Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
Craft is part of the creative process.
Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.
Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.
I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.