Prokofiev may well be the most popular composer of 20th century music.

He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era.

He has been described as the first "popular composer" in Mexico.

By 1885 he was the most popular composer of songs in England.

He is still one of the most popular composers of light music.

In his own time, von Call was a popular composer.

He remains one of the most popular composers to have emerged from India.

He was one of the most popular and important composers of his time.

Mark Lui was a popular composer by the late 1990s.

It is a risk, for Mozart has by no means always been the world's most popular composer.