Why do so few composers' names begin with the letter...................

[Guest]

.......................J?

[VodkaDilc]

.......................J?

Janácek, Jarre, Jackson (G and F), Joubert, Jacob, Jolivet, Josephs......

In my CD collection, I,K,U,X,Y,Z are rarer.

[Lateralthinking1]

Janácek, Jarre, Jackson (G and F), Joubert, Jacob, Jolivet, Josephs......

In my CD collection, I,K,U,X,Y,Z are rarer.

Not E?

(I can help with K - Kabalevsky, Kalinnikov. Kapustin, Khachaturian, Kirchner, Kodaly, Kokkenon, Korngold, Kreisler, Krommer)

[salymap]

Elgar, Enescu, Ellington

[Lateralthinking1]

Elgar, Enescu, Ellington

Ellington, salymap?

Time for an edit.............Why do so few composers' names begin with E?

(Karl Jenkins is another J, sort of)

[gurnemanz]

Eisler

[Lateralthinking1]

E - and J - are very under represented compared with the percentages in the telephone book.

[EdgeleyRob]

Four beginning with X here

http://www.classical-composers.org/page/composers

[Lateralthinking1]

Four beginning with X here

http://www.classical-composers.org/page/composers

That is the same number of Es we have.

Are E and J less common starting letters for non-English names?

[scottycelt]

Probably because composers' surnames are pretty much in line with the percentage of the population as a whole, though I confess I've never actually studied this apparently perplexing issue in any great detail. Flossie, maybe?

In any case there are more than enough divinely composing 'Bs' to make up for any lack of leading literal talent elsewhere ...

[BBMmk2]

What ablut X? Iannis Xenakis, ofcourse but any others?

[EdgeleyRob]

What ablut X? Iannis Xenakis, ofcourse but any others?

See #8 BBM.

[gurnemanz]

Any advance on Yradier (one track on EMI Record of Singing).

[Ferretfancy]

Quilter,the only Q I can think of so far, oh, I've just remembered Quantz

[Lateralthinking1]

Any advance on Yradier (one track on EMI Record of Singing).

Yepes but with doubts about whether it was really Yepes and Ysaye 1 and 2.

I can't offer anything more on Q but there are probably others in obscure places.

There are quite a lot of Belgians and surprisingly few Dutch.

(Can Zappa be rightly described as a classical composer?)