6 favorite composers with 6-letter first names

[Florestan]

Richard Wagner
W.A. Mozart
Richard Strauss

6-letter first names?

[springrite]

Ummm, not quite. Bartók is actually his last name. Would you accept Mozart Wolfgang or Brahms Johannes as well? 

No, it was his first name and, just like in Chinese, the family name comes first.



Gustav Mahler
Morton Feldman
Ludwig v. Beethoven
Johann S. Bach
Robert Schumann
Edmund Rubbra

[vandermolen]

No, it was his first name and, just like in Chinese, the family name comes first.



Gustav Mahler
Morton Feldman
Ludwig v. Beethoven
Johann S. Bach
Robert Schumann
Edmund Rubbra

Another Rubbra fan. 
Which is your favourite Rubbra symphony Paul? I like them all but nos 7,4,5 and 8 are probably my favourites.
Jeffrey

[Lisztianwagner]

6-letter first names?

I'm sorry, I saw examples like Bela Bartok and I thought they were right....

[ritter]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a substitution:

Thomas Tallis
Hector Berlioz
Bartók Béla
Arnold Schoenberg
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев
Morton Feldman

Karl, how could you!  Poor Claude... 

[Florestan]

No, it was his first name and, just like in Chinese, the family name comes first.

I don´t want to get into a polemic, but...

Merriam-Webster´s defintion of first name: the name that stands first in one's full name. Seems it might apply to Bartok, but two lines below they offer the following example:

the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby.

This does not apply anymore, because one cannot say "the parents have eventually picked Bartok as a first name for the baby".

Furthermore, they list the following synonims: Christian name, forename, given name, prename. Well, Bartok was not his Christian name, forename, given name, prename --- it was his last name.

Merriam-Webster´s definition of last name: surname, defined as the name that is shared by the people in a family. Their example: His first name is John and his last name is Smith. In the case at hand: his first name is Bela and his last name is Bartok.

First and last in this context obviously refer to the English ordering of names, ie John Smith. Replace them with given name and surname and any confusion dissappears. In the ordering Smith John, Smith is still the last name / surname and John still the first name / given name.

Sorry for coming up a bit pedantic or contrarian. 

[springrite]

Another Rubbra fan. 
Which is your favourite Rubbra symphony Paul? I like them all but nos 7,4,5 and 8 are probably my favourites.
Jeffrey

My favourites are 7, 3 and 5. Actually I do love them all!

[vandermolen]

My favourites are 7, 3 and 5. Actually I do love them all!

Me too. Although I don't know No.3 so well so must listen to it again. I think that 4 is one of the finest, both for the beautiful opening and inspiriting ending.

[Karl Henning]

Ummm, not quite. Bartók is actually his last name.

It's his family name, and Hungarian practice is to list the family name first;  therefore, it is his first name.

[Karl Henning]

Merriam-Webster´s defintion of first name: the name that stands first in one's full name.

Merriam-Webster's is an English dictionary, so yes, of course, the definition reflects English-language practice.

[Florestan]

Merriam-Webster's is an English dictionary, so yes, of course, the definition reflects English-language practice.

Using surname and given name instead would avoid any misunderstanding. 

[Florestan]

Hungarian practice is to list the family name first

I know. I have even been told that sometimes ago in Budapest you could have bought books authored by Shakespeare Vilmos or Baudelaire Karoly. 

[springrite]

I don´t want to get into a polemic, but...

Merriam-Webster´s defintion of first name: the name that stands first in one's full name. Seems it might apply to Bartok, but two lines below they offer the following example:

the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby.

This does not apply anymore, because one cannot say "the parents have eventually picked Bartok as a first name for the baby".

Furthermore, they list the following synonims: Christian name, forename, given name, prename. Well, Bartok was not his Christian name, forename, given name, prename --- it was his last name.

Merriam-Webster´s definition of last name: surname, defined as the name that is shared by the people in a family. Their example: His first name is John and his last name is Smith. In the case at hand: his first name is Bela and his last name is Bartok.

First and last in this context obviously refer to the English ordering of names, ie John Smith. Replace them with given name and surname and any confusion dissappears. In the ordering Smith John, Smith is still the last name / surname and John still the first name / given name.

Sorry for coming up a bit pedantic or contrarian. 

Yes, you are right. I was aware of that and was having fun with it. 

It is interesting that Chinese usually switch their first/last names when they enter the US (immigrate or go to school). But the famous Chinese (Yao Ming, Li Na, Tan Dun) kept their Chinese name as is, surname first.

Lang Lang is another matter. 

[Karl Henning]

Lang Lang is another matter. 

Are both Langs spelt the same? 

[Florestan]

Lang Lang is another matter. 

Or Yundi.