Talk:Composer

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[edit] Desperately needs work - also needs better definition

Please help to improve this article. It has been completely overlooked, despite the fact that hundreds of articles link to it.

I'm also trying to find a good definition of a composer. The original, "one who writes music", seems nebulous and semi-incorrect. One cannot "write music." Music is sound, not notation. "One who writes music notation" would be more accurate, but that would confuse a composer with a music copyist or something of the sort. Until a better definition is found, I've put in the definition currently on the page. I would really like some feedback on this! -Wolf m corcoran (talk) 01:37, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree this is in bad condition. Looked for an article to help base some work on it but Songwriter and Guitarist are even worse! I suppose this could be merged into Musical composition given that they'll generally cover the same topic matter. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 17:34, 13 June 2008 (UTC) (God, just looked and that's awful too. What's going on here?)

[edit] i need the answers

i need the answers to how much money does a composers earn, who employs a composer, are they genrally freelance? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.26.145.5 (talk) 01:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

The scope of your question is vague. Do you mean composers of the 11th century? 14th? 21st? Obviously a great deal of difference. Same for you other questions. Throughout time, composers have operated both as freelancers and as payed employees, and often as both simultaneously. The fact that you need this information demonstrates how lacking this article is. Do you intend to edit it, or was this a general fact-finding question? --Wolf m corcoran (talk) 03:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)