The best looking composer?

[knight66]

Mendelssohn would have voted for his sister. According to an old BBC Mag headline that I cherish; 'Fanny was absolutely central to the life of Mendelssohn'.

Mike

[Gurn Blanston]

Mendelssohn would have voted for his sister. According to an old BBC Mag headline that I cherish; 'Fanny was absolutely central to the life of Mendelssohn'.

Mike

I remember a time in my own life... 

[Marc]

This smells like necrophilia. All these good people are dead ....

I need my composing darling to be alive (and kicking)!

My choice would be:



Andrea Lindberg Tarrodi.

(Sorry, Karl.)

[knight66]

Roxanna Panufnik




or

Dame Ethel Smyth



Oh...give me a mo there!

Mike

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Andrea Lindberg Tarrodi.

(Sorry, Karl.)

Not at all bad, but my vote goes to Lera Auerbach:

[Marc]

Dame Ethel Smyth

Who's NOT afraid of Virginia Woolf?

ETHEL!

Virginia felt like being caught by a giant crab.

[Brahmsian]

Umm, maybe not.

[knight66]

Though that is certainly a striking image.

Mike

[snyprrr]

...running away!!!...

[MN Dave]

When are we doing composer with the biggest...french horn?

[Saul]

Mendelssohn would have voted for his sister. According to an old BBC Mag headline that I cherish; 'Fanny was absolutely central to the life of Mendelssohn'.

Mike

Mendelssohn was a nice looking boy himself... though I voted for his sister...

[listener]

This smells like necrophilia. All these good people are dead ....

                               .....de-composers

[Marc]

This smells like necrophilia. All these good people are dead ....

                               .....de-composers

Quite.

But their compositions last for ever. 0:)

[matti]

When are we doing composer with the biggest...french horn?

A quote from another forum, written by Istvan:

"A friend, whose anecdotes, however incredible, have so far subsequently turned out to be true (for instance, the loutish treatment of Giulini and Jochum by the LSO) has told me that Sir Malcolm Sargent, on a visit to Ainola, asked Sibelius if he had any message for the British people. The composer is supposed to have replied, "Tell them I have a great big ***** and my wife is very happy." I refused to believe this until I read recently that he had a very Rabelaisian streak, which was why he prefered sharing whisky, cigars and anecdotes with Beecham."

***** stand for French horn of course.

[Marc]

This thread is certainly growing into a good one!

[knight66]

That French Horn prize should seemingly go to Andrew Lloyd Webber. His ex-wife disclosed as much on TV. It is surely the only desirable prize he might deserve.

Mike

[Scarpia]

Given that Brahms and Clara Schumann come in first and second, a shame they never got together and had children.   

[Scarpia]

Mendelssohn was a nice looking boy himself... though I voted for his sister...

One would guess that it would take a sissy to write such sissy music.   

[greg]

Roxanna Panufnik

[Teresa]

Thank you!

Saul I would have voted for you myself, you are easily the best looking of the bunch.  I looked at all the composers portraits in Wikipedia and they are an ugly looking bunch, the least offensive-looking IMHO was Edvard Grieg.