Possible Clues:

• Some work penned by Chopin, say, is revolutionary for composer
• Composer replies strangely about work
• Garden features? Yes, for Italian composer
• Amount of work included by Chopin and Lutoslawski, say, plus one other composer
• Composer's piano sounding lethargic: therefore, shut up
• Sixteenth century Italian composer of La serva padrona
• Composer uneasily nears Kentucky
• Beautiful creature about to leave the French composer
• Composer's 'Zing!' covered by ailing Presley (not the last one)
• Composer using piano, so the French one