What is a Composer? Here is The Definition, Scope and Characters

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FEMUSINDO.com - A composer is a person who creates musical works, both instrumental and vocal.

Composers can write music for various formats, such as solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, and orchestra.

Composers can work in various environments and organizations, such as creating musical scores for film and television.

Then, writing music for radio or television advertisements and creating musical works that can be performed in opera or dance concerts.

Composers also create musical works that can be synchronized with visual elements to create a multimedia experience.

Meanwhile, film composers are responsible for creating background music that enhances the emotions, themes and atmosphere of the film.

Some of the world's famous composers include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach, Amy Beach, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel and Arcangelo Corelli.

Other famous composers include Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Antonin Leopold Dvorak, Jacob Luis Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Pedro Ilich Tchaikovsky and George Philipp Telemann.

While in Indonesia, some composers who played a major role include Slamet Abdul Sjukur, Amir Pasaribu, Otto Sidharta and Tony Prabowo. (*)