Michael Neyman (1944-) is a composer, pianist, librettist and musicologist. He studied at King's College London, and later at the Royal Academy of Music. Neyman's music is often minimalist in style; he is credited as the first person to use the term to described a piece of music, first used by him to describe the music of Cornelius Cardew. As well as composing and critiquing, he also wrote music more TV shows.