A composer of fugues.

A composer of symphonies (symphony, n. 5b).

A person skilled in composing or producing melody. Also in extended use.

one who composes or utters a threnody.

A composer of instrumental music. Now rare.

A melodist; a singer.

Music. A polyphonic composer or theorist; a person skilled in counterpoint.

a person skilled at communicating drama by musical means; a creator of music dramas.

A writer, composer, or performer of operettas.

(a) a musical composer; (b) spec. one who composes tone poems.

A person who composes or arranges music for an orchestra, band, etc. Also figurative: a person who directs, manages, or coordinates.

(a) Art = impressionist, n. 1a; (b) Music = impressionist, n. 2.

Music. A person who composes in the monodic style.

Frequently as Romantic. A composer of Romantic music.

An adherent or practitioner of neoclassical style or principles.

A writer of orchestral music; one who arranges music to be played by an orchestra.

One who composes musical variations.

A composer or advocate of mensural music, esp. an advocate of the performance of plainsong in notes of fixed duration.

Music. A composer of impressionistic music. Also attributive.

A composer or writer of the pre-Romantic period.

a person who creates or uses grandiose, apt, or striking phrases; (also) a composer of musical phrases.

A person who composes, plays, or advocates polytonal music.

a composer using this system.

Music. A composer, advocate, or admirer of serial music or composition (see serial, adj. 8).

a composer employing the twelve-tone technique.

A composer of short pieces of music; (occasionally) a writer of short stories. Cf. miniature, n. 3c.

Music. A composer or performer of minimal music. See minimal, adj. 6c.

Music. A composer whose work emphasizes tonality; hence, a composer who favours (traditional) harmonies.