Now she's gaining momentum as a quite serious composer.

What is different about the 20th century other than simply the sound or style of its serious composers?

At first the music critics did not think he was a serious composer, but later people realized the importance of his music.

The image was not that of a serious composer.

He wanted to be thought of as a serious composer.

For a period in the second half of the 20th century, tonality was anathema to serious composers.

But Cadman first and foremost was a serious composer who wrote for nearly every genre.

I went after that category, what America considers a serious composer.

Most of his references are appropriate to contemporary serious composers in general.

They are probably performed more often than any other serious American composer.