Who is your favorite Composer?

[DaShen]

Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Mozart...
But I like them all.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
You have two "Brahms" and no "Rachmaninoff."

Sergei Rachmaninoff is by far my favorite composer. He speaks to me more than any other.

Surely you're joking? Bach contributed more to music than probably everyone there combined. Haydn and his contemporaries (including Mozart) were hundred times more prolific and truly revolutionized composition (quartets, piano concerti, etc.).

Rachmaninoff was no doubt a brilliant pianist and a good composer, but to call him the greatest is an insult to those that truly changed music. You can say he's your favorite and be right, but once you say "best composer ever" you open up to scrutiny.

Fixed.

 

[EXman]

trent reznor

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
You have two "Brahms" and no "Rachmaninoff."

Sergei Rachmaninoff is by far my favorite composer. He speaks to me more than any other.

Surely you're joking? Bach contributed more to music than probably everyone there combined. Haydn and his contemporaries (including Mozart) were hundred times more prolific and truly revolutionized composition (quartets, piano concerti, etc.).

Rachmaninoff was no doubt a brilliant pianist and a good composer, but to call him the greatest is an insult to those that truly changed music. You can say he's your favorite and be right, but once you say "best composer ever" you open up to scrutiny.

Fixed.

Sorry for my mini rant. :thumbsup:

 

[SaltBoy]

Dang, this is a tough one. I feel that Tchaikovsky has the greatest wealth of output from the 1812 Overture to his 6th symphony, but none of his works can top either Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, IMO.

Also, what makes a classical composer a classical composer? What about Philip Glass, Charles Ives, or John Adams?

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Dang, this is a tough one. I feel that Tchaikovsky has the greatest wealth of output from the 1812 Overture to his 6th symphony, but none of his works can top either Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, IMO.

Also, what makes a classical composer a classical composer? What about Philip Glass, Charles Ives, or John Adams?

Composing between 1750-1820.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
What about Philip Glass, Charles Ives, or John Adams?

Because they aren't any good? Why not include CPE Bach or Salieri? Because they weren't really that good.

 

[conehead433]

Keith Emerson. But of those on the list Wagner.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: sao123
HELLO?????
JAMES HORNER IS THE BEST COMPOSER EVER

O... I forgot john williams also.

 

[iroast]

Telemann

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Dang, this is a tough one. I feel that Tchaikovsky has the greatest wealth of output from the 1812 Overture to his 6th symphony, but none of his works can top either Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, IMO.

Also, what makes a classical composer a classical composer? What about Philip Glass, Charles Ives, or John Adams?

Composing between 1750-1820.

I assume you're talking the Classical Era, right?

 

[ThePresence]

Tchaikovsky>Bach>Straus>Vivaldi

 

[CalvinHobbs]

Vangelis, why he's not in the list?

 

[Homerboy]

Beethoven.
He compose the 9th Symph. Simply put, the greatest piece of music..... EVER.

 

[SirStev0]

Hey ...

you missed Edvard Grieg... Peer Gynt Suites pwn

 

[spacejamz]

wow...i am taking a music appreciation college credit class right now and have read about most of these names in the past 2 weeks...we have covered the romantic, classic and baroque eras so far...

kinda of liking that symphony about the ring that was protected by the Rhine maidens (don't remember who wrote it off the top of my head though)...this is the one where Ride of the Valkryies (that one from Apocolypse Now where he love the fresh smell of Napalm in the morning) came from......

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
kinda of liking that symphony about the ring that was protected by the Rhine maidens (don't remember who wrote it off the top of my head though)...this is the one where Ride of the Valkryies (that one from Apocolypse Now where he love the fresh smell of Napalm in the morning) came from......

That would be Wagner.

 

[Darien]

Any particular pieces you guys can recommend to someone just getting into listening classical?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: Darien
Any particular pieces you guys can recommend to someone just getting into listening classical?

Haydn's Creation, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach's Organ Works, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Symphonies, Chopin's Piano Concertos, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Those are all accessible starting points.

 

[LiquidImpulse]

Hans Zimmer....?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: LiquidImpulse
Hans Zimmer....?

Hans Zimmer, John Williams, and Philip Glass will not be on a poll like this because they aren't great composers. They churn out melodramatic cheese music for movies, not music meant to be appreciated for its own qualities.

 

[ruffilb]

They're ALL good.

 

[zanieladie]

Tchaikovsky

 

[BlancoNino]

I'm surprised there have been no votes for Rossini. The overtures of Barber of Seville, Thieving Magpie, William Tell....all great.

I'm also surprised nobody has voted for Schubert. Moment Musical, Erlkonig, and his 8th symphony are great. And don't get me started on Schubert's 9th....WOW. Pwns Beethovens 9th.

I'm sorry I haven't included EVERY composer. It's a good list, so just pick your favorite from it.

 

[McGyver]

Originally posted by: dug777
i like mozart, altho i know it's not very fashionable to like him

what do you mean "not very fashionable"? i like mozart too.