5 Worst Composers Ever!!

[snyprrr]

Ah...when in doubt, start some trouble!

1) Philip Glass
2) Terry Riley
3)
4) anyone influenced by Richard Strauss (Strauss waltzes incl. by default)
5) H. Gorecki (Sym No.3 and Harpsichord Cto. notwithstanding)

There...I feel better now...and you?

[Dr. Dread]

1. How
2. Would
3. We
4. Know their...
5. Names?

[Wanderer]

Ah...when in doubt, start some trouble!

1) Philip Glass
2) Terry Riley
3)
4) anyone influenced by Richard Strauss (Strauss waltzes incl. by default)
5) H. Gorecki (Sym No.3 and Harpsichord Cto. notwithstanding)

There...I feel better now...and you?

Squeeze Webern there in the middle and you're set.

[monafam]

I am not hard to please and this is not to dispute your list, but the works I have from Glass are decent; I only have one from Riley ("The Book of Abbeyozoud") which is really good, but apparently not very Riley-ish; and I like most of what I've heard from Gorecki.

They aren't favorites of mine, but I have enjoyed what I've heard...

[ChamberNut]

  Not a great idea for a thread.  Can't we just stick to favorites?

This one should make it to the "5 worst threads" that is around somewhere.

[Dr. Dread]

1. Bill Jones
2. Jack Smith
3. Sam Simpson
4. Simpy Sambini
5. Fred Freud

[ChamberNut]

Fine then....here goes

1. Britney Spears
2. 50 cent
3. Bjork (any stork or bird apparel wearing pop stars incl. by default)
4. Nickelback
5. Ringo Starr

[Todd]

1. Britney Spears

But does she actually write the music or lyrics?

Clearly, any such list requires mention of Harry Wayne Casey.

[Joe Barron]

I would think the worst composers are the ones we never heard of. Such judgments really tell us more about the person making the judgment than they do about the composers themselves, and that is true of a list of the five best composers, as well. I agree that Glass and Gorecki are terrible, but they must mean something to someone.

And I like what little of Bjork I've heard.

[monafam]

Maybe I'm the only Gorecki fan?   I feel so base; so common!   

[Tapkaara]

Glass is a great composer. I can't believe how much flak he gets!

I won't go so far as to say who the 5 worst are, but I will list 5 that I can't stand.

Schonberg
Gershwin
Copland
Mozart
Glazunov

Of course, there are many more...

[Dr. Dread]

Glass is a great composer. I can't believe how much flak he gets!

I won't go so far as to say who the 5 worst are, but I will list 5 that I can't stand.

Schonberg
Gershwin
Copland
Mozart
Glazunov

Of course, there are many more...

I agree on two. Well, I wouldn't call them "the worst"...

[Franco]

Glass is a great composer. I can't believe how much flak he gets!

I won't go so far as to say who the 5 worst are, but I will list 5 that I can't stand.

Schonberg
Gershwin
Copland
Mozart
Glazunov

Of course, there are many more...

Thanks for this.  I now know that I can reliably deduce the opposite of whatever opinion you post and extract some useful information.  Aside from Glazunov (no slam there, he's just not someone who regularly has a place on my program), the other four are among my most highly appreciated composers.

[Lethevich]

Time to piss some people off!

James Horner, Messiaen, Pfitzner, Satie, J Strauss I

[Dr. Dread]

Time to piss some people off!

James Horner, Messiaen, Pfitzner, Satie, J Strauss I

I am so unpissed right now!!! 

[Lethevich]

I am so unpissed right now!!! 

Damnit, I thought the militant J Strauss fans would be sending hatemail by now Perhaps this is because they all do suck - which is true as far as I am concerned 0:)

[Tapkaara]

Thanks for this.  I now know that I can reliably deduce the opposite of whatever opinion you post and extract some useful information.  

Indeed it works both ways. 

[karlhenning]

I am so unpissed right now!!! 

Yes. No.

Sara:  Although there's the occasional overlap, you've got your film scores, and you've got composition.  Cotton candy and oranges.

[DavidW]

Maybe I'm the only Gorecki fan?   I feel so base; so common!   

I like Gorecki!

[Dr. Dread]

He's better than a kick in the ass with a lead boot!