Thread: TC's 50 Greatest Composers List

Originally Posted by science

10 JC Bach <--- OMG, I'm one of cool guys now! I'm an insider in the TC clique! Wow!

(Giggles.) Who are we gonna look down on now, guys? Come on! This is gonna be so fun!!!11!!

Fool'd y'all!

Ha! Hot darn it's good at the top. Man, if I'd only known, I'd have joined the Wagner clique too.

But, no. It's too little, too late, isn't it? I'll never be cool, will I?

I probably ought to start liking rap.

1. Gluck +10
2. Rimsky-Korsakov +9
3. Alessandro Scarlatti +8
4. Britten +7
5. Biber +6
6. Rameau +5
7. Bellini +4
8. Johann Strauss II +3
9. Gesualdo +2
10. Josquin +1

Boulez -3

10. Villa-Lobos
9. Britten
8. Lully
7. Gluck
6. Rameau
5. Ives
4. Copland
3. Josquin
2. Schnittke
1. Dowland

Okay y'all, let's tone down the intensity of the arguments before Air or Chi Town Philly needs to intervene...

Current Standings:

1. Bach
2. Mozart
3. Beethoven
4. Schubert
5. Brahms
6. Wagner
7. Haydn
8. Schumann
9. Handel
10. Mahler
11. Mendelssohn
12. Debussy
13. Dvořák
14. Chopin
15. Tchaikovsky
16. Stravinsky
17. Ravel
18. Prokofiev
19. Shostakovich
20. Strauss, Richard
21. Liszt
22. Bartók
23. Verdi
24. Monteverdi
25. Sibelius
26. Vivaldi
27. Berlioz
28. Bruckner
29. Saint-Saëns
30. Elgar
31. Fauré
32. Vaughan Williams
33. Rachmaninoff
34. Puccini
35. Purcell
36. Scarlatti, Domenico
37. Mussorgsky
38. Schoenberg
39. Grieg
40. Palestrina
41. Messiaen
42. Janáček
43. Britten - 397
44. Rossini - 395
45. Rimsky-Korsakov - 389
46. Josquin - 386
47. Bach, J.C. - 373
48. Berg - 356
49. Nielsen - 351
50. Gluck - 347
51. Barber - 339
52. Bach, C.P.E. - 311
53. Ligeti - 302
54. Webern - 294
55. Villa-Lobos - 292
56. Rameau - 283
57. Scriabin - 266
58. Satie - 219
59. Bizet - 202
60. Copland - 195
61. Telemann - 189
62. Lully - 184
63. Strauss II, Johann - 167
64. Adams - 165
65. Weber - 158
66. Glass - 157
67. Arnold - 155
68. Alfven - 149
69. Gesualdo - 141
70. Varèse - 124
71. Respighi - 114
72. Pärt - 112
73. Schnittke - 111
74. Haydn, Michael - 109
74. Ippolitov-Ivanov - 109
74. Machaut - 109
77. Ives - 108
78. Rott - 104
79. Glazunov - 102
80. Reich - 98
81. Hildegard - 97
82. Donizetti - 91
83. Bellini - 84
84. Delius - 83
85. Novak - 80
86. Bax - 79
86. Hummel - 79
88. Borodin - 76
89. Boccherini - 74
90. Smetana - 73
91. Tallis - 67
92. Franck - 65
92. Penderecki - 65
94. Boulez - 62
94. Gershwin - 62
96. Wolf - 60
97. Massenet - 59
98. Albeniz - 56
99. Biber - 55
99. Medtner - 55
101. Hindemith - 53
101. Martinu - 53
103. Corelli - 51
103. Holst - 51
103. Walton - 51
106. Vogelweide - 49
107. Stockhausen - 44
108. Zelenka - 43
109. Glinka - 40
109. Scarlatti, Alessandro - 40
109. Spohr - 40
112. Victoria - 36
113. Piazzolla - 35
113. Poulenc - 35
115. Dowland - 34
115. Schumann, Clara - 34
117. Lalo - 33
118. Enescu - 30
118. Gorecki - 30
118. Offenbach - 30
121. Bernstein - 28
122. Falla - 27
123. Byrd - 26
123. Rodrigo - 26
123. Takemitsu - 26
126. Alwyn - 25
127. Buxtehude - 24
127. Gombert - 24
127. Paganini - 24
130. Couperin - 23
130. Harbison - 23
132. Clementi - 21
133. Albinoni - 20
133. Brian - 20
133. Leifs - 20
133. Schütz - 20
137. Alkan - 19
137. Lutoslawski - 19
139. Berio - 18
139. Tveitt - 18
141. Berwald - 17
141. Xenakis - 17
143. Crumb - 16
143. Skalkottas - 16
145. MacDowell - 15
146. Graun - 14
146. Hartmann - 14
146. Wohlfahrt - 14
149. Bach, W.F. - 13
149. Henze - 13
151. Golijov - 12
152. Hasse - 11
153. Beach - 10
153. Rudland - 10
155. Charpentier - 8
155. Schreker - 8
155. Zemlinsky - 8
155. Zimmerman - 8
159. Locatelli - 7
159. Mendelssohn, Fanny - 7
159. Wyschnegradsky - 7
162. Carter - 6
162. Eberl - 6
162. Gabrieli - 6
162. Heinichen - 6
162. Stamitz - 6
167. Abel - 5
167. Gubaidulina - 5
167. Marcello - 5
167. Sorabji - 5
167. Veress - 5
172. Allegri - 4
172. Brouwer - 4
172. Ferneyhough - 4
172. Perotin - 4
176. Meyerbeer - 3
176. Simpson - 3
178. Cherubini - 2
178. Danzi - 2
178. Torelli - 2
181. Cage - 1
181. Hovhaness - 1
181. Krenek - 1
181. Monti - 1
181. Strauss I, Johann - 1
186. Khachaturian - -1
187. Czerny - -3
188. Schobert - -9

Barber +10
C P E Bach +9
Rameau +8
Scriabin +7
Bizet +6
Rossini +5 (he is now in)
Weber +4
Britten +3 (he is now in)
Bax +2
Holst +1
Berg -3

Is that our first tie?

Since Britten was ahead before Very Senior Member's vote, I'll put him above Rossini.

Originally Posted by CarterJohnsonPiano

Okay y'all, let's tone down the intensity of the arguments before Air or Chi Town Philly needs to intervene...

You're not a mod, so STAY OUT OF IT!

Beethoven +10
Bach +9
Mozart +8
Mahler +7
Shostakovich +6
Prokofiev +5
Brahms +4
Ravel +3
Chopin +2
Schubert +1
Cage -3

Originally Posted by Txitxo

Beethoven +10
Bach +9
Mozart +8
Mahler +7
Shostakovich +6
Prokofiev +5
Brahms +4
Ravel +3
Chopin +2
Schubert +1
Cage -3

Thanks for participating Txitxo. All of these composers have already been permanently placed on the list and cannot be voted for. You may vote for any composer which has not yet reached 400 points.

Originally Posted by pjang23

Thanks for participating Txitxo. All of these composers have already been permanently placed on the list and cannot be voted for. You may vote for any composer which has not yet reached 400 points.

He/she/it meant to put Ligeti at ten points and Cage at nine.

Satie · 10
Respighi · 9
Lully · 8
Telemann · 7
Rott · 6
Wolf · 5
von der Vogelweide · 4
Holst · 3
Corelli · 2
Smetana · 1

Ludwig Zwiebelsack · -3

Sorry. Here is the new list:
Rimsky-Korsakov +10
Falla +9
Bizet +8
Borodin +7
Albéniz +6
Granados +5
Khachaturian +4
E. Granados +3
Mompou +2
Boris Chaikovsky +1
Cage -3

Scriabin: 10