Which composers do you associate with which GMG members?

[springrite]

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You are not taking your 12% service charge? What a dude!

[Brahmsian]

You are not taking your 12% service charge? What a dude!

I should, as that is the combined Manitoba/Canadian Federal goods and services tax. 

5% GST
7% Manitoba Provincial tax

[TheGSMoeller]

I have always associated myself with only the finest of classical composers.  0:)

[Mirror Image]

I have always associated myself with only the finest of classical composers.  0:)

Philip Glass?

[Wanderer]

Philip Glass?

He said "only".

[Mirror Image]

I suppose in hindsight I can't be associated with any composer. I like too many of them! 

[mahler10th]

I suppose in hindsight I can't be associated with any composer. I like too many of them! 

Yes Dimitri, I always thought that too.  I am surprised that you are still living though, as I'd heard you left this World in 1975.

[Mirror Image]

Yes Dimitri, I always thought that too.  I am surprised that you are still living though, as I'd heard you left this World in 1975.

[kyjo]

Time to resurrect this fun thread! What composers do you associate me with? And don't just say all the unsungs!

[jochanaan]

Time to resurrect this fun thread! What composers do you associate me with? And don't just say all the unsungs!

Well, looking at your avatar, un nom francais comes to mind...

[kyjo]

Well, looking at your avatar, un nom francais comes to mind...

Yes, Ravel is one of my favorites. He usually ranks around seventh or eighth place in my top ten composers.

[North Star]

Yes, Ravel is one of my favorites. He usually ranks around seventh or eighth place in my top ten composers.

Hmm, you should dig up one of the top 30 (or whatever number it is) composers threads and post there

[kyjo]

Hmm, you should dig up one of the top 30 (or whatever number it is) composers threads and post there

That sounds like fun! I'll try to find a thread of that sort.

[kyjo]

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.

Couldn't help but crack a wry grin when I saw this post (hence the bolding and underlining).

[Mirror Image]

Couldn't help but crack a wry grin when I saw this post (hence the bolding and underlining).

Yeah, I was on some heavy medication during that time in my listening.

[EigenUser]

KenB -- Nyman
snyprrr -- Xenakis
North Star -- Janacek

...Now I'm curious about me...

[ibanezmonster]

So I looked back and saw I was voted as Xenakis more than anyone else... 

I can understand that, though snyprrr definitely fits that more than I do. Pushing aside what composers are favorites of a person, I'd possibly choose Liszt for myself: someone who is interested in exploring new territory, writing in very different styles from piece to piece and has ambitions that are way too big (and is also a virtuoso at their instrument). The fame, etc. no...

If the rule is you don't have to like the composer, snyprrr might really be more like a Boulez, Carter or Lachenmann... something pointillistic, anyways, because of his writing style. Perhaps even a serialist composer if we find out that his posts contain some sort of hidden messages.

[Ken B]

KenB -- Nyman
snyprrr -- Xenakis
North Star -- Janacek

...Now I'm curious about me...

EigenUser -- any Hungarian! (Is your family from Hungary originally?)   
Sarge Wagner
Todd Beethoven
Gurn Schnittke
ChamberNut Brahms
Moonfish Weiss
Mirror Images none alas
Kark Karl

Okay, kidding about Gurn

[EigenUser]

EigenUser -- any Hungarian! (Is your family from Hungary originally?)   

Haha, no, but I definitely have an affinity for Hungarian composers (Bartok, Ligeti, now Haydn, Kodaly -- I need to hear more of, btw). I also used to like playing the gypsy-type violin music (e.g. Sarasate), but not so much anymore.

My family is originally French-Canadian (three out of four grandparents). Maybe this explains the Ravel and Debussy...

[Ken B]

My family is originally French-Canadian (three out of four grandparents). Maybe this explains the Ravel and Debussy...

Explains the intelligence, but Ravelism can happen in even the best of families.

As for Kodaly his best piece by far is the solo cello sonata op 8.