composer
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He can’t channel a direct personal relationship with the composer, as did Bud Powell and Barry Harris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Kairi’s scenes are often accompanied by the powerful score from composer Yoko Shimomura, amplifying the emotion that has driven the games’ fanbase for more than two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Pintscher was enticed to the Salzburg Festival as part of this summer’s homage to the ageless Hungarian composer György Kurtág, who turned 100 this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
But their first act was promising, and a lunch with Kallman in New York further reassured the composer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
From the Eroica symphony onwards, Beethoven self-consciously became a composer with a mission: he would change the world through his art.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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The Pulitzer that Marsalis won in 1997 for his two-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio, “Blood on the Fields,” was historic: since the jury started honoring music in 1943, they’d never recognized jazz, only classical composers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
For his part, Noseda has done an exceptional job in championing major Black composers at home and on record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In that note, Mr. Batiste also connects Mozart with Monk, citing how the two composers combined “melodic simplicity with staggering complexity” to “challenge convention while achieving universal appeal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The regulator quickly confirmed that the works were by composers who really were dead and no fees were required.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Clearly this was not satisfactory either for keyboard tuners or composers, who were in practical terms restricted to certain keys.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Academy Awards, List 3
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