Composer - Revision history

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AlanE: Bring up to date

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Kuromi at 05:30, December 30, 2011

2011-12-30T05:30:32Z

JDWpianist: wikilinks, grammar

2009-05-03T21:46:38Z

wikilinks, grammar

Jallen: dates, adding a couple

2009-03-22T05:31:11Z

dates, adding a couple

WesleyS: recat - cleaning up 'music' cat

2008-12-16T03:04:35Z

recat - cleaning up 'music' cat

DeanS: wikify + spelling

2008-10-30T19:54:50Z

wikify + spelling

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 * http://www.musicwithease.com/beethoven-quotes.html
 * http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mn200/music/composers.html
-* http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer
+* https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer
 == References ==

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 <references/>
-[[Category:Musical terms]]
+[[Category:Musical Terms]]
 [[Category:Composers]]

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 * Trent Reznor (1965 - )
-Composers are usually more interested in the actual music than fame or fortune, as opposed to many modern day musicians. This quote by Ludvig Van Beethoven shows the respect that composers in general have for the music they write:
+Composers are usually more interested in the actual music than fame or fortune, as opposed to many modern day musicians. This quote by Ludwig van Beethoven shows the respect that composers in general have for the music they write:
 <blockquote>"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."

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 -- Ludwig van Beethoven, quoted by Bettina von Arnin, letter to Goethe, 1810</blockquote>
-However, this attitude did not always prevail during the 20th century, when many composers, such as Milton Babbit, Pierre Boulez, and John Cage, wrote music that was deliberately unlistenable. <ref>Babbit, Milton  [http://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html "Who Cares if You Listen?"]</ref> This trend was generally associated with the destructive, atheistic forms of so-called "modern" art.
+However, this attitude did not always prevail during the 20th century, when many composers, such as Milton Babbit, Pierre Boulez, and John Cage, wrote music that was deliberately unlistenable.<ref>Babbit, Milton  [http://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html "Who Cares if You Listen?"]</ref> This trend was generally associated with the destructive, atheistic forms of so-called "modern" art.
 == See also ==
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 <references/>
-[[category:musical terms]]
+[[Category:Musical terms]]
 [[Category:Composers]]

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 * [[John Williams]]
 * [[Yanni]]  (New Age composer)
-* Peter Sculthorpe (1929 - )
+* Peter Sculthorpe (1929 - 2014 )
 * Trent Reznor (1965 - )

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 * George Frideric [[Handel]] (1685 - 1759)
 * [[Frédéric Chopin]] (1810 - 1849)
-* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
+* Johann Sebastian [[Bach]] (1685 - 1750)
-* Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
+* [[Franz Schubert]] (1797 - 1828)
-* Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
+* [[Claude Debussy]] (1862 - 1918)
-Two modern day composers are:
+Three modern-day composers are:
 * [[John Williams]]
 * [[Yanni]]  (New Age composer)

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-A '''composer''' is defined by the Meriam-Webster online dictionary as "a person who writes music". More specifically, a composer writes the music to be performed by a musician.  Though a composer can refer to anyone who writes music, the term is more commonly associated with European classical music, than the pop culture music genre of today (a person who writes music of this genre would be called a "songwriter" as opposed to a composer). A person who writes songs for movies, plays, etc. is reffered to as a composer today. Also there is an emerging genre of modern instumental music known as [[New Age]] that is written by composers.
+A '''composer''' is defined by the Meriam-Webster online [[dictionary]] as "a person who writes music". More specifically, a composer writes the music to be performed by a musician.  Though a composer can refer to anyone who writes music, the term is more commonly associated with European classical music, than the pop culture music genre of today (a person who writes music of this genre would be called a "songwriter" as opposed to a composer). A person who writes songs for movies, plays, etc. is referred to as a composer today. Also there is an emerging genre of modern instrumental music known as [[New Age]] that is written by composers.
 Famous composers of old Europe include:
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 * [[Yanni]]  (New Age composer)
-Composers are usually more interested in the actual music than fame or fotune, as opposed to many modern day musicians. This quote by Ludvig Van Beethoven shows the respect that composers in general have for the music they write:
+Composers are usually more interested in the actual music than fame or fortune, as opposed to many modern day musicians. This quote by Ludvig Van Beethoven shows the respect that composers in general have for the music they write:
 <blockquote>"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."