8 composers you can live without

[Pikaia]

Bartok
Delius
Einaudi
Faure
Finzi
Haydn
Hildegard of Bingen
Mahler

[Sir Velo]

Delius
Liszt
Tchaikovsky
Verdi
Donizetti
Vivaldi
Franck
Copland

Poor old Fred D's turning up often on this thread...

Delius nearly made it onto my top 8 and on another day would have been there instead of Walton (got to have some British, innit?). Really don't understand the dislike for his music.I can understand that some may be indifferent to it, but to actively dislike it I find very hard to figure. Music like "Summer Night on the River" is such a gloriously subtle evocation of nature.

[ahinton]

Barrett
Hinton....

...er, only joking.

Arthur Hinton, presumably, but it's unclear whether you're referring (albeit even only in jest) to Natasha, Roland or Ruth Barrett...

[Sir Velo]

Arthur Hinton, presumably, but it's unclear whether you're referring (albeit even only in jest) to Natasha, Roland or Ruth Barrett...

or possibly Syd?

[VodkaDilc]

Mozart
Berlioz
Donizetti
Vivaldi
Delius
Palestrina
Tippett
The Classic FM School (Einaudi, Jenkins, Rutter et al) - do they count as composers?

[Mr Pee]

Delius nearly made it onto my top 8 and on another day would have been there instead of Walton (got to have some British, innit?). Really don't understand the dislike for his music.I can understand that some may be indifferent to it, but to actively dislike it I find very hard to figure. Music like "Summer Night on the River" is such a gloriously subtle evocation of nature.

And having put Delius on my list you have just reminded me of the "Florida Suite", which I absolutely adore.

A quick edit might be in order.....

[Mary Chambers]

The Classic FM School (Einaudi, Jenkins, Rutter et al) - do they count as composers?

I asked a similar question when I included Rutter in my list. If they count, I'd include the ones you've named as well, except they would take up too much of the list.

[ahinton]

or possibly Syd?

If you see him, tell him!...

[ahinton]

I asked a similar question when I included Rutter in my list. If they count, I'd include the ones you've named as well, except they would take up too much of the list.

I'd forgotten to include Rutter but, whilst thanking you for the reminder, 9 breaks the rules, so I'll have to leave it as is!

Actually, no - take out Stravinsky and substitute him with Rutter!

[aeolium]

Donizetti
Bizet
Liszt
Puccini
R Strauss
Stravinsky
Ravel
Walton

[vinteuil]

Elgar
Vaughan Williams
Delius
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninov
Weill
Respighi

[vinteuil]

Funnily enough, those are all among my favourite composers!

[Petrushka]

I found this much easier than my 8 favourites! How interesting that the same names crop up time and time again.

[remdataram]

Bruckner
Berlioz
Glass
Prokofiev
Stockhausen
Handel
Gorecki

Sorry about Bruckner, I've tried and tried but it all seems so pointless - meandering on and on.
Interesting that nobody has chosen Mahler, so far.......

[Richard Tarleton]

I found this much easier than my 8 favourites! How interesting that the same names crop up time and time again.

Indeed, my list v. similar to one or two others:

Elgar
Vaughan Williams
Rachmaninov
Stravinsky
Delius
Nielsen
Puccini
Franck
Bizet