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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.

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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?

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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

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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.

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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.

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^ 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. ermm.gif

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...

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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.

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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

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