Composer: alternatives and connections

A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.

A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force…

The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a p…

One who composes or sets in order.

That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.

Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.

A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to…

One who composes elegies.

A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.

One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.

To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.

The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, pa…