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com·pos·er
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kəmˈpoʊ
zər
/
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uh
m-
poh
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noun
1.
a person or thing that
composes
.
2.
a person who writes music.
3.
an author.
Origin:
1555–65;
compose
+
-er
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composer
(kəmˈpəʊzə)
—
n
1.
a person who composes music
2.
a person or machine that composes anything, esp type for printing
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
composer
"one who writes and arranges music," 1590s, from
compose
. Used in general sense of "one who combines into a whole" from 1640s, but the music sense remains the predominant one.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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A number of other twentieth century
composers
made extensive use of the fugue.
Some
composers
prefer terms from their own language rather than the standard terms here.
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