Yet for the first concert of its residency with the museum, the group of composer-players treads respectfully as it assembles a "permanent collection" of works by Wagner, Ives and Ligeti, with the contemporary Thomas Adès thrown in for good measure.
"Now I am working together with a group of composers, and I act as the conductor".
But as with any celebrated group of composers, some fit the stereotype better than others.
Les Six was a group of composers consisting of Francis Poulenc and approximately five others.
Several 20th-century studies deal with the contrapuntal technique of a particular composer or group of composers.
Five musical premieres last week by Young China, a group of composers founded by Mr. Lee, suggests the search is bearing fruit.
June 18th: For much of the summer, I took refuge in the spare, quiet spaces of the Wandelweiser group of composers.
Kim was one of a select group of composers to whom Beckett granted permission to set his words.
Listeners will be impressed by the talent of the Philharmonic's chosen group of composers, which includes Denis Khorov, Marina Khorkova, Alexander Khubeev, Dmitri Kourliandski, and Nikolay Popov.
Here Rossi's music revealed him to be part of — and sometimes leading — a wider group of composers who were testing the limits of harmony and expressive effects.
Notre-Dame school, during the late 12th and early 13th centuries, an important group of composers and singers working under the patronage of the great Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris.
