5 Composers - 5 Genres

[ibanezmonster]

From you, I was expecting:
Orchestral Symphonies: Mahler
Choral Symphonies: Mahler
Symphonies not actually titled as symphonies: Mahler
Orchestral song cycles: Mahler
Song cycles with piano accompaniment: Mahler

lol

Bruckner - Dead people

Keeping with the theme, shouldn't this be "having the hots for women 40+ years younger than him?"

[Brahmsian]

Ugh! What?! Seriously... wash your mouth.

Well, one shouldn't believe everything they read, but.....apparently I'm not completely off the mark here. 

[Brahmsian]

Wagner - Apparently caused World War II (his music should be banned)
Karajan - Guilty by association (his recordings should be banned)
Furtwangler - Ditto
Bruckner - Hitler loved his music (it should be banned)
Barenboim - Finally, someone that makes sense and is proactively trying to put an end to all this nonsense.

[Opus106]

Karajan and Barenboim, composers? One is certainly decomposing, that much I know.

Well, one shouldn't believe everything they read, but.....apparently I'm not completely off the mark here. 

You read Newman's book, didn't you?

[Brahmsian]

Karajan and Barenboim, composers? One is certainly decomposing, that much I know.

Yes, I'm bending the rules.  In other words, sticking to GMG tradition! 

[mszczuj]

Bach - Cantatas
Haydn- String Quartets
Mozart - Piano Concertos
Beethoven - Symphonies
Chopin - Piano music

[springrite]

Steak and potatoes: Beethoven
Garden Salad: RvW
Country Fried Steak with greavy: Harris
Sushi: Takemitsu
Banana: Cage

[madaboutmahler]

From you, I was expecting:
Orchestral Symphonies: Mahler
Choral Symphonies: Mahler
Symphonies not actually titled as symphonies: Mahler
Orchestral song cycles: Mahler
Song cycles with piano accompaniment: Mahler

I don't know what came over me when writing my previous list.... what you write is obviously what I meant!

Steak and potatoes: Beethoven
Garden Salad: RvW
Country Fried Steak with greavy: Harris
Sushi: Takemitsu
Banana: Cage

[Lisztianwagner]

Wagner - Opera
Beethoven - Symphonies
Liszt - Solo piano works
R. Strauss - Tone poems
Ravel - Orchestral works in general

[dyn]

Wagner - Music to listen to while invading Poland
Beethoven - Music to listen to while playing Napoleon: Total War
Shostakovich - Music to listen to while committing suicide
Riley - Music to listen to while, like, expanding your whole, like, consciousness, dude
Bach - Music to listen to while committing murder

[North Star]

Schönberg: Triskaidekaphobia

[TheGSMoeller]

You silly, topic-twisting, music-loving fools. 

[Sergeant Rock]

*Cough*Gesamtkunstwerk*cough*

If you pronounce it properly, you don't need the "coughs" ....it'll sound like a cough anyway 

AEFW

[Bogey]

Beethoven Chamber
Haydn Masses
Chopin Solo Piano
Mozart Symphonies
Williams Movie Scores

[Sammy]

Shostakovich - Solo Piano
Bach - Solo Harpsichord
Dvorak - Chamber
Mahler - Symphonies
Mozart - Operas

[Cato]

Bruckner - Dead people

lol

Keeping with the theme, shouldn't this be "having the hots for women 40+ years younger than him?"

For those wondering about the former, Bruckner became somewhat obsessed with being present for the exhumation of Beethoven's body, when it was being transferred for some reason in the later 1800's.

For the latter, well, wait until you are in your 60's, punk! 

My brother-in-law had a birthday yesterday, during which he wanted to get rid of a collection of magazines which one usually does not exactly read, and which features photographs of young women whose anatomies have been enhanced by plastic and possibly helium.

He commented that the thrill from such things was gone      at his age, and wanted to know if I wanted them...asking the question in front his sister/my wife!   To which I commented: "You have to wish 'If only I were 30 years younger!"  But I have to wish 'If I only I were 40 years younger!' "  0:)

[Mirror Image]

Mahler - Symphonies
Chopin - Solo piano music
Ravel - general awesome orchestral works
R.Strauss - Tone Poems
Prokofiev - Great concerti

No Elgar?!?!?

[NJ Joe]

Sibelius - Symphony
Bartok - String Quartet
Stravinsky - Ballet
Debussy - Orchestral Works
Chopin - Solo Piano

[Brahmsian]

Sibelius - Symphony
Bartok - String Quartet
Stravinsky - Ballet
Debussy - Orchestral Works
Chopin - Solo Piano

Can't argue with this.  That is fine list, Joe! 

[NJ Joe]

Can't argue with this.  That is fine list, Joe! 

Thanks.  For a long time Beethoven occupied the Symphony position and Ravel was the choice for orchestral works. But these are my current top choices.