The Eight Composers you couldn't Live Without. 8 only, no additions,no other rules

[MrGongGong]

It's like Shakespeare and a Bible, goes without saying, no explanation required.

I'd choose other things
i've read both of those ........

not that there's anything WRONG with Bach or Beethoven BTW

[AmpH]

Are they better than Supertramp ?

Ask ER , nothing to do with me

[Beef Oven!]

I'd choose other things

But if everyone did that, where would it all end up?

[MrGongGong]

But if everyone did that, where would it all end up?

Somewhere much more interesting maybe ?

[french frank]

Re my last:

If people aren't counting Bach and Beethoven in their eight, I'll add Mendelssohn (or Chopin) and Janaahchek

[Beef Oven!]

Somewhere much more interesting maybe ?

Ha-ha! You fell into my trap - there is of course no-one more interesting than Bach, Shakespeare and Beethoven!

[Roehre]

DesPrez
Sweelinck
Beethoven
Brahms
Mahler
Webern
Berg
Stravinsky

[teamsaint]

Ha-ha! You fell into my trap - there is of course no-one more interesting than Bach, Shakespeare and Beethoven!

Steve Davis?
Bertini?

[EdgeleyRob]

Are they better than Supertramp ?

That's a tough one.
Yes they just have the edge over Supertramp probably.
I could live without Bach,Beethoven and Supertramp.

[Beef Oven!]

Steve Davis?
Bertini?

Gary 'Interesting' Bertini, of interesting Mahler cycle fame, you mean?

[Mary Chambers]

Re my last:

If people aren't counting Bach and Beethoven in their eight, I'll add Mendelssohn (or Chopin) and Janaahchek

I wondered if anyone would mention Chopin. I'll add Chopin to my eight, but I don't particularly want Beethoven as a given. I accept that he's a great composer, but I could live without him.

I find these lists fascinating. Some composers who appear quite often don't interest me at all, and one or two I've never even heard of.

Later: editing to add Haydn. I'm only aware of one way of pronouncing his name, and have no idea whether it's correct or not. Didn't know there was any discussion. Hide-n. Is that wrong?

[teamsaint]

Gary 'Interesting' Bertini, of interesting Mahler cycle fame, you mean?

Yup. He even did them in japanese.

[Petrushka]

Mahler
Bruckner
Wagner
Johann Strauss
Shostakovich
Elgar
Beethoven
Brahms

[MrGongGong]

Ha-ha! You fell into my trap - there is of course no-one more interesting than Bach, Shakespeare and Beethoven!

Is that a statement of fact ? or opinion masquerading as fact ? (i'm sure you know what that means )

[gurnemanz]

Here's a sub-list:

Duke Ellington
George Gershwin
Cole Porter
Kurt Weill
Richard Rodgers
Irving Berlin
Jerome Kern
Harold Arlen