Composer

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Composer" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate. (September 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (September 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

A composer is a person who writes music.^[1] The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music,^[2] or those who are composers by occupation.^[3] Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.