One of the tests for a new court composer was to give him a theme and have him develop it.

He resided in Berlin as the court composer until 1703.

As court composer to the imperial household in Vienna, he held the highest position the establishment could award to a musician.

He accepted a post as court composer at Parma.

This made him the premier court composer, in practice if not in actual title.

This in effect left Salieri's role as assistant court composer in a much reduced position.

Putting up with the slights of Lully, court composer, though, is another matter.

By 1745, Rameau had won acceptance as the official court composer, but a new controversy broke out in the 1750s.

In 1803, he went to Paris, where he was appointed court composer in 1805.

In 1758 he was appointed a Kapellmeister and court composer.