Composer index

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Argentina

Alberto Ginastera (1916–83)
Osvaldo Golijov (1960–)
Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008)
Ástor Piazzolla (1921–92)

Armenia

National thread

Aram Khachaturian (1903–78)

Australia

Percy Grainger (1882–1961)
Peter Sculthorpe (1929–)
Carl Vine (1954–)
Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)

Austria

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Anton Bruckner (1824–96)
Friedrich Cerha (1926–)
Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–99)
Gottfried von Einem (1918–96)
Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Franz Gruber (1787–1863)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Siegmund von Hausegger (1872–1948)
Hermanus Contractus [Hermann] (1013–54)
Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
Ernst Krenek (1900–91)
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Trends
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Books
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Symphony No.1
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Reading his scores
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Recordings of Symphony No.3 and 4
Alma Mahler (1876–1964)
Joseph Marx (1882–1964)
Wolfgang Mitterer (1958–)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) Discussion of genres
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) Modern interpretation
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) Conspiracy theory over authorship (entertainment only)
Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945)
Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
Arnold Schönberg [Schoenberg] (1874–1951)
Arnold Schönberg [Schoenberg] (1874–1951) Criticism
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Ernst Toch (1887–1964)
Nancy Van de Vate (1930–)
Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Karl Weigl (1881–1949)
Egon Wellesz (1885–1974)
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Erich Zeisl (1905–59)
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942)

Brazil

José Maurício Nunes García (1767–1830)
Camargo Guarnieri (1907–93)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)

Belarus

National thread

Belgium

National thread (of sorts)

César Franck (1822–90)
Lodewijk de Vocht (1887–1977)

Cambodia
Chinary Ung (1942–)

Canada

National Thread

Colin McPhee (1900–64)
Justin Taylor (1986–)
Claude Vivier (1948–83)

China

Tan Dun (1957–)
Huang Ruo (1974–)

Czech Republic

Czech composers post Martinů

Václav Dobiáš (1909–78)
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812)
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Jindřich Feld (1925–2007)
Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951)
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–74)
Pavel Haas (1899-1944)
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
Jan Kalivoda [Johann Kalliwoda] (1801–66)
Franz Krommer (1759–1831)
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959) Chamber music
Josef Mysliveček (1737–81)
Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949)
Anton Reicha (1770–1836)
Bedřich Smetana (1824–84)
Josef Suk (1875–1935)
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739–1813)
Pavel Wranitzky (1758–1808)
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)

Denmark

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707) Organ works
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932–)
Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996)
Rued Langgaard (1893–1952)
Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
Per Nørgård (1932–)
Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
Ludvig Schytte (1848–1909)
Bent Sørensen (1958–)

Egypt

Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1899–1991)

Estonia

National thread

Arvo Pärt (1935–)
Lepo Sumera (1950–2000)
Eduard Tubin (1905–82)
Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959–)

Finland

Kalevi Aho (1949–)
Einar Englund (1916–1999)
Kimmo Hakola (1958–)
Uuno Klami (1900–61)
Magnus Lindberg (1958–)
Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947)
Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008)
Fredrik Pacius (1809–91)
Väinö Raitio (1891–1945)
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–)
Kaija Saariaho (1952–)
Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958–)
Aulis Sallinen (1935–)
Leif Segerstam (1944–)
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) The Wood Nymph
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Harold Schonberg on Sibelius
Jukka Tiensuu (1948–)

France

Charles Valentin Alkan (1813–88)
Jean Barraqué (1928–73)
Hector Berlioz (1803–69)
Georges Bizet (1838–75)
Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly (1785–1858)
Francois Adrien Boildeau (1775–1834)
Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
Pierre Boulez (1925–)
André Campra (1660–1744)
Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
Guillaume Connesson (1970–)
François Couperin (1668–1733)
Jean Cras (1879–1932)
Marc-André Dalbavie (1961–)
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Abel Decaux (1869–1943)
François Devienne (1759–1803)
Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)
Lucien Durosoir (1878–1955)
Maurice Durufle (1902–86)
Henri Dutilleux (1916–)
Ernest Fanelli (1860–1917)
Louise Farrenc (1804–75)
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941)
Gérard Grisey (1946–98)
Ferdinand Herold (1791–1833)
Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
André Jolivet (1905–74)
Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)
Philippe Manoury (1952–)
Alberic Magnard (1865–1914)
Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–92)
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Jacques Offenbach (1819–80)
George Onslow (1784–1853)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Jean-Henri Ravina (1818–1906)
Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Gustave Samazeuilh (1877–1967)
Erik Satie (1866–1925)
Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)

Georgia

Giya Kancheli (1935–)

Germany

German composers 1933–45

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–87)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–88)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Polyphony
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Symphonies (HIP)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Classical or Romantic?
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Innovations
Johannes Brahms (1833–97)
Max Bruch (1838–1920)
Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807)
Franz Danzi (1763–1826)
Paul Dessau (1894–1979)
Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
Eduard Franck (1817–93) and Richard Franck (1858–1938)
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954)
Johann Fux (1660–1741)
Harald Genzmer (1909–2007)
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–87)
Ernst Haberbier (1813–69)
Georg Friedrich Händel [Handel] (1685–1759)
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–63)
Hans Werner Henze (1926–) Symphonies
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Karl Holler (1907–87)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Helmut Lachenmann (1935–)
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–47)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)
Emilie Mayer (1812–83)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1944–1900)
Hans Pfitzner (1896–1949)
Max Reger (1873–1916)
Aribert Reimann (1936–)
Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838)
Wolfgang Rihm (1952–)
Robert Schumann (1810–56)
Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (1904–85)
Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823)
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) RIP
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) Festival
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Richard Strauss (1864–1949) His place in history
Richard Strauss (1864–1949) Original ending of Ein Heldenleben
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) Style
Richard Wagner (1813–83)
Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750)
Richard Wetz (1875–1935)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1915–70)
Emely Zobel (1964–96)

Greece

Georges Aperghis (1945–)
Nikolaos Skalkottas (1904–49)
Dimitri Terzakis (1938–)
Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) Middle works
Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) Late works

Hungary

Bálint Bakfark (1507–76)
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Peter Eötvös (1944–)
Karl Goldmark (1830–1915)
Tibor Harsányi (1898–1954)
Stephen Heller (1813–88)
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
György Kurtág (1926–)
György Kurtág (1926–) Concert review
György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
Franz Liszt (1811–86) Late piano works
Franz Liszt (1811–86) Criticism
Miklós Rózsa (1907–95)
Mátyás Seiber (1905–60)

Iceland

Hafliði Hallgrímsson (1941–)
Jón Leifs (1899–1968)

India

Indian-born emigrated composers

Ireland

National thread

Victor Herbert (1859–1924)
Archibald James Potter (1918–80)

Israel

Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984)
Michael Seltenreich (?1989–)

Italy

Italian symphony in the 20th century

Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Sylvano Bussotti (1931–)
Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–96)
Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
Azio Corghi (1937–)
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–75)
Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
Bruno Maderna (1920–73)
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
Ennio Morricone (1928–)
Luigi Nono (1924–90)
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) - "Scarlatti and the Dionysiac"
Giacinto Scelsi (1905–88)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)

Japan

National thread

Akira Ifukube (1914–2006)
Tōru Takemitsu (1930–96)
Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953–)

South Korea

Unsuk Chin (1961–)

North Korea

Isang Yun (1917–95)

Latvia

National thread

Jānis Ivanovs
Pēteris Vasks (1946–)

Lithuania

National thread

Vidmantas Bartulis (1954–)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911)
Bronius Kutavičius (1932–)
Onutė Narbutaitė (1956–)

Luxembourg

National thread

Mexico

Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–56)
Arturo Márquez (1950–)
Conlon Nancarrow (1912–97)
Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
Luis Sandi (1905–96)

The Netherlands

National thread

Louis Andriessen (1939–)
Henk Badings (1907–87)
Bernard van Dieren (1887–1936)
Simeon ten Holt (1923–)
Tristan Keuris (1946–96)
Julius Röntgen (1855–1932)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967)

New Zealand

Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001)
John Psathas (1966–)

Norway

National thread

Klaus Egge (1906–1979)
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)

Poland

National thread
National thread (pre 1945)
National thread (post 1945)

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–69)
Tadeusz Baird (1928–81)
Augustyn Bloch (1929–2006)
Frédéric Chopin (1810–49)
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933–)
Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909)
Wojciech Kilar (1932–)
Eugeniusz Knapik (1951–)
Józef Koffler (1896–1944?)
Hanna Kulenty (1961–)
Aleksander Lasoń (1951–)
Paweł Łukaszewski (1968–)
Witold Lutosławski (1913–94)
Roman Maciejewski (1910–98)
Krzysztof Meyer (1943–)
Paweł Mykietyn (1971–)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
Andrzej Panufnik (1914–91)
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–)
Kazimierz Serocki (1922–81)
Marek Stachowski (1936–2004)
Zygmunt Stojowski (1870–1946)
Tadeusz Szeligowski (1896–1963)
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
Paweł Szymański (1954–)
Aleksander Tansman (1897–1986)
Mieczysław Weinberg [Vainberg] (1919–96)
Agata Zubel (1978–)

Portugal

Joly Braga Santos (1924–88)
Emmanuel Nunes (1941–)

Romania

Dimitrie Cuclin (1885–1978)
George Enescu (1881–1955)
Horaţiu Rădulescu (1942–2008)

Russia

Lesser known Russian composers
Modern Russian composers
Contemporary Russian composers
"Greatest" Russian composers

Alexander Alyabiev (1787–1851)
Fikret Amirov (1922–84)
Vyacheslav Artyomov (1940–)
Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
Alexander Borodin (1833–87)
Revol Bunin (1924–76)
Edison Denisov (1929–96)
Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
Reinhold Glière (1875–1956)
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–87)
Alemdar Karamanov (1934–)
Nikolai Kapustin (1937–)
Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007)
Alexander Krein (1883–1951)
Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
Alexei Machavariani (1913–95)
Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
Alexander Mosolov (1900–73)
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–81)
Nikolai Myaskovsky [Miaskovsky] (1881–1950)
Leonid Polovinkin (1894–1949)
Gavriil Popov (1904–72)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–53)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–53) - Stalin
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Piano works
Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944)
Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920)
Vadim Salmanov (1912–78)
Rodion Shchedrin (1932–)
Alfred Schnittke (1934–98)
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
Vissarion Shebalin (1902–63)
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–75)
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–75) (Non-existent) organ music
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–75) Chamber music
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–75) Criticism
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Georgi Sviridov (1915–98)
Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93)
Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008)

Slovenia

Uroš Krek (1922–)

South Africa

W. H. Bell (1873–1946)

Spain

The Spanish Avant-Garde

Conrado del Campo (1878–1953)
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970)
Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
Vicente Martín y Soler (1754–1806)
Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
Pedro Vilarroig (1954–)

Sweden

Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974)
Natanael Berg (1879-1957)
Franz Berwald (1796–1868)
Erland von Koch (1910–)
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–92)
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–86)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942)
Allan Pettersson (1911–80)
Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
Sven-David Sandström (1942–)
Yngve Skold (1899–1992)
Dag Wirén (1905–1986)

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Switzerland

National thread

Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
Heinz Holliger (1939–)
Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
Frank Martin (1890–1974)
Joachim Raff (1822–82)
Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957)

Turkey

Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907–91)

Ukraine

National thread

Valentin Silvestrov (1937–)

United Kingdom

National thread #1
National thread #2
British composers born 1900–50
British composers born 1915–33
British cello concerti
British chamber music

Thomas Adès (1971–)
Richard Addinsell (1904–77)
William Alwyn (1905–85)
Richard Arnell (1917–2009)
Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
Edgar Bainton (1880–1956)
Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
George Benjamin (1960–)
Lennox Berkeley (1903–89)
Harrison Birtwistle (1934–)
Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
Derek Bourgeois (1941–)
York Bowen (1884–1961)
Havergal Brian (1876–1972)
Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
Benjamin Britten (1913–76)
Alan Bush (1900–95)
Arthur Butterworth (1923–)
Arthur Butterworth (1923–) #2
William Byrd (1534–1623)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
Nicholas Maw (1935–2009)
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–)
Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
James Dillon (1950-)
George Dyson (1883–1964)
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Edward Elgar (1857–1934) - Context
Brian Ferneyhough (1943–)
Michael Finnissy (1946–)
Gerald Finzi (1901–56)
John Foulds (1880–1939)
Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973)
Gilbert (1836–1911) and Sullivan (1842–1900)
Eugene Goossens (1893–1962)
Jonny Greenwood (1971–)
Edward Gregson (1945–)
Jonathan Harvey (1939–)
William Herschel (1738–1822)
Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008)
Joseph Holbrooke (1878–1958)
Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
Imogen Holst (1907–84)
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
John Ireland (1879–1962)
Patrick Jonathan (1959–)
Daniel Jones (1912–93)
John Joubert (1927–)
Oliver Knussen (1952–)
Kenneth Leighton (1929–88)
Thomas Linley Jr. (1756–78)
George Lloyd (1913–98)
James MacMillan (1959–)
Carlo Martelli (1935–)
David Matthews (1943–)
John McCabe (1939–)
John Blackwood Mcewen (1868–1948)
Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950)
Michael Nyman (1944–)
Hubert Parry (1848–1918)
Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
Arnold Cooke (1906–2005)
Henry Purcell (1659–95)
Alan Rawsthorne (1905–71)
Cyril Rootham (1875–1938)
Edmund Rubbra (1901–86)
John Rutter(1945–)
Robert Saxton (1953–)
Humphrey Searle (1915–82)
Cyril Scott (1879–1970)
Robert Simpson (1921–97)
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988)
Charles Stanford (1852–1924)
Thomas Tallis (1505–85)
John Tavener(1944–)
Michael Tippett (1905–98)
William Walton (1902–83)
Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
Graham Whettam (1927–2007)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
William Wordsworth (1908–88)

United States

National thread
Jewish American Composers

John Adams (1947–)
John Luther Adams (1953–)
George Antheil (1900–59)
Milton Babbitt (1916–)
Samuel Barber (1910–81)
Arthur Berger (1912–2003)
Leonard Bernstein (1918–90)
John Cage (1912–92)
Elliott Carter (1908–)
Elliott Carter (1908–) Letter from Tanglewood
Aaron Copland (1900–90)
Aaron Copland (1900–90) - A complete survey
John Corigliano (1938–)
Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
George Crumb (1929–)
Richard Danielpour (1956–)
David Diamond (1915–2005)
Donald Erb (1927–2008)
Arthur Farwell (1872–1952)
Morton Feldman (1926–87)
Lukas Foss (1922–2009)
George Gershwin (1898–37)
Vittorio Giannini (1903–66)
Philip Glass (1937–)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–69)
Charles Griffes (1884–1920)
Howard Hanson (1896–1981)
Roy Harris (1898–1979)
Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
Bernard Herrmann (1911–75)
Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
Andrew Imbrie (1921–2007)
Kamran Ince (1960–)
Charles Ives (1874–1954)
Charles Ives (1874–1954) Book review
David Lang (1957–)
Benjamin Lees (1924–2010)
Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)
Donald Martino (1931–2005)
Peter Mennin (1923–83)
Nico Muhly (1981–)
Harry Partch (1901–74)
George Perle (1915–2009)
George Perle (1915–2009) #2
Vincent Persichetti (1915–87)
Walter Piston (1894–1976)
Steve Reich (1936–)
Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
Terry Riley (1935–)
George Rochberg (1918–2005)
Ned Rorem (1923–)
Arnold Rosner (1945–)
Christopher Rouse (1949–)
Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)
Frederic Rzewski (1938–)
Peter Schickele, AKA P.D.Q. Bach (1935–)
William Schuman (1910–92)
Joseph Schwantner (1943–)
Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
Sheridan Seyfried (1984–)
Ralph Shapey (1921–2002)
Harold Shapero (1920–)
Halsey Stevens (1908–89)
William Grant Still (1895–1978)
George Tsontakis (1951–)
Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–90)
Franz Waxman (1906–67)
Eric Whitacre (1970–)
Stefan Wolpe (1902–72)
Charles Wuorinen (1938–)
Howard Yermish (1971–)
La Monte Young (1935–)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939–)

Venezuela
Moisés Moleiro (1904–1979)

Regions:

Czechoslovakia
Scandinavia (including Finland)
Composers inspired by Georgia and the Caucasus

Styles and schools:

Contemporary composers
Baroque music from 1740-60
Late Classical/early Romantic composers
The Boston Six
'Difficult' mid 20th century composers
Electroacoustic composers

Miscellaneous:

Composers with the surname "Coates"
African-American composers
The conductor as composer
The composer as conductor
Conductor-composers
Why do people listen to less popular composers
Discovering new composers
Why I am not a composer
Pop composers producing classical music
Frank Zappa (1940-93)
Paul McCartney (1942-)
Moondog (1916-99)
John Zorn (1953-)
George Edward Ives (1845–94)
Transcriptions
The graves/corpses of Beethoven and Schubert
Composers whose physical appearance resembles their musical style
'Nervous' composers
Horror movie composers

Comparisons:

Schoenberg, Webern and Berg
Handel and Vivaldi
Prokofiev and Stravinsky

Lists:

Top 3 symphonists
Top 3 Haydn "London" symphonies
Top 50 composers
Most intelligent composer
Which composer is the most refreshing
Composers whose legacy will grow
Composers and their lifespans
Living symphonic composers
Composers to investigate
Best composer under 45 years of age

Discarded threads of substantial length:
(some worth, but generally flames)

Handel and Bach
Gustav Mahler
Edward Elgar
Elgar and Berlioz





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Original text of post 2:

Why: I have no life/an experiment
How: Better than the search, preventing duplicate threads and allowing others to be better found

Many of the nationalities are annoying and not ideal.* Non composer-specific threads were listed for being in the section anyway.

*Stanford is listed as British by association, Panufnik is listed Polish by association, etc.

[karlhenning]

Argentina

Osvaldo Golijov (1960-)
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-92)

What, no Ginastera?! 

[Dundonnell]

This list is extremely useful! Thank you

Ideas for new threads are beginning to occur to me already!

[bhodges]

A most helpful compilation indeed!  I have taken the liberty of making it a "sticky" topic.  Thanks much for taking the time to do this. 

--Bruce

[Renfield]

To call on different roots of mine than usual, were I the DM, I'd award you 5000XP for this. Great thread.

[Opus106]

Why: I have no life/an experiment
How: Better than the search, preventing duplicate threads and allowing others to be better found

Many of the nationalities are annoying and not ideal.* Non composer-specific threads were listed for being in the section anyway.

*Stanford is listed as British by association, Panufnik is listed Polish by association, etc.

Thank you.

I have taken the liberty of making it a "sticky" topic. 
--Bruce

Thanks to you, too, sir.

[Lethevich]

Neat that it will be of use. Shame that the same can't be done for the recordings section atm - it's just too large.

[karlhenning]

Thanks, Sara; outstanding work!

[Opus106]

Is this a non-operatic-composers-only list? I mean, does it not include composers known primarily for their operas?

[Wanderer]

An excellent idea, Lethe, and a very useful list, too! 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Brilliant ideas are often the most obvious... Well done, Lethe! Very handy.

[marvinbrown]

  Lethe you forgot the Wagner Valhalla thread 

  EDIT: You also forgot the Verdi King of Italian Opera thread  ! 


  Both of these threads can be found in the Opera and Vocal Section  of GMG.  Please be kind enough to add them to your list  .

  marvin

[Lethevich]

I added them - I considered adding composer-specific things (such as the Les Troyens) thing under each composer, in fact, I'd like to (as the opera section is small), but I think that people may begin to experience browser problems if the first post becomes too long

[Opus106]

I think that people may begin to experience browser problems if the first post becomes too long

It won't even be half as problematic as the What are you Listening to? or Purchases Today threads. 

[Drasko]

I considered adding composer-specific things

If you'd to proceed in that direction it might ultimately end up like this:

http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/bu/people/bs/borges.html

[Lethevich]

If you'd to proceed in that direction it might ultimately end up like this:

http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/bu/people/bs/borges.html

It will consume us all

[ChamberNut]

Lethe, tres bien!

Thank you for taking the time to do this.  Much appreciated!  0:)

[marvinbrown]

I added them - I considered adding composer-specific things (such as the Les Troyens) thing under each composer, in fact, I'd like to (as the opera section is small), but I think that people may begin to experience browser problems if the first post becomes too long

  Thank you  .

  marvin

[SonicMan46]

Excellent job!    Thanks for your tremendous effort - I started a similar but shorter period listing HERE a while back w/ links to the OLD FORUM; unfortunately, no longer a choice, so a lot of interesting threads gone - 

Will enjoy perusing this new list - might want to add George Enescu, too - thanks again!