There already is a worst composer thread and I hate no composers. If I don´t like their music I just don´t listen to it.

 

Yeah, I don't get this "hate" business. Why be angry about trivia?

ETA: I'm not too clear on where the corollary of hate, victimhood, is coming from either.

 

Let's just cover all the bases for what half the forum is thinking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_20th-century_classical_composers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_21st-century_classical_composers

 

Almost nobody here hates all of the 20th century. Why do people keep repeating the myth that people hate the"20th century"? Mahler, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ravel, Sibelius, Vaughan-Williams, Shostakovich, Bartok, Prokofiev, Stravinsky - all are 20th century composers....

 

Almost nobody here hates all of the 20th century. Why do people keep repeating the myth that people hate the"20th century"? Mahler, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Sibelius, Vaughan-Williams, Shostakovich, Bartok, Prokofiev, Stravinsky - all are 20th century composers....

As long as there is one....

He also linked to a list of 21st century composers, who are probably for the most part victims of ignorance rather than hate.

 

Even the most hated guys - Schoenberg and Cage, I'd guess - are actually more popular than most Renaissance composers. It is a lot easier to find a fan of Schoenberg and Cage than of Ockeghem or Pierre de la Rue.

 

Yes, but Ockeghem and de la Rue aren't hated. They aren't blamed for the downfall of music. They don't have to suffer the waves of idiotic criticism and accusations of atonality (although their music isn't any more tonal than Schoenberg's). They aren't repeatedly joked about as if their very existence is something to be mocked.

 

very true science, i would agree to this statement

 

I'll never pass up an opportunity to proclaim my utter dislike of of Schumann & Liszt.

 

Oh, go ahead and pass a few of them up, why don't you?

 

Even in my slightly more energetic youth I found it hard to generate a quality of hate that could be described as "with a passion".

These days, the only thing that gets me riled up is reckless driving.

 

I hate quite a few, but find that talking about it usually just helps the objects of my hate (so I'm not naming names - though I named a couple the other day in a different thread here). Hatred is basically an acknowledgement of some kind of greatness

 

Among the composers I've seen hated rather fervently are Eric Whitacre, John Tavener, John Williams, Karl Jenkins, Jennifer Higdon, and Johann Strauss II.

Beating them all put together, however, is Yanni.

I really don't know.

 

I've not encountered one yet.

 

Tavener is one of those composers for whom I can't quite figure out whether I hate him - which would imply that he has at least some significant degree of talent - or just hate people for liking him.

 

Incomprehensible to me either way.

 

"Hate" is a word I reserve for things like war, greed, pedophilia, etc. But a composer I find annoying enough to avoid listening to him is Vivaldi.

 

@MarkW That makes as much sense to me as reserving "love" for peace, generosity, consensual sex.

 

Love is harmless; hate is next to murder.

 

If I don't like the music of certain composers, I do not use enough energy to 'hate' them. I just ignore them.

At worst, I feel annoyed when I hear music by one of these composers.

 

These kinds of threads make me wonder what is the purpose of it all. So, when we "hate" a certain composer, do we get some sort of thrill if someone says, "I hate them, too"?

Do we just have so much internal anger we feel it necessary to vent?

All I see is some people "hate" some composers about whom I am totally indifferent. Some hate composers I love (I.e. Schumann, Vivaldi).

So, thanks for sharing your "hate".

I'm sure we're all much better off for it.

 

this has the purpose of fooling around, and expressing someone opinion, some people will pretend they like em all , i also agree hate is a strong word... but i try to infuse some hidden humor Inside, second degree.

 

People generally "hate" music only if they feel it's being forced on them in some way. Otherwise they'll merely be indifferent.

This explains, for example, the phenomenon of Mozart-haters.

 

People generally "hate" music only if they feel it's being forced on them in some way. Otherwise they'll merely be indifferent.

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I hate music where I feel the composer is forcing himself on me, bullying me into feeling a certain way - influencing me without integrity. I feel like this about quite a bit of romantic music, I see it as a major failing of romanticism.

 

As Reggie Jackson (American baseball player) said in a different context, "They don't boo nobodies."

 

'Hate' is a strong word. I don't hate any composer but I am not fond of the minimalists.

 

I like my words like I like my women: Strong and polyvalent.

 

I dislike Alma Deutscher. Come at me with hatchets, I'm ready.

 

I've encountered enough contemporary composers personally to hate one or two, but they're such obscure pipsqueaks that only Some_Guy might have heard of them.

 

@Aramis Oooh, what are their names?

 

As others have said, hate seems kind of a strong word for composers whose music I just don't like.

What comes to mind are three men whose music I both don't care for nor understand the popularity of:
- Hector Berlioz
- Gustav Holst
- Carl Orff

Come to think of it, from the music by these dudes I do know, it seems they're all One-Hit-Wonders [of course we can all agree to disagree on the subjective quality of an artist]

 

I would not call Hector Berlioz and Gustav Holst one hit wonders.

 

If I don't find something to be appealing, I don't listen to it again (for a good long while, anyway, until some new spark reignites enough interest to give it another try). It never gets to the point of hatred.

 

Thank you for elaborating. This is the first time I've even heard of the St. Paul's suite.