great composer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandcomposer
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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composer
noun[C]
uk/kəmˈpəʊ.zər/us/kəmˈpoʊ.zɚ/
a person who ...
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(Definition ofgreatandcomposerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It pours not from the childish soul but from the hyper-sophisticated soul of agreatcomposer.
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Thus, it makes little sense to treat these pieces as fixed compositions where every detail was planned by thegreatcomposer.
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Just as obviously, no spoken play has the advantage of being set to music by agreatcomposer.
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He was agreatcomposer, and also a profoundly inspiring human being and teacher.
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Ligeti himself was half admired, half distrusted : he was too brilliant a mind to be considered agreatcomposer.
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I am not necessarily convinced that he was agreatcomposer, but some people think so.
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I do not know whichgreatcomposerhe will call in aid to substantiate that point.
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He is agreatcomposer.
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Although his compositional output was relatively small, he is considered agreatcomposerof marches.
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An unusually large number of laments appeared after the death of thisgreatcomposer.
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About six works by somegreatcomposerare chosen for study each term.
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I was able to hear a lot of the great composers.
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In music history the emphasis on merely delivering information, such as biographical facts and work lists of great composers was negatively experienced.
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It was in effect the mastering of the guitar that led the then 16-yearold to perceive that historically great composers had hardly considered the guitar in their works.
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Names of dramatists, great composers and artists turn up as the prime expression of great countries and their individuality.
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One would think that such heirs of great composers would significantly benefit, together with authors and publishers.
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Great composers and artists know nothing of nationalities.
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Scotland produced other great composers at the time that other nations were producing music with their own national idiom.
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Even worse was his lack of reverence and fealty to the great composers.
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His choreography was a mixture of many dance styles performed to music ranging from classical ballet's great composers to modern rock music.
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