Haydn or Strauss, say (8)

I believe the answer is:

composer

(Other definitions for composer that I've seen before include "Eg, Elgar" , "Writer of music" , "One creates music" , "eg Hoagy Carmichael" , "Arnold, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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