Favorite Italian Composers Poll

Started by James, January 27, 2008, 02:09:59 PM

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Name Your Five Favorite Italian Composers

Francesco Landini
0 (0%)
Giovanni Palestrina
9 (30%)
Giovanni Gabrieli
1 (3.3%)
Carlo Gesualdo
5 (16.7%)
Claudio Monteverdi
17 (56.7%)
Gregorio Allegri
1 (3.3%)
Francesco Cavelli
1 (3.3%)
Giacomo Carissimi
1 (3.3%)
Barbara Strozzi
1 (3.3%)
Giovanni Battista di Lulli
0 (0%)
Alessandro Stradella
2 (6.7%)
Arcangelo Corelli
4 (13.3%)
Alessandro Scarlatti
3 (10%)
Domenico Scarlatti
16 (53.3%)
Tomaso Albinoni
5 (16.7%)
Antonio Vivaldi
24 (80%)
Giuseppe Tartini
1 (3.3%)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
0 (0%)
Luigi Boccherini
6 (20%)
Muzio Clementi
4 (13.3%)
Luigi Cherubini
3 (10%)
Nicolo Paganini
6 (20%)
Gioacchino Rossini
14 (46.7%)
Gaetano Donizetti
9 (30%)
Vincenzo Bellini
8 (26.7%)
Giuseppe Verdi
27 (90%)
Ruggero Leoncavallo
0 (0%)
Pietro Mascagni
1 (3.3%)
Ferruccio Busoni
9 (30%)
Umberto Giordano
0 (0%)
Ottorino Respighi
7 (23.3%)
Luigi Dallapiccola
3 (10%)
Giacinto Scelsi
5 (16.7%)
Luigi Nono
3 (10%)
Franco Donatoni
2 (6.7%)
Luciano Berio
6 (20%)
Other (not listed)
14 (46.7%)

Total Members Voted: 30

Voting closed: February 14, 2008, 02:09:59 PM

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Josquin des Prez

#21
January 28, 2008, 05:34:32 AM Last Edit: January 28, 2008, 05:40:19 AM by Josquin des Prez
Quote from: paulb on January 27, 2008, 03:09:10 PM
Puccini and Vivaldi.
Are there any others to really consider? ::)

Were you hit in the head as a child? What about Palestrina? Geusaldo? Monteverdi? SCARLATTI??!

Missing on the list:

Matteo da Perugia
Cipriano de Rore
Andrea Gabrieli
Claudio Merulo
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Luca Marenzio
Giovanni Trabaci
Sigismondo d'India
Girolamo Frescobaldi


Hector

#22
January 28, 2008, 05:49:23 AM
Quote from: Josquin des Prez on January 28, 2008, 05:34:32 AM
Were you hit in the head as a child? What about Palestrina? Geusaldo? Monteverdi? SCARLATTI??!

Missing on the list:

Matteo da Perugia
Cipriano de Rore
Andrea Gabrieli
Claudio Merulo
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Luca Marenzio
Giovanni Trabaci
Sigismondo d'India
Girolamo Frescobaldi




...and may that forever be the case!

I'll put in a good word for poor old Ponchielli and his warhorse, 'La Gioconda' that still retains a tenuous link to the repertoire but 'Marion Delorme' is, arguably, better and, therefore, worthy of  the occasional revival.

Poor sod died young in respect that he had yet to reach full maturity. Give him a listen.

Wolf-Ferrari. I know he was half German but he wrote a lot of likeable Italian music and some really great tunes.

What about Morricone? Gets my vote!

Verdi is, clearly, the greatest of them all.

Do the Italians get a day off on 'Verdi day'?

They should!

Josquin des Prez

#23
January 28, 2008, 05:56:24 AM
Quote from: Hector on January 28, 2008, 05:49:23 AM
...and may that forever be the case!

Pardon?

karlhenning

#24
January 28, 2008, 06:24:56 AM
Oh, now this really is impossible; only five Italians?

Well, I must go with certain Usual Suspects:

Monteverdi
Palestrina
Puccini
Rossini
Verdi

Morigan

#25
January 28, 2008, 07:26:58 AM
Lulli might have been born in Italy, but he can hardly be considered as an Italian composer... He totally invented French opera and the whole French mid-Baroque style.

springrite

#26
January 28, 2008, 07:30:16 AM
Quote from: Morigan on January 28, 2008, 07:26:58 AM
Lulli might have been born in Italy, but he can hardly be considered as an Italian composer... He totally invented French opera and the whole French mid-Baroque style.

You are absolutely right. John Fernstrom was born in China, and I have yet to hear any claim of him being a Chinese composer.

gmstudio

#27
January 28, 2008, 08:10:35 AM
Where the hell is Puccini???  :o :o :o

71 dB

#28
January 28, 2008, 09:06:25 AM
Quote from: gmstudio on January 28, 2008, 08:10:35 AM
Where the hell is Puccini???  :o :o :o

Exactly! Where?  ???
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paulb

#29
January 28, 2008, 09:14:06 AM
Quote from: gmstudio on January 28, 2008, 08:10:35 AM
Where the hell is Puccini???  :o :o :o

Post Vivaldi, Puccini is all I would seriously consider as a  favorite.

ChamberNut

#30
January 28, 2008, 09:35:02 AM
Would Puccini even be in the Top 5 of favorite opera composers?  ???

anasazi

#31
January 28, 2008, 09:46:59 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on January 28, 2008, 09:35:02 AM
Would Puccini even be in the Top 5 of favorite opera composers?  ???

Depends.  If we go by who sells opera tickers and CDs, then Puccini's status is not even a question.

Haffner

#32
January 28, 2008, 10:49:36 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on January 28, 2008, 06:24:56 AM
Oh, now this really is impossible; only five Italians?

Well, I must go with certain Usual Suspects:

Monteverdi
Palestrina
Puccini
Rossini
Verdi


These are easy for me to agree with.

Haffner

#33
January 28, 2008, 10:51:38 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on January 28, 2008, 09:35:02 AM
Would Puccini even be in the Top 5 of favorite opera composers?  ???



If we were considering top Italian Opera composers, I'd say hell yes!

bhodges

#34
January 28, 2008, 11:07:03 AM
Nice to see some mentioning Donatoni, whom I'm just recently discovering.  Last year I heard the sextet eighth blackbird do his Arpège, which I thought was just great, and I've heard a couple of other chamber pieces I can't recall at the moment. 

My choices:

Berio
Donatoni
Scelsi
Verdi
and under "Other," Sciarrino

--Bruce

Danny

#35
January 28, 2008, 10:38:10 PM
Quote from: gmstudio on January 28, 2008, 08:10:35 AM
Where the hell is Puccini???  :o :o :o

Why I said, only milder. :P

zamyrabyrd

#36
January 28, 2008, 11:59:57 PM
Glad to see that il Maestro got the highest percentage of votes so far. Verdi had an outstanding musical mind as did Domenico Scarlatti. This puts Verdi in a class above your usual opera composer, similarly, "Mountain Green" or Monteverdi. The greens really had it.

(Does anyone REALLY listen to Palestrina for pleasure?!?!?)

ZB
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Harry

#37
January 29, 2008, 12:13:17 AM
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on January 28, 2008, 11:59:57 PM
(Does anyone REALLY listen to Palestrina for pleasure?!?!?)

ZB


YES! I DO!

The new erato

#38
January 29, 2008, 12:24:59 AM
Me as well. Definitely extremely beautiful stuff, and anybody who doesn't hear that should have his or hers ears examined. Doesn't mean one ought to listen to it; but one ought to be able to hear the beauty. And not my favorite renaissance composer BTW; I prefer my polyphony slightly grittier.

Harry

#39
January 29, 2008, 12:27:42 AM
Ordered this one, because I love the music....
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