The phrase "a composition for the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a piece of music, literature, or art that is created for a specific purpose or audience.
Example: "The concert featured a composition for the orchestra that captivated the audience."
Alternatives: "a piece for the" or "a work for the".
"I've used spoons in a composition for the National Youth Orchestra, but I've never considered a vuvuzela.
Later that fall, he said, "I wrote a composition for the good nuns saying that when I grow up, I wanted to be a sportscaster".
A composition for the latest version by Samuel Sim – an apt choice as "Sim" was the pseudonym under which the young Simenon first published – has opted for ominous strings and a Piaf-like song.
Talking briefly to Mr. Sachs during the course of the concert, he mentioned that he was completing a composition for the Philadelphia Orchestra and would then be going on to one for the National Symphony.
THE title of Jayne Cohen's new cookbook, "The Gefilte Variations" (Scribner, $35), sounds as if it might be a composition for the Klezmatics, but it reveals the author's frequently playful approach to Jewish food.
Nevertheless, he sits down to write a composition for the absent Don Juan: The thing was, I couldn't think of a room or a house or anything to describe the way Stradlater said he had to have.
His most recent CD is a composition for MRI machine – the 'score' consists of specifying various scans – 'knee'anklele' – so for many researchers it may seem like a busman's holiday.
Usually the frottola was a composition for four voice parts with the melody in the top line.
The lush lyricism finds its counterpart in the music, a composition for piano and strings by Mr. Nyman, who is best known for his haunting score for the 1993 film "The Piano".
Highlights include the world premieres of "Piece for Flute and String Quintet" by Mark O'Connor and a composition for flute piano and strings, "The Unquestioned Answer," by Ned Rorem, above.
Why we like her: For A Composition for Detroit, her 2009 elegy to the beleaguered one-time giant of the car industry, created for New York's MoMA's New Photography show.
