Composers described in 4 words

[Sir Velo]

Chausson - On yer bike, Ernest!

[Tapiola]

Sibelius - Stoke that fire, Aino.

[Beef Oven!]

PMD - Never ate that swan

[Serial_Apologist]

Boulez: Don't EVER mention Tchaikovsky!

Understandable in Boulez's case - but in Sibelius's ??? Tchaikovsky...Finland...Russia... big "themes" in 1899, no?

[ahinton]

Britten - Don’t ever mention Puccini

Britten: Nor Hans Werner Henze

[ahinton]

Chausson - On yer bike, Ernest!

Oh, not AGAIN! Must you continue to re-cycle this?

[ahinton]

PMD - Never ate that swan

PMD: I cooked it, though

[Bryn]

PMD - Never ate that swan

Max: Cygnus cygnus not olor.

[Stanfordian]

PMD: Where's the money gone?

[Beef Oven!]

Britten: Nor Hans Werner Henze

Really? Didn’t know that.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Understandable in Boulez's case - but in Sibelius's ??? Tchaikovsky...Finland...Russia... big "themes" in 1899, no?

Concerning First Symphony Finales and their perceived influences, it could have been

Brahms: Don't EVER mention Beethoven!

[EdgeleyRob]

Warlock: Your round again, Jack.

Moeran: Make mine a double.

Warlock: Top it up, then.

Moeran: That went down well.

Warlock: I really needed that.

Moeran: Fancy another? There's time.

Warlock: Don't mind if I do.

Moeran: I ever tell you ... ?

Warlock: Not for ten minutes ...

Moeran: 'bout the time when ...

[passes out on floor]

Warlock: I'll get 'em in ...

Delius - Can't take them anywhere

[EdgeleyRob]

Alwyn - Not just film music

Sibelius - Starts stops starts stops

Dyson - Not just church music

Elgar - Plucked from the air

Arnold - Sad even when jolly

Bruckner - For almighty God's sake

Vaughan Williams - The only antidepressant needed

Howells - Solace for stressful days

Leighton - Second Symphony worth hearing

Lloyd - Only four fans hereabouts

[gurnemanz]

Bach: Any new baby names?

[Alain Maréchal]

Percy Grainger: a tamed colonial boy