Your Top 5 Composers

03 February 2020, 07:43 AM

Taking a page from http://well-temperedforum.grou...0004433/m/2123967397 ...

Who are your “top 5” composers and why?

Feel free to set your own criteria, be it “top 5” for influence or enjoyability, “top 5” in general or in a specific genre of your choosing, etc.

03 February 2020, 08:58 AM

jon-nyc

In no order...

Rachmaninoff
Ravel
Schumann
Beethoven
Bach

03 February 2020, 09:23 AM

rontuner

Mine is a selfish list - those who have created pieces that I so enjoyed practicing and performing - either as a bassoonist or singer.

Copland
Lauridson
Rachmaninoff
Arneson
Gershwin

03 February 2020, 10:15 AM

pianojuggler

I'll have to work on the why, but...

Domenico Scarlatti
J. S. Bach
Telemann
Monteverdi

I'm still thinking of who is 5th. Maybe...
Tomas Luis de Victoria

Go for Baroque!

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03 February 2020, 11:45 AM

Hard for me as I like certain pieces from composers, but not all.

Will have to think some more. It has changed from when I was younger...

03 February 2020, 11:54 AM

Doug

I’m guessing mine are a little different.

Joplin, (Scott not Janice)
Charles L Johnson
Joseph lamb
James P Johnson
Artie Matthews

03 February 2020, 12:12 PM

Dan

John and Paul
Elton
Buckingham, McVie, Nicks
CSN (and sometimes Y)
Guaraldi

And honorable mention for Doug
Joplin (Janis, not Janice).

03 February 2020, 12:49 PM

CHAS

Bach
Sibelius
Jarrett
Gershwin
Lowell George

03 February 2020, 01:48 PM

pianojuggler

Well, if that's the way y'all are gonna be...

Hooker
Clapton
Brubeck
Davis
Klugh

Becker & Fagan
Lennon & McCartney
Zevon
Morrison (Van, not Jim)
Sting

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03 February 2020, 06:10 PM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by pianojuggler:
Well, if that's the way y'all are gonna be...

Hooker
Clapton
Brubeck
Davis
Klugh

Becker & Fagan
Lennon & McCartney
Zevon
Morrison (Van, not Jim)
Sting

03 February 2020, 08:49 PM

QuirtEvans

Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Schwartz
Jim Croce
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers
Lin-Manuel Miranda

(And, of course, John and Paul)

03 February 2020, 10:07 PM

Daniel

Mozart and Bach (in order) because each defined an era.

I can't choose three more because my other favorites tend to be diverse and relatively obscure, e.g. John Dowland.

04 February 2020, 02:29 AM

Nina

quote:
Lowell George

Interesting choice... I might substitute Gram Parsons but I'd certainly be OK with Lowell George.

Classical list of my personal top 5:
Brahms - just so beautiful
Ravel - always loved his piano pieces, wish I had ginormous hands so I could play them
Copland - my favorite thing to accompany are his "old American Songs"
Haydn - so much fun to play
Handel - "Messiah" was a transcendental experience for me when I first heard it live. I still love hearing/singing it.

My personal top 5 popular (as of today):
Joni Mitchell
Nanci Griffith
John Stewart
Ry Cooder
The Fratellis

These lists could change completely based on my mood and memory if you were to ask me the same question tomorrow.

04 February 2020, 08:23 AM

piqué

Brahms
Schubert
Britten
Elgar
Mozart

04 February 2020, 10:16 AM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by Nina:
quote:
Lowell George

Interesting choice... I might substitute Gram Parsons but I'd certainly be OK with Lowell George.

Classical list of my personal top 5:
Brahms - just so beautiful
Ravel - always loved his piano pieces, wish I had ginormous hands so I could play them
Copland - my favorite thing to accompany are his "old American Songs"
Haydn - so much fun to play
Handel - "Messiah" was a transcendental experience for me when I first heard it live. I still love hearing/singing it.

My personal top 5 popular (as of today):
Joni Mitchell
Nanci Griffith
John Stewart
Ry Cooder
The Fratellis

These lists could change completely based on my mood and memory if you were to ask me the same question tomorrow.

I forgot Joni Mitchel. d'oh