5 Worst Composers Ever!!

[TheGSMoeller]

My three year old son is the worst, he was banging on the piano the other day, it was awful, I have never heard such rubbish in my life. I said to him, "Mozart had just written his 17th symphony at the age of three, and what have you contributed? Besides drool."

[Brahmsian]

My three year old son is the worst, he was banging on the piano the other day, it was awful, I have never heard such rubbish in my life. I said to him, "Mozart had just written his 17th symphony at the age of three, and what have you contributed? Besides drool."

[Brahmsian]

Any votes for Leopold Mozart?  That Toy Symphony and Alphorn Symphony are pretty bloody awful! 

[Cato]

Any votes for Leopold Mozart?  That Toy Symphony and Alphorn Symphony are pretty bloody awful! 

Yes, I will vote for that!  And for some reason, my local classical station plays the thing on a regular basis!

To paraphrase an infamous statement: "Whenever I hear the Toy Symphony, I reach for my revolver."   

[Sergeant Rock]

5 worst composers of all-time:

ChamberNut
MN Dave
Lake Swan
George
Sargent Rock

I wrote a prelude for piano when I was 18, dedicated to my girlfriend, her name in the title. She broke up with me shortly after hearing it the first time   

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

My three year old son is the worst, he was banging on the piano the other day, it was awful, I have never heard such rubbish in my life.

Is he a Stockhausen disciple? That would explain it 

Sarge

[Brahmsian]

I wrote a prelude for piano when I was 18, dedicated to my girlfriend, her name in the title. She broke up with me shortly after hearing it the first time   

Sarge

Oops Sarge.  I didn't realize you had actually composed music.  I apologize. 

[Lake Swan]

I've written a few songs as well. If I had more time and space, I'd write some more.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I vote Wagner as the worst composer ever, apart from some of his orchestral works.
Stockhausen is on equal level.
Nono is another one
Boulez is a good example too
Reich is also one that makes me feel unwell.

So did I offend enough people? 

[Brahmsian]

I've written a few songs as well. If I had more time and space, I'd write some more.

Then I apologize to you as well.  George?

OK, only ChamberNut and Leopold Mozart! 

[TheGSMoeller]

Reich is also one that pisses me off.

This is one that deserves a pic. Do you become physically pissed and take it out on furniture? Or other household items you can throw? 
"Damn you, Steve!"

[Brahmsian]

This is one that deserves a pic. Do you become physically pissed and take it out on furniture? Or other household items you can throw? 
"Damn you, Steve!"

Definitely should make the next GMG quarterly magazine! 

[springrite]

Not sure if it'd qualify me at the top 5 worst, but did I ever mention my first (but not only) work? The title says it all:

Fantasy of an Incompetent Composer in B flat for Unaccomplished Pianists

[Brahmsian]

Not sure if it'd qualify me at the top 5 worst, but did I ever mention my first (but not only) work? The title says it all:

Fantasy of an Incompetent Composer in B flat for Unaccomplished Pianists

This is my inspiration for my own piece:

Variations on a Springrite theme in H sharp flat minor, for wooden spoons and gut strings (sorry cats).

[mszczuj]

I wrote a prelude for piano when I was 18, dedicated to my girlfriend, her name in the title. She broke up with me shortly after hearing it the first time   

Sarge

You won this poll.

[Sergeant Rock]

Oops Sarge.  I didn't realize you had actually composed music.  I apologize. 

No need to apologize...I'm definitely am a candidate for the title.

Sarge

[springrite]

No need to apologize...I'm definitely am a candidate for the title.

Sarge

Not just a candidate. Odds on favorite, I'd say. The title is yours to lose.

I can see the work getting a popular subtitle in the future, Prelude to a ...

[RJR]

Am I the only one here who is far more interested in 20th century music than anything that proceeded it?

Hell no. I think that the 20th Century was the greatest period in western classical music.

[RJR]

I see you have conveniently ignored the years he spent in guilt and harsh penitence for his crime. I never said a great artist cannot act in the manner of a scoundrel. We are all human after all, and some are more human then others. But there is a difference between acting like a scoundrel, and being genuinely evil.

Like the Marquis de Sade?

If they were truly rotten on the inside they would never be able to produce works of genius. Anyone who believes eitherwise understands nothing of great art.

[Mirror Image]

Hell no. I think that the 20th Century was the greatest period in western classical music.

Same here or at least the first 50 years anyway. Don't think much of the direction classical music went after it veered off into abyss of academia. There have been a few composers to breakthrough in the '60s, '70s, and '80s that I enjoy, but I think they are few and far between.