It is capable, composers have long known, of great lyricism and power.

A few of these songs are standards, and their composers well known.

The composer knew the story and put it into the music.

As most chefs and composers know, achieving cultural synthesis isn't an easy task.

We still don't know how to present his opera to its best advantage, perhaps because the composer didn't know himself.

"I always think the composer knew his business better than I do."

Early-instrument players claimed to be getting closer to the sounds the composers knew.

And composers know we're willing to try just about anything.

Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.

He acts on the premise that the composer knew what he wanted.