composers even begin to approach Mozart.
Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin were leading Romantic composers.