Sentence examples for classical composers of from inspiring English sources

The prize honors classical composers of outstanding achievement.

I believe the classical composers of Western music brought the influences of their environments into the music, and I'm wondering how I can follow the same path".

What kept emancipated Jewish "classical" composers of the modern era from writing music for the synagogue, as their Christian colleagues wrote for the church?

The 19th century will pose the toughest calls in our whimsical attempt to identify the top 10 classical composers of all time.

It is this obsessive attention to detail that has made Muhly, an American, into one of the most celebrated and sought after classical composers of the last decade.

Having skipped ahead to the 20th century in our ambitious quest to identify the top 10 classical composers of all time, let's shift back to the crowded and complex 19th century.

Gasol also regularly reads historical novels, plays the works of French classical composers on his keyboard, and attends concerts and operas; he is a friend of Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo, and often visits him backstage after performances.

Nico Muhly, 33, is perhaps the most successful classical composer of his generation.

Alonso is, in effect, a classical composer of earnest intent and notable inspiration, and Bay is a rock musician of vulgar but distinctive extravagance.

John Tavener, who has died peacefully at 69 at his home, was the single most popular British classical composer of the late 20th and 21st centuries.

Was it the maker of extended-play disco records like "Go Bang!," the minimalist classical composer of "Tower of Meaning," the new-wave/R&B auteur of "Calling Out of Context" or the strange and intimate cello-and-voice songwriter of "World of Echo"?