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a god of sound who builds cathedrals nobody can touch and everybody can feel

means A person who writes music, arranging notes and rhythms into a finished work for others to perform.

from From Latin componere, "to put together" — com- ("together") plus ponere ("to place"), the same root that gives us "compose," "component," and "composite." The word arrived in English through French, and at heart it simply means one who places things side by side; the composer just happens to place sounds, until the arrangement becomes a symphony.

deaf genius
Beethoven wrote his Ninth Symphony unable to hear it
child prodigy
Mozart composed his first piece at five
silent piece
John Cage's 4'33'' is four minutes of nothing
prolific count
Bach fathered 20 kids and 1,000-plus works
for instance

ludwig van beethoven — german composer (1770-1827) who wrote 9 symphonies including the 'ode to joy'

wolfgang amadeus mozart — austrian composer (1756-1791) who wrote 626 catalogued works including don giovanni

johann sebastian bach — german baroque composer (1685-1750) who wrote the well-tempered clavier and mass in b minor

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