Favorite composer for each letter of the alphabet

[kyjo]

A: Atterberg
B: Bruckner
C: Casella
D: Debussy
E: Elgar
F: de Falla
G: Grieg
H: Honegger
I: Ives
J: Janacek
K: Khachaturian
L: Leifs
M: Mahler
N: Nielsen
O: Orthel
P: Prokofiev
Q: don't know any of his music but Marcel Quinet (1915-86) intrigues me
R: Rachmaninov
S: Sibelius
T: Tchaikovsky
U: Ullmann
V: Vaughan Williams
W: Wagner
X: Xinghai (composer of the Yellow River Cantata on which the Yellow River Piano Concerto is based)
Y: Yun
Z: Zemlinsky

[North Star]

I have a feeling we have done this before...

In any case, from memory:

Alkan
Bach
Chopin
Debussy
Elgar
Fauré
Gershwin
Haydn
Ives
Janacek
Kodaly
Lutoslawski
Mahler Mozart
Nielsen
Orff
Prokofiev
Quantz (not exactly a horse race)
Ravel
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
Ullmann (not exactly a horse race)
Vaughan Williams
Webern
Xenakis
Ysaÿe
Zemlinsky Zelenka

[mc ukrneal]

Been there, done that...
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,19034.msg543634.html#msg543634

[DavidW]

A: Aho
B: Beethoven
C: Chopin
D: Dvorak
E: Elgar
F: Faure
G: Gorecki
H: Haydn
I: Ives
L: Ligeti
M: Mozart
N: Nielsen
O: Orff
P: Prokofiev
Q: ?
R: Ravel
S: Shostakovich
T: Tchaikovsky
U: ?
V: Vivaldi
W: Webern
X: Xenakis
Y: Ysaye
Z: Zemlinsky

[springrite]

Trying to create some sort of race if not a horse race here:

U: Ustvolskaya;

BTW, Xian Xinghai's family name is Xian, which also happens to start with X, so he still qualifies.

[mn dave]

B's and S's mostly. 

[DavidW]

B's and S's mostly. 

That's BS man!

[Karl Henning]

Near breaks my heart to see Webern opening such a lead on Charles . . . .

[PaulR]

A: John Adams
B: Beethoven
C: Corelli
D: Dvorak
E: Elgar (By default)
F: Franck
G: Gubaidulina
H: Haydn
I: Ives
J: Janacek
K: Kallinikov
L: Langgaard
M: Musorgsky
N: Nielsen
O: N/A
P: Prokofiev
Q: N/A
R: Rameau
S: Shostakovich
T: Tchaikovsky
U: N/A
V: Verdi
W: Weinberg
X: Xenakis
Y: N/A
Z: Zemlinsky

[Karl Henning]

In Cyrillic, of course, one could have both Stravinsky (initial С) and Shostakovich (initial Ш).

[Fafner]

Adam, Adolphe
Beethoven
Chausson
Donizetti
Elgar
Franck
Giordano
Haydn
Ives
Janáček
Korngold
Lutoslawski
Mozart
Novák
Orff
Puccini
Quantz
Rachmaninov
Sibelius
Šostakovič   
Tchaikovsky
U ?
Verdi
Wagner
X ?
Y ?
Zemlinsky

[Trout]

A - Adams
B - JS Bach
C - Chopin
D - Dvořák
E - Elgar
F - Finzi
G - Gershwin
H - Haydn
I - Ives
J - Josquin
K - Kurtág
L - Ligeti
M - Messiaen
N - Nielsen
O - Ockeghem
P - Prokofiev
Q - Quilter
R - Ravel
S - Schubert
T - Tallis
U - Ullmann
V - Vaughan Williams
W - Wagner
X - Xenakis
Y - Yoshimatsu
Z - Zemlinsky

[amw]

Antonín Dvořák
Béla Bartók
Charles Ives
Domenico Scarlatti
Edgard Varèse
Franz Schubert
György Ligeti
Helmut Lachenmann
Igor Stravinsky
Johann Sebastian Bach
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Ludwig van Beethoven
Morton Feldman
Nikolay Medtner
Olivier Messiaen
Per Nørgård
Robert Schumann
Sergey Prokofiev
Toshio Hosokawa
Unsuk Chin
Vagn Holmboe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Xaver Scharwenka, apparently
York Höller
Zygmunt Krauze

Well, that started out more promisingly than it ended.

[Dax]

Good to see that Ives is doing so well.

[springrite]

Good to see that Ives is doing so well.

Ibert didn't offer much competition, I see

[vandermolen]

Alwyn
Bax
Copland
Diamond
Egge
Finzi
Glazunov
Honegger
Ippolitov Ivanov
Joubert
Khachaturian
Lilburn
Novak
Orr
Pettersson
Q?
Rawsthorne
Sibelius
Tubin
U?
Vaughan Williams
Walton
X?
Y?
Zemlinsky

[kyjo]

Egge
Joubert

Some unorthodox choices there! Egge more than Elgar? I'm surprised, Jeffrey! Egge's Symphony no. 1 is a marvelous work, and the PC 2 and SQ are quite enjoyable, but.......