The phrase "song composer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to someone who creates or writes music for songs.
Example: "The song composer worked tirelessly to create a melody that would resonate with listeners."
Alternatives: "music composer" or "songwriter".
Jimmy McHugh, orig.James Francis McHugh (born July 10, 1894, Boston, Mass., U.S. died May 23 , 1969 Beverly Hills, Calif ., U.S. song composer.
A-B comparisons with Schubert seldom benefit a song composer, but in Loewe's case the bull must be taken by the horns.
"I suppose part of the problem is that Fauré has been considered a song composer primarily, and most people have never heard anything except the Requiem.
MUSIC MOUNTAIN The Hugo Wolf Quartet, a brilliant young group from Vienna, is named for the great song composer, who struck string-quartet gold only once, with his delectable and diminutive "Italian Serenade".
As a song composer, he ranged from the complex and highly organized to the extremely simple, strophic type; his melodic invention is always original and direct, while the accompaniments are deeply evocative without ever being merely picturesque.
The poster lent its title to a concert of songs from the period performed at the Metropolitan Museum on Friday evening by the mezzo-soprano Joan Morris, the tenor Robert White and the pianist (and celebrated song composer) William Bolcom.
Like the great song composers of the past, Bill is guided by the words.
There is also, of course, a kinship with the early 20th-century French art song composers.
The current song composers clearly see themselves as successors in this tradition.
A new generation of American song composers has been winning the support of singers and song enthusiasts.
A new recital of his songs, many composed to poems by Jacques Prévert, reveals him to be one of the key song composers of the second half of the 20th century.
