French composer

Parisian musical creator

A French composer is someone from France who writes music.

The term appears frequently in crossword puzzles, music history texts, and program notes: The concert featured works by several French composers.

Notable examples span centuries, from Lully and Rameau through Berlioz, Debussy, and Ravel to contemporary figures.

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Claude Debussy · Maurice Ravel · Symbolism · Exoticism · Cantata · sacred music · Contemporary · film score · Medieval · Notre Dame school · Minimalism · Realism · Renaissance · Futurism

Opposites
nationality

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Music writer from Deutschland

Russian composer · Beethoven · Wagner · Bach · Brahms

musical role

French composerperformer

One who entertains audiences

interpreter · conductor · session musician · singer · instrumentalist

artistic domain

French composerFrench poet

Verse author from France

French novelist · French architect · French writer · French playwright

Family

French, France, Frenchman, Frenchwoman, Francophone, Franco, compose, composer, composers

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