Your favorite composers of symphonies

Started by USMC1960s, November 29, 2022, 05:50:31 PM

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USMC1960s


Symphonic Addict

Since symphony is still my favorite musical form...

Nielsen
Sibelius
Beethoven
Tubin
Dvorak
Shostakovich
Vaughan Williams
Prokofiev
Martinu
Brahms
Bruckner
Mahler
Tchaikovsky
Arnold
Haydn
Holmboe
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USMC1960s

Thank you. There are 3 on that list that I never heard of.
This site is and has been a great educational experience for me.

Operafreak

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The true adversary will inspire you with boundless courage.

Lisztianwagner

Mine could be:

Mahler
Beethoven
Rachmaninov
Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich
Nielsen
Sibelius
Brahms
Bruckner
Mozart
Vaughan Williams
Prokofiev
Dvorak
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Symphonic Addict

Quote from: Operafreak on November 29, 2022, 07:45:35 PMDon't forget: Saint-Saëns only 3 but pearls 
He actually wrote five symphonies.
Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Wanderer

Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Brahms
Schumann
Bruckner
Berlioz
Dvořák
Sibelius
Schmidt
Korngold
Elgar
Vaughan Williams
Mahler
Debussy
R. Strauss
Nielsen
Mendelssohn
Gade
Langgaard
Szymanowski
Martinů
Walton
Shostakovich
Messiaen


vandermolen

VW
Miaskovsky
Shostakovich
Tubin
Braga Santos
Glazunov
Diamond
Harris
Walton
Rubbra
Gliere
Havergal Brian
Tournemire
Bruckner
Alwyn
Vagn Holmboe
Rosenberg
Bax
Lyatoshinsky
Popov
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Sergeant Rock

#8
Haydn
Vaughan Williams
Lloyd
Atterberg
Korngold
Brahms
Sibelius
Nielsen
Dvořák
Bruckner
Mahler
Schmidt
Elgar
Brian
Shostakovich
Ives
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"