Question Best Composer

[Notebook]

Just had an interesting chat with a friend, He thinks Europe as a group of composers(20th Century) has far more quality than the UK.

I could only think of Holst, Britten, Elgar ...I lost.

It had been a long day....

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[Sunhillow]

Among the british composers I also love Ralph Vaughan Williams, especially symphonies No. 6 and 7 and the great "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"

 

[Michkov]

One would expect more European composers based on population figures alone. Quick google would suggest a 9:1 going by 1875 figures all things being equal.

 

[Ravenous]

I'd add Tavener, Delius, Duarte, off the top of my head. But I suppose it depends what sort of material one likes to listen to.

 

[Urwumpe]

England has got Steve Harris.

 

[Graham2001]

To that list I'll add Malcom Arnold, and his rather interesting 8th Symphony

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And the wonderful 3rd Symphony of Vaughn Williams teacher, Anglo-Irish composer, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford.

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[Graham2001]

Peter Racine Fricker

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William Wordsworth

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[Sunhillow]

When I first heard this work of madness many years ago on radio it was quite impressing

 

[Graham2001]

John Veal, here represented by the first work he composed after abandoning composition due to being 'frozen out' by the so-called avant-guarde in the 1960s.

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[Urwumpe]

The prototype of a classic Steve Harris composition:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I'm a fan of Haydn and Mozart myself. Both can be equally serious and whimsical. Corelli and Boccerini are also pretty excellent

One of my (current) favorite pieces:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zUzO4-ivlA"]Joseph Haydn / Symphony No. 38 in C major "Echo" (Solomons) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Notebook]

Suppose I should mention William Walton:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walton

Also gets an opportunity to get this in...

No CGI, just some models, bit of film special-effects, and lots of old aircraft!

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[n72.75]

Henry Purcell should be first on the list of British composers, IMHO.

But being an baroque opera nerd, I may be biased.