Which Composer Poster Do I Use?

[hornteacher]

Okay, stupid poll perhaps, but I need some help with a problem.  I have a set of 20 composer posters that I'm hanging up in my band room.  I'm hanging them between the sound panels because the 16"x20" frames fit perfectly.  I have spots for 15 posters.  I have already selected the 14 listed below but I need some help choosing the last one.  Who should go on the wall, and why?

Bach
Handel
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Schubert
Mendelssohn
Schumann
Brahms
Dvorak
Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky
Shostakovich
Copland

[mahlertitan]

you are not joking right? leaving out Mahler? or is that just a personal thing?

[DavidW]

Mendelssohn because I've heard on great authority that he's Jewish.

[BachQ]

Elgar .......

[not edward]

Taking it seriously: Schoenberg so you have one picture up representing a primarily atonal composer (since atonal late Stravinsky only accounts for about 10% of his output).

[hornteacher]

you are not joking right? leaving out Mahler? or is that just a personal thing?

See.....I was leaning towards Mahler, but middle school kids have a really hard time digesting his music, whereas they can handle Peer Gynt or the "Classical" Symphony a lot easier, although I think Mahler had the greater influence on 20th century music.  Perhaps you can suggest some entry level selections by Mahler for younger students?

[mahlertitan]

See.....I was leaning towards Mahler, but middle school kids have a really hard time digesting his music, whereas they can handle Peer Gynt or the "Classical" Symphony a lot easier, although I think Mahler had the greater influence on 20th century music.  Perhaps you can suggest some entry level selections by Mahler for younger students?

just tell them to remember this name, and this face, when they  are in their mid to late teens, check out his symphonies.

i think i know what the problem is, but seriously, middle school kids, how much do you expect them to know?

[Bogey]

Might you hang one or two more outside your classroom door?

[Mark G. Simon]

Put up the picture of Schoenberg. Tell them if they act up Arnold will get 'em. That ought to shut them up.

[btpaul674]

Sibelius.

Even though I have a Mahler bookmark.

[George]

Mendelssohn because I've heard on great authority that he's Jewish.

[George]

Schoenberg definitely.

Why?

He seems to fill a gap missing in your list. 

[Mark]

Taking it seriously: Schoenberg so you have one picture up representing a primarily atonal composer (since atonal late Stravinsky only accounts for about 10% of his output).

Agreed.

[val]

I don't have posters but I have some statuettes. JS BACH, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT, CHOPIN, LISZT, VERDI, WAGNER. I would prefer to have SCHUMANN and DEBUSSY instead of Chopin and Liszt, but I couldn't find their statuettes. I am also looking for Haydn, Brahms, Bruckner, Stravinsky and Schönberg.

[Wendell_E]

I think you should try to find a Sousa poster.

[71 dB]

Elgar .......

Posters are for other composers, Elgar deserves a bronze bust. 

[Cato]

I have a Schoenberg poster from a music festival, probably of a Man Ray photograph of Arnie Baby, showing our hero glowering into a recalcitrant and barbaric future.  Schoenberg's eyes seem to see you everywhere, so I placed this in a prominent position of my classroom where I teach German (and all sorts of other neat stuff).

Whenever a recalcitrant and barbaric student fails to meet my expectations, I often point to Arnold and say: "Herr Schoenberg is not happy with you, and neither am I!"    

[karlhenning]

Yes on Schoenberg, but not the notorious Swimwear shot!!!

(Oh, and Elgar is a bust, all right, Poju!  )

[Keemun]

Mahler, of course.  If I might make another suggestion, drop Copland and put up Sibelius of Schoenberg. 

[Don]

Mahler, of course.  If I might make another suggestion, drop Copland and put up Sibelius of Schoenberg. 

Remove Copland and you end up with zero American composers; doesn't sound too good considering that the school is in North Carolina.