German composer

Bach, for example

A German composer is a person from Germany who writes music.

The phrase appears constantly in music history and criticism because German-speaking lands produced an outsized share of classical music's central figures—Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, and many others.

The concert featured works by three German composers.

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