Composer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Composer \Com*pos"er\, n.
     1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a
        piece of music.
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              If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in


              them, they at least . . . show an honest industry
              and a good intention in the composer. --Addison.
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              His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is
              founded upon his talents as a composer. --Moore
                                                    (Encyc. of
                                                    Mus.).
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     2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a
        difference.
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              Sweet composers of the pensive soul.  --Gay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  composer
       n : someone who composes music as a profession

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "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