Happiest Composer?

I'd like to toss Beethoven seriously into the mix. The transition from the third to fourth movement of his Fifth Symphony is my definition of "dawning exultation". And his Ninth always fills me up full of laughter, from the very beginning.

And the exact opposite of Beethoven's happiness is Carmina Burana.

Rimsky-Korsakov! He writes joy like nobody's business, especially the opening of Capriccio Espagnol, and the entirety of Russian Easter Overture.

Also: Smetana (Moldau), Mozart (Flute Concerto in D and Flute Quartet especially), Vivaldi (Spring from the Four Seasons - everything else just sounds like Spring anyway), Godard (Waltz from his Suite for flute), Borodin (Polovetsian Dances), Mendelssohn (Scottish Symphony, Fingal's Cave, Scherzo, Violin concerto), Wagner (Flying Dutchman Overture)

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Rimsky-Korsakov! He writes joy like nobody's business, especially the opening of Capriccio Espagnol, and the entirety of Russian Easter Overture.

Also: Smetana (Moldau), Mozart (Flute Concerto in D and Flute Quartet especially), Vivaldi (Spring from the Four Seasons - everything else just sounds like Spring anyway), Godard (Waltz from his Suite for flute), Borodin (Polovetsian Dances), Mendelssohn (Scottish Symphony, Fingal's Cave, Scherzo, Violin concerto), Wagner (Flying Dutchman Overture)

LOL.

that was funny.

anyways, hows Mendelssohn's violin concerto happy? :blink:

I think he means the third movement, which is very happy, and not the famous first movement, which is clearly not.

The Turangalila-Symphonie is just sickeningly happy. I literally cannot listen to the entire fifth movement in one sitting.