作曲家(さっきょくか)

さっきょくか
noun
composer
occupationmusic
1. composer
A person who writes music, either as a profession or as the creator of well-known works.
好(す)きな作曲家(さっきょくか)はだれですか。
Who is your favorite composer?
彼(かれ)は映画(えいが)音楽(おんがく)の作曲家(さっきょくか)だ。
He is a film composer.
ベートーベンは耳(みみ)が聞(き)こえなくなってからも作曲家(さっきょくか)として名曲(めいきょく)を書(か)き続(つづ)けた。
Beethoven kept writing great works as a composer even after he lost his hearing.

From 作曲(さっきょく) (composing music) + 家(か) (a person known for an activity). In popular music the person who writes the words is the 作詞家(さくしか), and the credits often read 作詞(さくし)・作曲(さっきょく) (lyrics and music).

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Compare: 作詞家(さくしか) (lyricist)
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