Composer, German, meets with quiet success (8)

I believe the answer is:

gershwin

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'composer' is the definition.
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'german meets with quiet success' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'ger' (abbreviation).
'meets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'with quiet' becomes 'sh' (I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'success' becomes 'win'.
'ger'+'sh'+'win'='GERSHWIN'

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(Other definitions for gershwin that I've seen before include "American composer" , "US composer" , "he noted" , "George and Ira ..., American musical brothers" , "I Got Rhythm composer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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