Your favorite composers?

by Alistair123 Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:47 pm

You could say why you like them aswell Smile

and if your favorite isn't on the list, feel free to write them in as a reply.

You can make more then one choice if you cant decide between two.

by crazzycat Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:55 am

I like Bebussy mostr of all listed, but of cause all of them are greatest ones!

by Matthieu Stepec Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:09 am

Hey! Too bad Ravel is not in the list Wink

Or Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Haydn, Haendel, Stravinsky...

by Alistair123 Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:47 pm

I know

It only lets you fit 10 in Neutral

I did have Haydn but I replaced him for Rachmaninoff

by Marnex Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:09 pm

Debussy and Beethoven are two of my favorites. Although I really just like them all.

by Alistair123 Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:19 pm

No hardcore Scriabin fans here? Very Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGakwDtrDxw

Ooo I love it!!!!

PS- how do you paste a video so you dont have to click a link to see it? So it comes up in a video box in the fourm? cheers

by juliekaye Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:33 am

Click on the button above where you type a reply that is named "video". Paste in the url in the box and click ok.

Oh, look at that. It worked. Wink

by Alistair123 Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:24 pm

hehe thanks Smile

by Alistair123 Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:14 pm

Hey all. I have a piece I want you all to listen to Smile

I wanna know what you think about it.

It's called Album Leaf by Scriabin

I simply adore this one Smile

Ive just started to learn to play it, it will be a very slow process I think but I will enjoy it. Every time i play the first two bars clean I get "that feeling" :p Laughing

Cheers

by Thomandy Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:16 pm

I love ALL of them..

But I have really never listened to Brahms nor Debussy, so they are atm a couple of undiscovered diamonds for me, perhaps! Smile

Chopin - 1
Beethoven - 2
Grieg - 3
Schubert - 4
Liszt - 5

even though 3,4 & 5 could all have been on 3rd place! Smile

and then the rest, like Rach, Scriabin and Mozart is placed on 4th place Smile

by Alistair123 Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:17 pm

I'm not the biggest Debussy fan, I like his Reverie very much though.

Grieg is a total new one on me, ill look up some of his music some time

by Stride Piano Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:36 am

I'm into jazz and ragtime, so my list doesn't contain any of these composers. Anyways here are my top 6 in no order.

1. Zez Confrey
2. Jelly Roll Morton
3. Eubie Blake
4. Thomas "Fats" Waller
5. James P. Johnson
6. Billy Mayerl

Can't really decide on my favorite though. If anybody's never heard of these people, here is a video of Jelly Roll Morton's Fingerbreaker:

Here is a performance of Billy Mayerl's "Loose Elbows" by Martin Spitznagel. This guy is crazy good.