Favourite Composer(s)?

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I love Frédéric Chopin. Maybe the slavic soul helps :(

Each of his works is a fantastic present.

To generalize, I like romantic composers a lot.

They have a sensibility I share, and I (hope to !) retranscribe in my music.

Dvorak, too, composed so beautiful symphonies, that you can cry only while listening to them.

To talk about modern composers, Vladimir Cosma is, for my part, the best.

"Nadia's theme" from Michel Strogoff is a fantastic proof of it. So is the theme from "Le château de ma mère".

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Veronika :)

Johann Sebastian Bach & Dietrich Buxtehude (I feel like I have said this before)

I love a ton of composers, but those two sit atop.

Video game music? Koji Kondo, the composer behind the Mario theme, recognised by 2/3 of the world's population (apparently). His work for the Zelda series is also wonderful.

Other than that, I like film composers such as Thomas Newman and Don Davis, Ravel of course, Steve Reich (probably my main influence)...the list goes on. But those came to mind first.

OMG I never noticed this post before, SO true Mike, Koji Kondo's brilliant :)

richard wagner and j.s.bach are my favourite composers...

I thought I heard some moaning in here...

O Look, it's Glenn Gould! :happy:

As far as video game music is concerned i love Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu, My all time favorite composer though is Agustin Barrios.

My favorite composers are Sergei Rachmaninov (I know I misspelled his name, I just don't know how), Edvarg Grieg, David Holsinger (a contemporary VERY DIFFICULT concert band composer) and Tim Smith (a virtual unknown, but I know him personally and he's a very good composer).

Actually, you did spell it correctly. The alternative spelling ''Rachmaninoff'' was the spelling he himself used while living in the West throughout the latter half of his life. (thank you Wikipedia) I like Rachamninov too, but I find the excessive drama in his pieces to overshadow the actual emotions at times. Please don't kill me. ;)

My favorite composer changes constantly, currently it's Beethoven. He has this incredible sense of humour!

Classical: Beethoven

Modern: It's a toss up between John Williams and Harry Gregson-Williams. Both movie composers.

I don't know if anyone will read this or if anyone will care

But of all the composers who pushed the limits of music for their time (Liszt, Beethoven, Mozart) None of them in my mind were as important as Nicolo Paganini, Call me a fool if you want, but as my name implies I love this guy. But I also like Rachmaninov, Liszt, and Chopin.

Well thanks

I don't know if anyone will read this or if anyone will care

But of all the composers who pushed the limits of music for their time (Liszt, Beethoven, Mozart) None of them in my mind were as important as Nicolo Paganini, Call me a fool if you want, but as my name implies I love this guy. But I also like Rachmaninov, Liszt, and Chopin.

Well thanks

I read it. I agree with your statement about Paganini's IMPORTANCE, I just don't know how necessarily GOOD he was. His work is needlessly noodly, I find.

"All the composers who pushed the limits of music for their time" isn't including modern music, I'm assuming. For intricacy and virtuosity, look into Brian Ferneyhough, Gy

Well I'm glad you agree,

If you want to get an idea of how GOOD he was as a player of the violin, you should read his biography

And I meant by the statement "The composers who pushed the limits of music for their time" by the composers before Paganini not nessecarily modern composers.

Glad to hear someone agrees with me on this point

Classical: There are many but if I have to choose two:P i'll choose Eric Satie and Bach

Modern: It would probably be John Williams

As far as video game music is concerned i love Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu, My all time favorite composer though is Agustin Barrios.

Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu, are awesome really can create an atmosphere.

Damn, I forgot them!

Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu, are awesome really can create an atmosphere.

I never get tired of saying this...KOJI KONDO :P

My favorite composer is currently Beethoven. :P

Shanna

Beethoven, Aah You simply cannot go anywhere and talk about that guy, he really was one of the greatest

(Mozart even said once after Beethoven was his pupil "The world will talk about him in the future"

oops Typo I meant to say NOT talk about that guy

Beethoven, Aah You simply cannot go anywhere and talk about that guy, he really was one of the greatest

(Mozart even said once after Beethoven was his pupil "The world will talk about him in the future"

I don't think Beethoven was ever Mozart's pupil...Mozart did see him play some improv and was astounded at his playing...and then he said what you said he said :happy:.

Salieri taught Beethoven, though. Schubert and Liszt, too, if I'm not mistaken...

Oh, and my favorite operatic composer is Verdi, for sure :P. For symphonies, I'd probably go with Beethoven. Piano would have to be Schubert right now, though since I've recently found an old mozart sonata disc, I might start listening to those more often now :).....

Except for Verdi, my favorite composers will or can definitely change throughout the year, though...really, each composer has their unique style, and I listen to whichever one has the style I'm currently in the mood for hearing. A while back I couldn't get enough of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky.

Quote: I don't think Beethoven was ever Mozart's pupil...Mozart did see him play some improv and was astounded at his playing...and then he said what you said he said .

Salieri taught Beethoven, though. Schubert and Liszt, too, if I'm not mistaken...

LISZT? Where on earth did you learn that? I reread the bio on Beethoven and your right, Mozart only heard him play he didn't teach him. But you say Liszt taught him? Liszt was born in 1811 and died 1847, and Beethoven was born in 1770 and died in 1827. And I believe at the time Liszt was born, Beethoven was at the max of his career I doubt he'd take lessons from some as much as 30 years younger than he was.

Salieri taught Liszt.

lets hope this doesn't turn into a game of "Who taught Who"

'dry humor'

Salieri lived until 1825...meaning he probably taught Liszt as a child for a short while then..you know, died.

Really? I had no idea Salieri taught him, cool.

OOT: I have a trivia question for anyone who reads this, what was the name of the first teacher that Nicolo Paganini's father took him to see?