Top 25 Favorite Composers

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CaughtintheGaze

#80
February 20, 2013, 07:20:08 AM
These are the composers, that I can think of, that I listen to at least once a week.
Handel (Keyboard works and Operas)
Satie (Keyboard works)
Vivaldi (Operas)
Liza Lim (Anything)
Copland (Ballets and Keyboard works)
Schumann (Keyboard and Chamber works)
Liszt (Keyboard works and Tone Poems)
Schubert (Keyboard works)

Brahmsian

#81
February 20, 2013, 08:36:00 AM Last Edit: February 20, 2013, 08:55:49 AM by ChamberNut
Here's the best I could do (listed in alphabetical order)

Bach
Bartok
Beethoven
Berlioz
Brahms
Bruckner
Dvorak
Faure
Haydn
Mahler
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Prokofiev
Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Strauss, R.
Stravinsky
Taneyev
Tchaikovsky
Wagner

*Recently diving into Nielsen.  I could potentially see (the way things are going) Nielsen eventually crack the T25.

Summary

7 German
7 Russian
5 Austrian
3 French
1 Hungarian
1 Czech
1 Finnish

Leo K.

#82
February 20, 2013, 08:42:50 AM
It's good to see Mendelssohn appearing on these lists.

Fafner

#83
February 20, 2013, 10:34:01 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on February 20, 2013, 08:36:00 AM
Summary

7 German
7 Russian
5 Austrian
3 French
1 Hungarian
1 Czech
1 Finnish

That's a cool idea. Here is mine:

6 Italian
5 German
4 Austrian
3 Czech
2 Russian
2 English
1 Finnish
1 Hungarian
1 American
"Remember Fafner? Remember he built Valhalla? A giant? Well, he's a dragon now. Don't ask me why. Anyway, he's dead."
   --- Anna Russell

Karl Henning

#84
February 20, 2013, 10:45:59 AM
That is a nice idea . . . I've decided I do want to include Holmboe & Bruckner, but I refuse to excise any of the original list:

Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich
Chopin
Prokofiev
Sibelius
Nielsen
Mozart
Rakhmaninov
JS Bach
Bartók
Haydn
Hindemith
Berlioz
Victoria
Brahms
D Scarlatti
Beethoven
Debussy
Ravel
Schoenberg
Buxtehude
F Couperin
Vaughan Williams
Tallis
Holmboe
Bruckner

5 Russians
4 Austrians
4 Frenchmen
4 Germans
3 Danes
2 Englishmen
1 Finn
1 Italian
1 Magyar
1 Pole
1 Spaniard
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

#85
February 20, 2013, 10:51:24 AM
Mine would like this:

5 Russian
5 British
3 French
2 American
2 Austrian
2 Czech
1 Finnish
1 Swiss
1 Estonian
1 Polish
1 Brazilian
1 Hungarian

TheGSMoeller

#86
February 20, 2013, 11:32:13 AM
I'm trying to compile which ones from my list were left-handed, near-sighted, preferred wine to beer, homosexual, naturally curly hair, vegetarian or had brown eyes.

But in the meantime, I'll present this..

Austrian - 5
British - 5
French - 4
American - 4
German - 3
Russian - 2
Italian - 2



Lisztianwagner

#87
February 20, 2013, 11:50:50 AM Last Edit: February 20, 2013, 11:57:53 AM by Lisztianwagner
Nice idea, so:

Wagner
Beethoven
Liszt
Mahler
Rachmaninov
Johann Strauss II
Mozart
R. Strauss
Tchaikovsky
Ravel
Holst
Shostakovich
Brahms
Chopin
Sibelius
Nielsen
Debussy
Prokofiev
Bruckner
Dvořák
Respighi
Elgar
Schumann
Bartók
Glazunov

Summary:
5 German
4 Austrian
5 Russian
2 Hungarian
1 Polish
2 French
2 English
1 Czech
1 Italian
1 Finnish
1 Danish

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." - Gustav Mahler

Karl Henning

#88
February 20, 2013, 11:56:00 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 20, 2013, 10:45:59 AM
That is a nice idea . . . I've decided I do want to include Holmboe & Bruckner, but I refuse to excise any of the original list:

Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich
Chopin
Prokofiev
Sibelius
Nielsen
Mozart
Rakhmaninov
JS Bach
Bartók
Haydn
Hindemith
Berlioz
Victoria
Brahms
D Scarlatti
Beethoven
Debussy
Ravel
Schoenberg
Buxtehude
F Couperin
Vaughan Williams
Tallis
Holmboe
Bruckner

5 Russians
4 Austrians
4 Frenchmen
4 Germans
3 Danes
2 Englishmen
1 Finn
1 Italian
1 Magyar
1 Pole
1 Spaniard

Seeing Ilaria's list makes me realize — drat! how is Dvořák not there?! : )
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Papy Oli

#89
February 20, 2013, 12:01:15 PM Last Edit: February 20, 2013, 12:04:26 PM by Papy Oli
hmmm... let's play... in no particular order...

Mahler
Pärt
Scarlatti
Janacek
Victoria
Chopin
Beethoven
Stravinsky
Bruckner
Tallis
Schubert
Rangstrom
Atterberg
Loewe
Kodaly
Piazzolla
Haydn
Satie
Rameau
Mendelssohn
Grieg
Gershwin
Vivaldi
Gesualdo
Schumann
Olivier

Lisztianwagner

#90
February 20, 2013, 12:04:18 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 20, 2013, 11:56:00 AM
Seeing Ilaria's list makes me realize — drat! how is Dvořák not there?! : )

No Liszt as well?
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." - Gustav Mahler

North Star

#91
February 20, 2013, 12:08:00 PM
Quote from: North Star on January 30, 2013, 10:21:39 PM
Ravel
Janacek
Chopin
Berlioz
Bach
Mozart
Shostakovich
Schubert
Sibelius
Prokofiev
Beethoven
Rakhmaninov
Dvorak
Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky
Bartók
Mahler
Schoenberg
Brahms
Martinu
Scriabin
Pärt
Haydn
Szymanowski
Debussy

Russians: vi
Germans: iv
Austrians: iv
French:  iii
Czechs: iii
Poles: ii
Finns: i
Hungarians: i
Estonians: i
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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prémont

#92
February 20, 2013, 12:30:41 PM
In approximately chronological order:

Machault
Ciconia
Du Fay
Binchois
Busnois
Byrd
Bull
Dowland
Sweelinck
Giovanni Gabrieli
Frescobaldi
Froberger
Weckmann
Scheidemann
Louis Couperin
de Grigny
Lübeck
Buxtehude
Böhm
J S Bach
Domenico Scarlatti
Beethoven
Chopin
Bartok
Nielsen
γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Brahmsian

#93
February 20, 2013, 01:01:53 PM
Quote from: sanantonio on February 20, 2013, 10:48:03 AM
I am curious, who are your five Austrians?

Perhaps I made a mistake?

Bruckner
Haydn
Mahler
Mozart
Schubert

Brahmsian

#94
February 20, 2013, 01:03:19 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 20, 2013, 10:45:59 AM


5 Russians

Wow, I have more Russkies than Karl.  *pounds the table!*  :laugh: $:) ;)

Wanderer

#95
February 21, 2013, 03:43:48 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 20, 2013, 10:45:59 AM
That is a nice idea . . . I've decided I do want to include Holmboe & Bruckner, but I refuse to excise any of the original list:

Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich
Chopin
Prokofiev
Sibelius
Nielsen
Mozart
Rakhmaninov
JS Bach
Bartók
Haydn
Hindemith
Berlioz
Victoria
Brahms
D Scarlatti
Beethoven
Debussy
Ravel
Schoenberg
Buxtehude
F Couperin
Vaughan Williams
Tallis
Holmboe
Bruckner

Yup, another 27'er!  8)

Mine still stands as it was.

Quote from: Wanderer on March 02, 2012, 11:10:20 PM
In no particular order, of course.

Beethoven
Mozart
Schubert
Schumann
Liszt
Alkan
Medtner
Berlioz
Ravel
Janáček
Bruckner
Sibelius
Zelenka
Skalkottas
Zemlinsky
Schreker
R. Strauss
Vaughan Williams
Scriabin
Wagner
Brahms
Korngold
Tchaikovsky
Bartók
Haydn
Respighi
Prokofiev


7 Austrians
5 Germans
4 Russians
3 French
2 Czechs
2 Hungarians
1 Finn
1 English (with a double surname)
1 Italian
1 Greek



Karl Henning

#96
February 21, 2013, 04:20:49 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on February 21, 2013, 03:43:48 AM
Yup, another 27'er!  8)

Was a time, when I was in compliance . . . .
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Brahmsian

#97
February 22, 2013, 05:15:15 AM
Interesting.  When I add up the year of birth for each of my 25 composers, comes out to an average year of 1829.

That falls in between Bruckner and Brahms.  How fitting!   :)

dyn

#98
February 27, 2013, 07:36:44 AM
who counts to 25?

composers i'm listening to a lot of right now (or at least that have made a significant impression):
Biagio Marini
M. de Sainte-Colombe
François Couperin
Jan Ladislav Dussek
Fryderyk Chopin
Robert Schumann
Igor Stravinsky (late)
Hilding Rosenberg
Elliott Carter
Gavriil Popov
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mauricio Kagel
Toshio Hosokawa
Jukka Tiensuu
Beatriz Ferreyra
Ivo Malec
Claude Vivier
Michael Finnissy
Richard Barrett
Clemens Gadenstätter
Simon Steen-Andersen
Chiyoko Szlavnics
Evan Johnson

composers who haven't made as significant an impression, but i'm still listening to:
Alfred Schnittke
Peter Maxwell Davies
Matthijs Vermeulen
David Matthews
Scott McLaughlin
Ramon Lazkano
Christopher Rouse
Josef Rheinberger
Grazyna Bacewicz

what's that? 20-something, right? i don't know if they're my favourites ever, but who keeps track of that anyway? >.>

Jaakko Keskinen

#99
October 01, 2016, 08:14:24 AM Last Edit: October 01, 2016, 08:16:16 AM by Alberich
Not necessarily in order:

Wagner
Debussy
Beethoven
Berlioz
Sibelius
R. Strauss
Verdi
Puccini
Liszt
Saint-Saëns
Rachmaninoff
Tchaikovsky
Brahms
Schumann
Bruckner
Mendelssohn
Schubert
Mahler
Haydn
Mozart
Korngold
Händel/Johann Sebastian Bach
Gounod/Massenet
Franck/Ravel
Stravinsky/Shostakovich





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