Which composers do you associate with which GMG members?

[Mark]

Respighi - idowords Mark

Hurrah!

[BachQ]

Rubbra --> Mark

[Mark]

Rubbra --> Mark

Actually, vandermolen, tjguitar or Dundonell (spelling?) probably deserve Rubbra.

[johnQpublic]

No, no, the chap I associate Bartók with doesn't take part here.

Well, either get over it because Bartok's now mine or be ready to stiffly negotiate with me. 

[greg]

Well, either get over it because Bartok's now mine or be ready to stiffly negotiate with me. 

could we share Bartok, pretty please? 

[jochanaan]

I'll take Bartok, if nobody else wants him.

Oh, I want him!

[johnQpublic]

I'll share.... but only with Joch!

[marvinbrown]

Bellini --> Tsaraslondon

  Yes and if I am not mistaken as far as Tsaraslondon is concerned,  Maria Callas in the role of Norma is as good as it gets  0:).


  marvin

[jochanaan]

I'll share.... but only with Joch!

And I'll share with The Monkey and anyone else who asks nicely, so we're all happy.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

And I'll share with The Monkey and anyone else who asks nicely, so we're all happy.

I'd like to take you up on that! I mean, may I?

[PSmith08]

Thank Providence that I have been absent from GMG long enough, thanks to school, though I still lurk, not to get dragged into this. It's best not knowing what associations you have formed for yourself.

[12tone.]

I don't know why but Muriel and CBC Radio 2 fit in the same sentence.

Hey Muriel. 

[greg]

oh no, we're going to have to mutilate Bartok and share each of his body parts. i claim his head, as long as his brain is still in it.

[karlhenning]

Poopy Flying Dittersdorf - Poju

[Hector]

Vandermolen - any British composer of any merit (which is all of them ).

[karlhenning]

oh no, we're going to have to mutilate Bartok and share each of his body parts. i claim his head, as long as his brain is still in it.

Did you know that Thomas Hardy's heart is buried in a separate location from the rest of his, erm, remains?

[greg]

no.... is this because of a grave digger?

[karlhenning]

no.... is this because of a grave digger?

His funeral, on 16 January at Westminster Abbey, proved a controversial occasion: Hardy, his family and friends had wished him to be buried at Stinsford in the same grave as his first wife, Emma. However, his executor, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, insisted he be placed in the abbey's Poets' Corner. A compromise was reached whereby his heart was buried at Stinsford with Emma, and his ashes in Poets' Corner.

[Lady Chatterley]

I don't know why but Muriel and CBC Radio 2 fit in the same sentence.

Hey Muriel. 

Yep that's my radio station.

[Cato]

Yep that's my radio station.

There is a "homey" feel to CBC 2, as it tries to unify classical listeners from Pacific to Atlantic.  I picked it up in Toledo quite often: the music tends toward conservatism and lesser-known British composers (Parry, Harty, etc.), but there are a few times where more experimental are things are heard.  Obviously Canadian composers get some air time!