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Poll Question: Who is your favourite classical composer?
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    Posted: April 15 2021 at 13:27
We all know the massive influence that the so-called classical music world has had on popular music in general, and prog in particular.

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For me the 20th century stuff is most compelling.


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Beethoven. Always.
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Haendel is missing. One of my favourites.
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Bach is the best, but Messiaen is my favourite. I voted “other.”
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There's a lot of great music there, but if I have to vote with my heart, it will have to be Mozart.
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My favourite Danish composer is Carl Nielsen. Here, his 5th symphony.
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For me too, it is mainly the 20th century composers that are most interesting...

Stravinsky is in the list, but I also very much like Prokoviev and Shostakovitch, regarding the Russians. Otherwise it could be Messiaen, Eisler, Schönberg, Varèse, Boulez, Pärt, Stockhausen (also in the list), Xenakis, Reich... But from all these I think Arnold Schönberg is the most important and most influential composer of this era.

Interesting to see Tallis mentioned, but he seems to me a bit the odd one out...


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I don't really have a single favorite....my 3 top favorites are Bach, Mozart, and Vaughan Williams.
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I'm not really into "classical music", but if I had to pick a favourite composer, it would be Béla Bartók. An honourable mention also goes to Philip Glass.
 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


Philip Glass


I like Philip Glass too, and Steve Reich but are they classed as classical composers..? I didn't think so, but maybe I'm wrong.

I'm in no way an authority on classical music, but based on what I have heard, I like Stravinsky, Gustav Holst, Chopin, Schoenberg and Debussey.

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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


Philip Glass


I like Philip Glass too, and Steve Reich but are they classed as classical composers..? I didn't think so, but maybe I'm wrong.

I'm in no way an authority on classical music, but based on what I have heard, I like Stravinsky, Gustav Holst, Chopin, Schoenberg and Debussy.

Yes, Philip Glass and Steve Reich are generally regarded as avant-garde, modern-day classical composers who are both still composing, not decomposing. Dead

I like Debussy and Gustav Holst (a funny name for an Englishman!) too, although I mainly know their music by way of Isao Tomita's electronic 1970's LP's: Snowflakes Are Dancing & The Planets Suite.


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Stravinsky and Beethoven are probably my favourites, I also like a few of the English composers - Ravel etc.
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If I were to choose a favourite composer from the classical era than it would be Rachmaninoff without a doubt, with Prokofiev a close second and Shostakovich a distant third. Heart
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Generally I prefer the Romantic era, and Gustav Mahler is my choice. I love his orchestral colour and passion.

I also have a special fondness for English composers such as Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten.


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I'm also part of the 20th century crowd; Stravinsky and Ligeti are my favourites. Stravinsky is on the list, so  will pick my vote.
 
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