Handel vs. Elgar death match

[Don]

I went with Elgar.  I do prefer Handel, but I don't consider him a British composer.

[Boris_G]

Of course it has to be Elgar!   

[71 dB]

Handel, just because Beethoven said so.

[Bonehelm]

Your comments worth as much as a 10-nanometer dust particle to me. Beethoven's though, is everything. Call me delusional, but before you become as great as LvB, don't even talk to me.

[zamyrabyrd]

Where's Purcell and Paul McCartney for that matter?
And come to think of it, William Byrd and Henry VIII.

ZB

[Don]

That one had me laughing a lot.     

[Tancata]

Where's Purcell and Paul McCartney for that matter?

Possible GMG threads of the future #1: "When I am laid in Earth" vs. "Mull of Kintyre"

[knight66]

Handel, just because Beethoven said so.

But that's not fair, he did not get the opportunity to say 'Elgar'. He might have paused...for a moment.

Mike

[Bonehelm]

But that's not fair, he did not get the opportunity to say 'Elgar'. He might have paused...for a moment.

Mike

1. LvB died 30 years before Elgar was even born
2. LvB would curse and throw overcooked eggs at his servant, let alone declaring a medicore-at-best composer WHICH supposedly had greater orchestration skills than him the finest English composer.
3. Just.....no.

[Tancata]

1. LvB died 30 years before Elgar was even born
2. LvB would curse and throw overcooked eggs at his servant, let alone declaring a medicore-at-best composer WHICH supposedly had greater orchestration skills than him the finest English composer.
3. Just.....no.

There may be context.

[Mark]

3. Just.....no.

I love this. I can hear Bonehelm saying it as he typed.

[knight66]

Can one of you tell me...did he take me seriously?

Mike

[Mark]

Can one of you tell me...did he take me seriously?

Mike

I'm going with ... maybe.

[knight66]

Mmmmm.

Mike

[Bonehelm]

I love this. I can hear Bonehelm saying it as he typed.

Lol...

And no Mike I didn't take you seriously. That's why I didn't come up with my own scientific theory to counter your arugement. I have way better things to do than posting 3000 word crap on the internet. 

[knight66]

Phew....thank goodness for that. Especially as reading 3000 word crap is not in my top ten pasttimes.

Mike

[BachQ]

I like that New England is for this poll's purposes considered part of England!

I vote Ives!

I'm with Karl ........

[Bonehelm]

Phew....thank goodness for that. Especially as reading 3000 word crap is not in my top ten pasttimes.

Mike

So, Mike, what's your opinion on this thread?  (Elgar vs Handel) Let's hear it if you don't mind 

[knight66]

I like Elgar very much, but if for the purposes of this thread we regard Handel as English....then he wins by a fair margin. If he is excluded then Britten would be my nominee.

Mike

[springrite]

I really like Elgar, BUT, for him to win any vote in a (positive) poll from me, the poll has to be worded very carefully and the field of contenders has to be very restricted, such as "English composer with mustache whom John Cleese might call 'Eddy Baby'", or something like that.