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J. S. Bach
Schumann
Fauré
Albéniz
F. Schmidt
Poulenc
Tippett
Dallapiccola
Lutoslawski
S. Stucky
Schumann
Fauré
Albéniz
F. Schmidt
Poulenc
Tippett
Dallapiccola
Lutoslawski
S. Stucky
YOUR 10 composers
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Yeah, asked and answered October 2021:
1. Bach
2. Mozart
3. Haydn
4. Beethoven
5. Vivaldi
6. John Williams
7. Jerry Goldsmith
8. Max Steiner
9. Paul McCartney
10. Tchaikovsky
11. Sondheim
To a large degree, I'm fine with the excessively large catalogs of Haydn, Mozart, and Bach.
If I had to actually whittle it down to 10 NOW, I suppose Jerry Goldsmith would get the ax.
1. Bach
2. Mozart
3. Haydn
4. Beethoven
5. Vivaldi
6. John Williams
7. Jerry Goldsmith
8. Max Steiner
9. Paul McCartney
10. Tchaikovsky
11. Sondheim
To a large degree, I'm fine with the excessively large catalogs of Haydn, Mozart, and Bach.
If I had to actually whittle it down to 10 NOW, I suppose Jerry Goldsmith would get the ax.
Big thumbs up for Fauré, Albéniz, Schmidt, Poulenc, Dallapiccola and Lutosławski.
All magnificent composers.
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J.S. Bach
Beethoven
Bartók
Zekenka
Brahms
Dvořák
Haydn
Lutosławski
Debussy
Schönberg
J.S. Bach
Beethoven
Bartók
Zekenka
Brahms
Dvořák
Haydn
Lutosławski
Debussy
Schönberg
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Informative thread (potential). Some people's favorite composers are composers I've never heard of.
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Fauré and Poulenc. Yes!!
No Milhaud yet, though. Or did I miss it?
I love Milhaud, but I seriously doubt he'd be on someone's 'Top 10' list. I mean I could be wrong of course.
Nice looking list. Debussy is your number one, eh? You and I will be lifelong friends. I have two framed portraits of Debussy hanging on the walls in the my room along with Strauss, Ravel and some others.
My top 10 ranked: Bach, Mahler, Brahms, Schubert, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Dvorak, Wagner, Bruckner, Ravel.
Now, for the OP's question, I'd probably dump Wagner and Bruckner to get more variety in style. I'd replace them with Takemitsu and Gubaidulina.
Now, for the OP's question, I'd probably dump Wagner and Bruckner to get more variety in style. I'd replace them with Takemitsu and Gubaidulina.
Good to see Takemitsu and Gubaidulina rank so high with you. They're both fabulous composers.
The ten who wrote my favourite pieces of music, not necessarily the ten whose oeuvres I like the most overall:
Sibelius (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Symphonies)
Vaughan Williams (Pastoral and 5th Symphonies)
Beethoven (3rd, 8th and 9th Symphonies)
Debussy (Preludes and Arabesques)
Satie (Gnossiennes)
Messiaen (Turangalila)
Shostakovich (9th and 11th Symphonies)
Prokofiev (1st and 5th Symphonies)
Fauré (Dolly Suite and Nocturne No 4)
Holst (The Planets Suite)
Stravinsky (Rite of Spring)
Berlioz (Symphonie Fantastique)
Sibelius (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Symphonies)
Vaughan Williams (Pastoral and 5th Symphonies)
Beethoven (3rd, 8th and 9th Symphonies)
Debussy (Preludes and Arabesques)
Satie (Gnossiennes)
Messiaen (Turangalila)
Shostakovich (9th and 11th Symphonies)
Prokofiev (1st and 5th Symphonies)
Fauré (Dolly Suite and Nocturne No 4)
Holst (The Planets Suite)
Stravinsky (Rite of Spring)
Berlioz (Symphonie Fantastique)
You're too kind. The list was just alphabetical. If it were ranked, I'm not sure where Debussy would end up, but not at the very top. For me, the indispensable Debussy is the piano music and the chamber music. The major orchestral works leave me quite cold, and I have yet to catch the Pelléas bug.
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1. Rameau
2. Ravel
3. Copland
4. Debussy
5. Tchaikovsky
6. Prokofiev
7. Handel
8. Sibelius
9. Vaughan Williams
10. Dvořák
That list is liable to change at any given moment, and a couple of composers might get shuffled around, but for now that's what I'm going with.
Update: I've edited this list three times already and can't seem to stop tinkering with it.
2. Ravel
3. Copland
4. Debussy
5. Tchaikovsky
6. Prokofiev
7. Handel
8. Sibelius
9. Vaughan Williams
10. Dvořák
That list is liable to change at any given moment, and a couple of composers might get shuffled around, but for now that's what I'm going with.
Update: I've edited this list three times already and can't seem to stop tinkering with it.
Wagner, Liszt, Mahler, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Schönberg. And many more...
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I already cheated and realise I've not put in Haydn (Clock, Military, London, 99th Symphonies)
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Cheating isn't really a possibility. You're good.
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