"The Dreamy Fish” composer (5)
![Ross](/clue/static/ross-mug.min.png)
I believe the answer is:
satie
(Other definitions for satie that I've seen before include "posed by yours truly close to stage" , "French composer (Trois Gymnopedies)" , "Erik -, nineteenth to twentieth century French composer" , "creative Frenchman" , "French avant-garde composer, Erik, d. 1925" .)