She was among the earliest modern English composers to write for voice and string quartet.

He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures.

He is one of the earliest composers whose life we know something about.

He was one of the earliest composers to produce such programmatic pieces.

He went back to his days as an early musical composer and designed his own score on electronic tape.

Richard Wagner is the earliest composer most specifically associated with the concept of leitmotif.

He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available.

It is a tribute to Chopin, and contains echoes of the earlier composer's music.

They derive from a tradition of solo violin music by earlier composers.

As might be expected in the work of such a young composer, the influence of earlier composers is marked.