Composer

Portrait of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composing at his desk, by Valentin Serov, 1898

A composer is a person who writes music.[1] The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music,[2] or those who are composers by occupation.[3] Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.

  1. ^ OED: composer, 3..
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