Your top 5 favorite nationalities regarding composers

[Symphonic Addict]

It's just for fun. The nationalities that cover most of your favorite composers, works and styles in general.

I, personally, include: Stravinsky and Myaskovsky as Russian, Franck as Belgian, Honegger as Swiss, Beethoven as German, and so on. As you feel it convenient.


Mine are (roughly in order or preferences):


Russian
German
British
Italian
Danish

[Mirror Image]

Let's see...

(In no particular order)

French (Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Koechlin, Saint-Saëns, Milhaud, Poulenc, Roussel, Pierné, Schmitt, Varèse, Boulez, Grisey)
German (R. Strauss, Wagner, Hindemith, K. A. Hartmann, Henze, Mendelssohn)
Austrian (Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Zemlinsky, Bruckner, Korngold, Haydn, Schubert)
Russian (Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Lyadov, Schnittke, Gubaidulina)
Czech (Martinů, Janáček, Dvořák, Smetana, Schulhoff, Haas)
Polish (Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Chopin, Panufnik, Penderecki, Tansman, Bacewicz)
Spanish (Falla, Albéniz, Gerhard)
Hungarian (Bartók, Liszt, Kodály, Ligeti)
Italian (Casella, Respighi, Dallapiccola, Malipiero, Mascagni, Verdi, Puccini)
Swiss (Honegger, F. Martin, Schoeck)

Special note:

With the exception of Ives, Barber, Copland or Carter, I don't listen to American composers much anymore and I don't listen to much British music either aside from Britten, Walton and Vaughan Williams. But don't feel a strong enough affinity overall to include these nationalities in my own list.

[vandermolen]

British (too many to mention)
Russian (too many to mention)
American (too many to mention)
Finnish (Sibelius, Madetoja, Salmenhaara, Kokkonen, Klami etc)
Swedish (Rosenberg, Pettersson, Peterson-Berger, Blomdahl, Nystroem, Wiren etc)
Estonian (Raid, Eller, Tubin, Sumera etc)
Czech (Novak, Suk, Kalabis, Kabelac, Martinu etc)
Icelandic (Leifs etc)
Irish (Potter etc)
French (Sauguet, Tournemire, Dutilleux etc)
Sorry, in a rush as off to work - may add to this list later.

My top three seem to be the 'Grand Alliance' of World War Two 

[Florestan]

Nationalities with too many names to mention:

German / Austrian (not sure they can be regarded as separate when it comes to nationality)
Russian
Italian
French
Spanish

One -hit-wonder nationalities:

Polish (Chopin)
Finnish (Sibelius)
Norwegian (Grieg)
Czech (Dvorak)
Hungarian (Bartok)

[foxandpeng]

Brits
Nordics
Russians

North Americans
Other Continental Europeans

The Rest - New World, South America, the East

Almost nothing prior to 1900, nowadays.

Glaring current omission: France (apart from Onslow and Tournemire)

[San Antone]

American


French
German/Austrian



Russian/USSR

[Mirror Image]

In addition to this list:

Let's see...

(In no particular order)

French (Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Koechlin, Saint-Saëns, Milhaud, Poulenc, Roussel, Pierné, Schmitt, Varèse, Boulez, Grisey)
German (R. Strauss, Wagner, Hindemith, K. A. Hartmann, Henze, Mendelssohn)
Austrian (Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Zemlinsky, Bruckner, Korngold, Haydn, Schubert)
Russian (Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Lyadov, Schnittke, Gubaidulina)
Czech (Martinů, Janáček, Dvořák, Smetana, Schulhoff, Haas)
Polish (Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Chopin, Panufnik, Penderecki, Tansman, Bacewicz)
Spanish (Falla, Albéniz, Gerhard)
Hungarian (Bartók, Liszt, Kodály, Ligeti)
Italian (Casella, Respighi, Dallapiccola, Malipiero, Mascagni, Verdi, Puccini)
Swiss (Honegger, F. Martin, Schoeck)

I wanted to post an honorable mention to a combined grouping --- North and South Americans: Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, Revueltas and Chávez.

[kyjo]

In some sort of order:

1. Nordic (Danish/Finnish/Norwegian/Swedish) - I could see the argument for not grouping these countries together, but for me they share a similar musical ethos that's so appealing to me.
2. British
3. French (esp. Poulenc and Saint-Saens)
4. Russian (esp. Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev)
5. Czech
6. Austro/German
7. Swiss (small country, but it produced some great and underrated composers!)
8. Italian (esp. Respighi and Casella)
9. American (esp. Barber, Copland, and Hanson)
10. Latin/South American
11. Low Countries (Belgian/Dutch)

[André]

From Nordic countries (same reasoning as Kyle's  )
French, incl. french-speaking Swiss (Honegger, Bloch) and Belgians (Ysaÿe, Franck, Lekeu, Jongen)
From the British Isles : English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish.
From German-speaking countries.
From ex-USSR countries.
Italy
Poland

That's more than 10 countries already... 

I also like composers from the Low Countries (including the flemish part of Belgium), Brazil, Spain, Hungary...

[Symphonic Addict]

American


French
German/Austrian



Russian/USSR

Very patriotic and succinct. 

[Symphonic Addict]

Interesting responses thus far. It could be said that I share many of your inclinations too. Simply it's tough to narrow. Music is great doesn't matter the location.

[kyjo]

Interesting responses thus far. It could be said that I share many of your inclinations too. Simply it's tough to narrow. Music is great doesn't matter the location.

To the bolded text: very true!

[Lisztianwagner]

Let's see, in no particular order:

Austrian
German
Russian
British
French
Nordic (I share Kyle and André's reasoning)
Czech
Hungarian
Polish
Italian

Honourable mentions: Spanish, American, Swiss.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Caucasus (Azerbaijan + Armenia)
Turkey
Belgium
Greece
U.S.A.

[Florestan]

Caucasus (Azerbaijan + Armenia)
Turkey
Belgium
Greece
U.S.A.

I don't believe you. I simply don't.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I don't believe you. I simply don't.

You shouldn't believe in my intellect, but better believe in my preference. 

[Florestan]

You shouldn't believe in my intellect, but better believe in my preference. 

Touché. 

Please let us know what Azerbaijan, Armenian, Turkey, Belgian, Greek and U.S.A. composer(s) are your favorites. Thanks.

[MN Dave]

German
Russian
British
Italian
French
?

[Maestro267]

British
Russian
French
German
American

[joachim]

Austria (including Mozart, Haydn, Schubert Mahler)...
Germany (Beethoven, Mendelssohn, R Strauss, Schumann)...
Russia (and former USSR) (Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Khachaturian, Gliere...)
France (Méhul, Grétry, Gossec, Onslow, Saint-George...)
Hungarian (Liszt, Kodaly, Bartok...)
Czechs Dvorak, Smetana, Vanhal...)