composer
English Thesaurus
1. someone who composes music as a profession (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | musician, |
| definition | : | artist who composes or conducts music as a profession (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | contrapuntist, |
| definition | : | a composer who specializes in counterpoint (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | psalmist, |
| definition | : | a composer of sacred songs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ballad maker, songster, songwriter, |
| definition | : | a composer of words or music for popular songs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | symphonist, |
| definition | : | a composer of symphonies (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, |
| definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bach, johann sebastian bach, |
| definition | : | German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | barber, samuel barber, |
| definition | : | United States composer (1910-1981) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bartok, bela bartok, |
| definition | : | Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | beethoven, ludwig van beethoven, van beethoven, |
| definition | : | German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bellini, vincenzo bellini, |
| definition | : | Italian composer of operas (1801-1835) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | alban berg, berg, |
| definition | : | Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | berlioz, hector berlioz, louis-hector berlioz, |
| definition | : | French composer of romantic works (1803-1869) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bernstein, leonard bernstein, |
| definition | : | United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bizet, georges bizet, |
| definition | : | French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | blitzstein, marc blitzstein, |
| definition | : | United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bloch, ernest bloch, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aleksandr borodin, aleksandr porfirevich borodin, borodin, |
| definition | : | Russian composer (1833-1887) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | boulez, pierre boulez, |
| definition | : | French composer of serial music (born in 1925) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | brahms, johannes brahms, |
| definition | : | German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | benjamin britten, britten, edward benjamin britten, lord britten of aldeburgh, |
| definition | : | major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anton bruckner, bruckner, |
| definition | : | Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | byrd, william byrd, |
| definition | : | English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cage, john cage, john milton cage jr., |
| definition | : | United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | carlos chavez, chavez, |
| definition | : | Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cherubini, luigi cherubini, maria luigi carlo zenobio cherubini, |
| definition | : | Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | chopin, frederic francois chopin, |
| definition | : | French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aaron copland, copland, |
| definition | : | United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | arcangelo corelli, corelli, |
| definition | : | Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | couperin, francois couperin, |
| definition | : | French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | coward, noel coward, sir noel pierce coward, |
| definition | : | English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | czerny, karl czerny, |
| definition | : | Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | claude achille debussy, claude debussey, debussy, |
| definition | : | French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | clement philibert leo delibes, delibes, leo delibes, |
| definition | : | French composer of operas (1836-1891) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | delius, frederick delius, |
| definition | : | English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | donizetti, gaetano donizetti, |
| definition | : | Italian composer of operas (1797-1848) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dowland, john dowland, |
| definition | : | English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dukas, paul dukas, |
| definition | : | French composer (1865-1935) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | antonin dvorak, dvorak, |
| definition | : | Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | elgar, sir edward elgar, sir edward william elgar, |
| definition | : | British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | enesco, george enescu, georges enesco, |
| definition | : | Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | falla, manuel de falla, |
| definition | : | Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cesar franck, franck, |
| definition | : | French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | george gershwin, gershwin, |
| definition | : | United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | glinka, mikhail glinka, mikhail ivanovich glinka, |
| definition | : | Russian composer (1804-1857) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | christoph willibald von gluck, gluck, |
| definition | : | German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | charles francois gounod, gounod, |
| definition | : | French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | george percy aldridge grainger, grainger, percy aldridge grainger, percy grainger, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edvard grieg, edvard hagerup grieg, grieg, |
| definition | : | Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | fromental halevy, halevy, jacques francois fromental elie halevy, |
| definition | : | French operatic composer (1799-1862) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | georg friedrich handel, george frederick handel, george frideric handel, handel, |
| definition | : | a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | handy, w. c. handy, william christopher handy, |
| definition | : | United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | franz joseph haydn, haydn, joseph haydn, |
| definition | : | prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hindemith, paul hindemith, |
| definition | : | German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | arthur honegger, honegger, |
| definition | : | Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | engelbert humperdinck, humperdinck, |
| definition | : | German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ibert, jacques francois antoine ibert, |
| definition | : | French composer (1890-1962) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | charles edward ives, ives, |
| definition | : | United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | joachim, joseph joachim, |
| definition | : | Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | joplin, scott joplin, |
| definition | : | United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aram kachaturian, kachaturian, |
| definition | : | Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jerome david kern, jerome kern, kern, |
| definition | : | United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aram ilich khachaturian, aram khachaturian, khachaturian, |
| definition | : | Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | constant lambert, lambert, leonard constant lambert, |
| definition | : | English composer and conductor (1905-1951) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | lasso, orlando di lasso, roland de lassus, |
| definition | : | Belgian composer (1532-1594) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | huddie leadbetter, leadbelly, ledbetter, |
| definition | : | United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | franz lehar, lehar, |
| definition | : | Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | franz liszt, liszt, |
| definition | : | Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | andrew lloyd webber, baron lloyd webber of sydmonton, lloyd webber, |
| definition | : | English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frederick loewe, loewe, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | giambattista lulli, jean baptiste lully, lulli, lully, |
| definition | : | French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edward macdowell, macdowell, |
| definition | : | United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gustav mahler, mahler, |
| definition | : | Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jules emile frederic massenet, massenet, |
| definition | : | French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | felix mendelssohn, jakob ludwig felix mendelssohn-bartholdy, mendelssohn, |
| definition | : | German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gian carlo menotti, menotti, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | giacomo meyerbeer, jakob liebmann beer, meyerbeer, |
| definition | : | German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | darius milhaud, milhaud, |
| definition | : | French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | claudio monteverdi, monteverdi, |
| definition | : | Italian composer (1567-1643) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | douglas moore, moore, |
| definition | : | United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | mozart, wolfgang amadeus mozart, |
| definition | : | prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | modest moussorgsky, modest mussorgsky, modest petrovich moussorgsky, modest petrovich mussorgsky, moussorgsky, mussorgsky, |
| definition | : | Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | carl august nielsen, carl nielsen, nielsen, |
| definition | : | Danish composer (1865-1931) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jacques offenbach, offenbach, |
| definition | : | French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | orbison, roy orbison, |
| definition | : | United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | giovanni pierluigi da palestrina, palestrina, |
| definition | : | Italian composer (1526-1594) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | piston, walter piston, |
| definition | : | United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cole albert porter, cole porter, porter, |
| definition | : | United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | francis poulenc, poulenc, |
| definition | : | French pianist and composer (1899-1963) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | prokofiev, sergei sergeyevich prokofiev, |
| definition | : | Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | giacomo puccini, puccini, |
| definition | : | Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | henry purcell, purcell, |
| definition | : | English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | rachmaninoff, rachmaninov, sergei rachmaninoff, sergei rachmaninov, sergei vasilievich rachmaninoff, sergei vasilievich rachmaninov, |
| definition | : | composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jean-philippe rameau, rameau, |
| definition | : | French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | maurice ravel, ravel, |
| definition | : | French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | reich, stephen michael reich, steve reich, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in 1936) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ottorino respighi, respighi, |
| definition | : | Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nikolai andreyevich rimski-korsakov, nikolai andreyevich rimsky-korsakov, rimski-korsakov, rimsky-korsakov, |
| definition | : | Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | richard rodgers, rodgers, |
| definition | : | United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | romberg, sigmund romberg, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | giloacchino antonio rossini, rossini, |
| definition | : | Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anton gregor rubinstein, anton grigorevich rubinstein, anton rubenstein, rubinstein, |
| definition | : | Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | charles camille saint-saens, saint-saens, |
| definition | : | French pianist and composer (1835-1921) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | erik alfred leslie satie, erik satie, satie, |
| definition | : | French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | artur schnabel, schnabel, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | arnold schoenberg, arnold schonberg, schoenberg, schonberg, |
| definition | : | United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | franz peter schubert, franz schubert, franz seraph peter schubert, schubert, |
| definition | : | Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | robert alexander schumann, robert schumann, schumann, |
| definition | : | German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | clara josephine schumann, schumann, |
| definition | : | German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | aleksandr nikolayevich scriabin, aleksandr scriabin, scriabin, |
| definition | : | Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | andres segovia, segovia, |
| definition | : | Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | roger huntington sessions, roger sessions, sessions, |
| definition | : | United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dmitri dmitrievich shostakovich, dmitri shostakovich, shostakovich, |
| definition | : | Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jean sibelius, johan julius christian sibelius, sibelius, |
| definition | : | Finnish composer (1865-1957) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bedrich smetana, smetana, |
| definition | : | Czech composer (1824-1884) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sondheim, stephen sondheim, |
| definition | : | United States composer of musicals (born in 1930) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | john philip sousa, march king, sousa, |
| definition | : | a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | johann strauss, strauss, strauss the elder, |
| definition | : | Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | johann strauss, strauss, strauss the younger, |
| definition | : | Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | richard strauss, strauss, |
| definition | : | German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | igor fyodorovich stravinsky, igor stravinsky, stravinsky, |
| definition | : | composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | arthur seymour sullivan, arthur sullivan, sir arthur sullivan, sullivan, |
| definition | : | English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | tallis, thomas tallis, |
| definition | : | English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | deems taylor, joseph deems taylor, taylor, |
| definition | : | United States composer and music critic (1885-1966) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | peter ilich tchaikovsky, peter tchaikovsky, pyotr ilych tchaikovsky, pyotr tchaikovsky, tchaikovsky, |
| definition | : | important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | georg philipp telemann, telemann, |
| definition | : | German baroque composer (1681-1767) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | thomson, virgil garnett thomson, virgil thomson, |
| definition | : | United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | edgar varese, varese, |
| definition | : | United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ralph vaughan williams, vaughan williams, |
| definition | : | English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | giuseppe verdi, guiseppe fortunino francesco verdi, verdi, |
| definition | : | Italian operatic composer (1813-1901) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | heitor villa-lobos, villa-lobos, |
| definition | : | Brazilian composer (1887-1959) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | antonio lucio vivaldi, antonio vivaldi, vivaldi, |
| definition | : | Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | richard wagner, wagner, wilhelm richard wagner, |
| definition | : | German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sir william turner walton, sir william walton, walton, william walton, |
| definition | : | English composer (1902-1983) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | baron karl maria friedrich ernst von weber, carl maria von weber, weber, |
| definition | : | German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | kurt weill, weill, |
| definition | : | German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950) (noun.person) |
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