Which composers do you associate with which GMG members?

[mahler10th]

WTF?! You even had Santa avatar for Christmas! (Albeit for a short while.)

Thread duty:

Well, someone has to account for this omission...

Ray - Bruckner... and then, of course, the others mentioned.

I don't have this kind of thing.  For example, if Brian appears, for some reason the image I get is Kalevi Aho playing the piano.  Quietly.  When Opus 106 steps in, I think of a bespectacled and intense Satyendra Nath Bose, who was not a professional musician but a brilliant physicist.  When Sarge is on, I have an image of a military man, now retired and enjoying the good things in life - no composer comes to mind other than Beethoven.  Harry - Tchaikovsky of course comes to mind.  MI - I cannot disassociate you in any way with Shostakovich.  TheGSMoeller has transformed into Ture Rangstrom recently also.  Florestan comes to me like a progressive Enescu (must be something to do with Romania  ).  Ray is in fact Brahms when he is on, Karl is Haydn and Gurn is Haydns Dad!  Daniel is without question the incarnate of Mahler, Bruckner is looked after by Cato, and Ilaria was born 130 years later than she herself expected.
This kind of thing.  I hope I have not offended anyone.  And if I missed you out and you're not happy, I will happily add 'how you come to me' also.
I myself am a troubled character, constantly in a state of redemption, ever fearful that I'm not good enough, even though I am better than I think I am.  Therefore I ally myself most strongly with Bruckner, though I am happy Sarge brought up Hans Rott, who is my sickly alter ego.  Well, I don't know about offending others here, I may even have offended myself!   

[Mirror Image]

WTF?! You even had Santa avatar for Christmas! (Albeit for a short while.)

Yes and I stated it was making feel depressed.

[Mirror Image]

Well you like Varese, so give them a try. It really is outstanding music if you like it or not.

Will do, Henk. Thanks!

[Mirror Image]

Really? REALLY??? After months and months of bullying people into buying and listening to Koechlin, now he isn't even in your top 25? You're right, John, you are one sick puppy! 


Sarge

Lol...

I get very excited about new discoveries and, yes, I do tend to go a bit over-the-top. The reality is that I've loved Delius' music a lot longer than Koechlin and his music means much more to me. Yeah, I'm a sick puppy for sure.

[Mirror Image]

John, me being associated with Shostakovich is a great thing, especially since, next to Delius, he's my favorite composer.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I've got another one:

Dancing Divertimentian - Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Martinu

Right on, MI. Thanks.

And honestly my first thought about you was Koechlin, too!

[Mirror Image]

Right on, MI. Thanks.

And honestly my first thought about you was Koechlin, too!

Ha! No problem, DD. Many people here think of me as the Koechlin man, but my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest."

[Opus106]

[My] Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest."

[TheGSMoeller]

Ha! No problem, DD. Many people here think of me as the Koechlin man, but my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest."

Oh, the Bookies are scrambling around on this one. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Ha! No problem, DD. Many people here think of me as the Koechlin man, but my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest."

Be careful, John. Your sweeping statements have a way of coming back and biting you in the ass     I believe you will continue to  change your avatar every few days...each time your enthusiasm for one composer wanes and another takes his place as the love of your life    Delius too will pass.

Sarge

[Mirror Image]

Oh, the Bookies are scrambling around on this one. 

[Mirror Image]

Be careful, John. Your sweeping statements have a way of coming back and biting you in the ass     I believe you will continue to  change your avatar every few days...each time your enthusiasm for one composer wanes and another takes his place as the love of your life    Delius too will pass.

Sarge

Not this time, my friend. Since Johan is not on here much, I have to keep the Delian flame alive and will continue to do so. My enthusiasm for Delius has lasted for four years now, so I doubt it will ever wane. The more I listen to his music, read about his own life, etc. the more I begin to understand this man's genius.

It's true I do go in cycles and have different phases. That I would never deny. How could I? Everybody knows it here. But, Delius, like Shostakovich, Ravel, Bartok, and Vaughan Williams are my musical soul mates. Even if I don't listen to any of them for months, they remain my absolute favorites. This will never change.

[Brahmsian]

Navneeth - Fugues (especially Bach!) 

John, thanks for mentioning Penderecki.  Yes, he has made quite a good impression on me! 

John - Any late 19th Century, early 20th Century English composer who I thought was French or French composer who I thought was English!    (Yes, I thought Delius was French until I read his bio! 

David Ross - Sibelius

Cato, Don & ChamberNut - Co-founders of the Taneyev historical society. 

[Mirror Image]

John, thanks for mentioning Penderecki.  Yes, he has made quite a good impression on me! 

John - Any late 19th Century, early 20th Century English composer who I thought was French or French composer who I thought was English!    (Yes, I thought Delius was French until I read his bio! 

No problem, Ray.

[Ten thumbs]

Ten Thumbs - Kirchner

Indeed, although it must be said that Kirchner, like Heller, wrote nothing for the orchestra. Nevertheless, his contribution to the piano literature is extensive and original. To write a history without mentioning this shows a lack of scholarship that is both astonishing and shocking.

[Mirror Image]

Indeed, although it must be said that Kirchner, like Heller, wrote nothing for the orchestra. Nevertheless, his contribution to the piano literature is extensive and original. To write a history without mentioning this shows a lack of scholarship that is both astonishing and shocking.

Kirchner, indeed, wrote for orchestra. Here's what he wrote:

The Forbidden (2008) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration   2.2+ca.2.2/4.3.3.1/tmp.3perc/pf(cel)/str

Music for Orchestra (1969) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration   3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.4[=5]perc/pf[=cel]/str

Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) (1990) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration   3(pic)2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/pf(cel)/str

Sinfonia (1951) - 22 minute(s)
Orchestration   3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/cel.hp.pf/str

Toccata (1955) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration   0.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/cel/str

[Ten thumbs]

Kirchner, indeed, wrote for orchestra. Here's what he wrote:

The Forbidden (2008) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration   2.2+ca.2.2/4.3.3.1/tmp.3perc/pf(cel)/str

Music for Orchestra (1969) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration   3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.4[=5]perc/pf[=cel]/str

Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) (1990) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration   3(pic)2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/pf(cel)/str

Sinfonia (1951) - 22 minute(s)
Orchestration   3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/cel.hp.pf/str

Toccata (1955) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration   0.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/cel/str

You are of course quite correct but we are speaking of Theodor Kirchner.

[Mirror Image]

You are of course quite correct but we are speaking of Theodor Kirchner.

Oh, whoops!

[Fafner]

...my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG.

As Siegfried would probably say: "Das ist kein Delius!"

[North Star]

As Siegfried would probably say: "Das ist kein Delius!"

I almost posted that somewhere else, a while ago