what is the person who writes music called
exists and is an alternate of. Merge this question into. Split and merge into it. Answer by Amoosagie. Confidence votes 131. A person who writes music is called a music composer or a songwriter. A singer-songwriter is one who writes, composes and sing their own music material.he person who writes literature is called a writer (poet, novelist,master of short story,teller,scenarist in movie making field). + 9 others found this useful.