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

[teamsaint]

I prefer reliable or dependable Alycidon

its starting to feel like a general election campaign now.

[salymap]

I'm feeling guilty for leaving Schubert out. I love those last three great Piano Sonatas .

Mustn't break myown rules I suppose

[Thropplenoggin]

I'm feeling guilty for leaving Schubert out. I love those last three great Piano Sonatas .

Mustn't break myown rules I suppose

'Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do (wo)men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?'

[alycidon]

I prefer reliable or dependable Alycidon

I do not have many virtues sal, but I think that the two you mention would probably be ascribed to me by most of my past employers.

[salymap]

I do not have many virtues sal, but I think that the two you mention would probably be ascribed to me by most of my past employers.

I am in the same position, also called reliable and capable. Salt of the earth,that's us
alycidon

[Serial_Apologist]

I am in the same position, also called reliable and capable. Salt of the earth,that's us
alycidon

Having been ordered to cut down on salt intake, I shall in future have to leave kissing the earth to popes and people like that.

[teamsaint]

Having been ordered to cut down on salt intake, I shall in future have to leave kissing the earth to popes and people like that.

What other people would you pop into that particular sector of a venerable diagram?

Just asking, like?

[salymap]

And crisps, OK sauce, curries, gravy, you name it, it's salty, Then there's sugar, no cakes, biscuits, yes, it's a hard life,

Moderation in ALL things. Take Care

My BP tablets have been increased again so I sympathise S_A

[AjAjAjH]

Can somebody tell me what the last few contributions have to do with this thread?

[salymap]

Can somebody tell me what the last few contributions have to do with this thread?

Not much but I started the thread and S_A is a friend.

You are welcome to get it back on track with your list of composers

[antongould]

As we stand at present the positions are top 19

1 Beethoven
2 Bach
3 Brahms
4 Mozart
5 Elgar
5 Mahler
5 Schubert
8 Vaughan-Williams
9 Shostakovitch
10 Wagner
11 Bruckner
11 Sibelius
11 Tchaikovsky
14 Schumann
15 Haydn
16 Stravinsky
17 Chopin
17 Debussy
17 Strauss, R.

We should I suppose await the public vote to see who is in the dance off.......

[Tony Halstead]

Hoping to get this thread back on target with EIGHT COMPOSERS ONLY, as specified by the OP.... here we go:
Haydn
Mozart
Brahms
Mahler
Nielsen
Ravel
Delius
Vaughan Williams

[antongould]

Hoping to get this thread back on target with EIGHT COMPOSERS ONLY..........

Sorry Tony if you are referring to my post I should have been clearer that is not a vote but rather the positions from a count of the votes thus far....actually the voting other than Rumpole has been to the rules.....

[Nick Armstrong]

Hoping to get this thread back on target with EIGHT COMPOSERS ONLY, as specified by the OP....

actually the voting other than Rumpole has been to the rules.....

[cheesehoven]

First two are easy choices but its a toss up between the rest.
Bach
Beethoven
Chopin
Handel
Froberger
Sweelinck
Britten
Purcell