May 5, 200817 yr Sorry if I sound rude, but you actually looked through all 24 pages? If so, I have genuine respect for your patience in all our non-Wagnerian might...Back on topic... Debussy is now one of my favorite composers. I did. Mostly skimming just to find names of composers I'm not familiar with but I did catch pretty much what every person listed as a favorite composer and only saw one mention of Wagner. EDIT: Er, two mentions after the post above me.
May 13, 200817 yr Favourite composer... c'est impossible... Possibly Saint-Seans for the Danse Macabre and Danse Bacchanale...
July 2, 200817 yr chopin, mendelssohn, tchaikovsky and mozart!!! (lol, my name is chodelkovzart) they are all angels.
July 3, 200817 yr chopin, mendelssohn, tchaikovsky and mozart!!! (lol, my name is chodelkovzart)they are all angels. Apparently you like melodies! Methinks Schubert would make an excellent addition to this group. Are you familiar with his symphonies?
July 3, 200817 yr No particular all-time favorite composer (for example when very very young I loved the Listz Piano Concerto 1 -- well now I find it rather pedestrian). My new faves are Gombert Lassus Zelenka Schein (what little of his vocal I hear, he is a contemporary of Bach) Some standbys which I enjoy more Bach Schumann
July 3, 200817 yr Tie between Debussy and Ravel. Both wrote gorgeous and very original music for the time. Everytime I think I have picked a favorite, I hear a new piece from the other that captivates me.
July 6, 200817 yr Apparently you like melodies! Methinks Schubert would make an excellent addition to this group. Are you familiar with his symphonies? you got that right!! :D yes! Schubert is definitely one of my favorites too! schubert should've finished his unfinished symphony. lol.
August 3, 200817 yr ^ Well, I've made the mistake of listening to 27 of his concertos in a row. The redundancy gets to ya by the third or fourth. Anyways, my favorite composers kind of stem from two separate routes - either through their musical philosophies or their actual music (independent of its conceptual implications). Conceptually: Hovhaness, Wagner, Takemitsu, Mahler (kind of), Messiaen Musically: Scriabin, Chopin, Villa-Lobos, Ravel, Liszt, Bruckner, Glass (shuddup), Reich, Grieg, Riley Can't pick just one...
August 4, 200817 yr Bach is easily the top of my list. Just judging by his 2nd symphony, Sibelius is on my list also.
August 10, 200817 yr Vivaldi's concertos are samey because he had to turn out new ones regularly to make money. His religious works and operas reveal a generally more inspired side of him.
August 10, 200817 yr Tomas luis de Victoria Saint-Saens Cage... he was very original and dedicated to his ideas...but I am not putting him here for that (because I actually abhor most of his work), I put him here because of his piano piece 'In a Landscape'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptUEhCU4ZcU&color1=11645361&color2=13619151&hl=en&fs=1 Rutter :toothygrin:
August 11, 200817 yr My Favorite Composer Is David Shaffer for Band, Barbara York, For Tuba Solo's, and Gary P. Gilroy For Marching Band.
August 11, 200817 yr Ooo! I forgot all about Grant Kirkhope! Amazing stuff. Banjo-Kazoie rocks! I know! I can play a lot from that game on piano, but I've only posted the "Mad Monster Mansion" theme here: http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/these-performances-any-good-16063.html
August 11, 200817 yr Pro'ly my two favorite composers are John [Coolidge] Adams and Philip Glass. I've been liking them a lot more now, because I see their influence in my own compositions. It's just all-around great stuff, to me. Besides those two, I enjoy very much the works of Steve Reich, Richard Wagner, Frank Ticheli, Jerry Goldsmith, Ralph Vaughan-Williams (As a tuba player, I'm required to:D), Charles Ives, Ottorino Respighi, John Williams, Gustav Holst, Giovanni Gabrieli
August 13, 200817 yr chopin, mendelssohn, tchaikovsky and mozart!!! (lol, my name is chodelkovzart)they are all angels. im adding Schumann to my old post.
August 13, 200817 yr First of all comes Anton Bruckner. (Then? Beethoven of course, Mahler, Shostakovic, Holmboe, Simpson, Rautavaara,...) Cheers, Andreas
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