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  • adjective Characteristic of a musical composer.

Etymologies

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composer +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He died in 1994, but his legacy has continued to grow as his composerly range and status as a technologically advanced sound engineer have come to be further understood.

    Sonic Experiments And a Country Tonic Andy Battaglia 2011

  • I suggest to Jennifer Walshe that the traditional composerly role is rooted in old-fashioned notions of masculinity.

    Huddersfield festival and the future of contemporary classical music Christopher Fox 2010

  • Just playing the instrument without sheet music seems a composerly act.

    Jazzers Solal, Gustavsen Shine In Age of Really Good Pianists 2003

  • Just playing the instrument without sheet music seems a composerly act.

    Jazzers Solal, Gustavsen Shine In Age of Really Good Pianists 2003

  • The effortless refrains of the love-at-first-sight ode 'Saint Augustine in Hell' and the courtship drama 'Seven Days' affirm what's really good about pop, while sudden tempo changes and other composerly touches dispense with (or at least circumvent) its constricting formulas.

    Ten Summoner's Tales 1993

  • Hutchinson doesn't solo much, but his creativity is highlighted in his composerly structuring of the tunes and his seamless integration into the trio.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • In this case, the imminent composerly project has become the 800-pound gorilla of sorts, overshadowing my relationship with the text as a work of literature and prompting all kinds of musical/dramatic analysis that I'd prefer to keep separate for now.

    NewMusicBox 2009

  • Unfortunately, it is often perceived that the introduction of chance operations into the decision-making procedures of a composer are in some one an abdication of composerly choice.

    Renewable Music 2008

  • A major interest of the European avant-garde was the composition of music that stood in some negative relationship to tradition, negating tonality, metre, continuity, genre, style, or composerly authority, another net sum of null.

    Renewable Music 2008

  • Time has passed, Wein, Weib is Kikapu’s 72nd release, and System Boot’s “Madison” is more composerly, less focused on visceral shudders and more on lovely layering.

    Disquiet » Backward-Masked Fave from Half-Gig Compilation 2004

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