Greatest living composer? Including 'recently' deceased!

[Beef Oven!]

Beethoven's Fifth.

very droll, to use a cliche

[Beef Oven!]

Now, now. You know perfectly well that Zappa was anti-drugs.

So was Don

[Beef Oven!]

hummm

[Beresford]

I'd certainly like to mention
Louis Andriessen
Sofia Gubaidulina

My favourites too.
Is there still no consensus after this thread's conspectus?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Is there still no consensus after this thread's conspectus?

Of course there is; it's Ferneyhough.

I'm just waiting for you lot to catch up!

[MrGongGong]

Of course there is; it's Ferneyhough.

I'm just waiting for you lot to catch up!

Could be , but the field is narrowing due to
Harry has had to get a day job promoting holidays

[Serial_Apologist]

Could be , but the field is narrowing due to
Harry has had to get a day job promoting holidays

Looks like Evan Parker to me.

[Bryn]

Looks like Evan Parker to me.

Neck's too scrawny for Evan.

[ahinton]

hummm

Sorry to return to it so long after you posted it but I think that this is a disgrace; WAY too short!

[Serial_Apologist]

Of course there is; it's Ferneyhough.

I'm just waiting for you lot to catch up!

"Contrary to common belief, ferneyhoughgeliebte is not ahead of his time, most people are behind theirs" - famous saying of E Varèse.

[ahinton]

"Contrary to common belief, ferneyhoughgeliebte is not ahead of his time, most people are behind theirs" - famous saying of E Varèse.

I'm not sure when Varèse uttered this famous piece of wisdom, but he has surely to be given full marks for prescience?!...

[Beef Oven!]

I'm not sure when Varèse uttered this famous piece of wisdom, but he has surely to be given full marks for prescience?!...

[Richard Barrett]

Neck's too scrawny for Evan.

Quite - it's obviously Jerry Garcia.

[MrGongGong]

Quite - it's obviously Jerry Garcia.

Have Jerry and Harry ever been seen in the same place, at the same time?