Levasseur, who had been suffering under severe illness, made his reappearance in the character of Bertrand, and, as usual, the announcement of the most admired production of the favorite composer of the day had attracteda brilliant and fashionable audience.
Oh, it is well enough as the production of a human composer, sung by featherless bipeds, to quote the late Diogenes.
The poor queen was so scared and humbled that she was even afraid to hang the
composer without first consulting me.
Whatever it was, it simmered to some purpose, for he grew more and more discontented with his desultory life, began to long for some real and earnest work to go at, soul and body, and finally came to the wise conclusion that everyone who loved music was not a
composer.
On the whole I incline to the latter view, since the matter was evidently important, and it is unlikely that the
composer of such a letter would be careless.
She said that this
composer had made a complete revolution in music and was burying the old masters one by one.
Hilbery, who had a very sweet voice, trolled out a famous lyric of her father's which had been set to an absurdly and charmingly sentimental air by some early Victorian
composer.
music is apparently by that eminent
composer, Richard Wagner.
We stole out of the room on tiptoe, and left Miserrimus Dexter--poet,
composer, and madman--in his peaceful sleep.
Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of
Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students, by Scott Pfitzinger.
The concert will feature scores from
composers including John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, and many more.
Highlights of next May's festival include world and UK premieres, three featured
composers and performances by soloists on a wide range of instruments from the euphonium to the hurdy gurdy.
