1.   Although he hardly admits it now, Derryberry points out that Nakamatsu was a prolific teen-age composer.

2.   A prolific composer who was especially adept at text setting, Ms. Talma wrote dozens of song cycles and choral works on both sacred and secular subjects.

3.   Finney was a prolific composer whose style evolved considerably in a career lasting nearly seven decades.

4.   He also remained a prolific composer, writing more than a thousand songs in a career that lasted over six decades.

5.   Hampartzoum Berberian, a prolific composer whose work showed both Western and Eastern musical influences, died of cancer Saturday in the Armenian Nursing Home in Boston.

6.   He was also a prolific composer of chamber and keyboard works.

7.   Mingus was a prolific composer who left behind a huge oeuvre, some of which has never been performed.

8.   The demand for new works was great, and it was met by a host of prolific composers.

9.   Alan Hovhaness, a prolific composer who melded Western and Asian musical styles to create a unique melodic blend of his own, died Wednesday.

10.   Burton Lane, a prolific composer of film and musical scores who worked closely with the legendary Gershwin brothers, has died here, a spokesman said Monday.