IMAGINE:
A committee is being organized to re-construct Mt. Rushmore to commemorate, not the greatest presidents, but the greatest and most influential composers in the history of music. YOU are in charge of this committee. So: WHO are your top FOUR picks for Mt. Musicmore? Will you perpetuate the cult of the Three B's? Will you afflict the mountainside with the faces of Schoenberg or other modernist favorites? Will you go the Wagnerian route, or traverse the ways of Brahms? Submit your top choices today!
WHO ARE THE TOP FOUR COMPOSERS WORTHY OF IMMORTALITY ON MT. MUSICMORE?!?
The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
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Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
I recommend Bach, Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninoff and Beethoven.
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Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Stravinsky
"Music's golden tongue flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor."
Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
I choose John Williams, Beethoven, Bach, and Tchaikovsky.
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Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
And if we had an Operatic Mt. Rushmore, I would choose:
Mozart
Rossini
Verdi
Wagner
Mozart
Rossini
Verdi
Wagner
"Music's golden tongue flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor."
Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
the criteria are greatness and influence, but i value greatness more than influence. therefore, based on my limited knowledge:
1. beethoven (in my opinion, the only indisputable choice, for greatness and influence)
2. mozart (belongs in the top three, for greatness and influence)
3. bach (belongs in the top three, for greatness and influence)
4. brahms (the most difficult choice... another germanic composer, but among the greatest ever... not as influential, but his influence tends to be underrated)
honorable mentions for greatness: schubert, handel
honorable mentions for influence: wagner, stravinsky, debussy
honorable mentions for personal taste: tchaikovsky, ravel, bizet
so many great composers not mentioned, maybe we'll do a longer list sometime.
1. beethoven (in my opinion, the only indisputable choice, for greatness and influence)
2. mozart (belongs in the top three, for greatness and influence)
3. bach (belongs in the top three, for greatness and influence)
4. brahms (the most difficult choice... another germanic composer, but among the greatest ever... not as influential, but his influence tends to be underrated)
honorable mentions for greatness: schubert, handel
honorable mentions for influence: wagner, stravinsky, debussy
honorable mentions for personal taste: tchaikovsky, ravel, bizet
so many great composers not mentioned, maybe we'll do a longer list sometime.
so let it be written... so let it be done.
Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
Just for fun:
The original intent: and the pre-sculpted appearance:
The original intent: and the pre-sculpted appearance:
"Music's golden tongue flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor."
Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
I appreciate the precedent for "honorable mention"
Here are four from me:
Claudio Monteverdi
Georg Friedrich Händel
Richard Wagner
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Here are four from me:
Claudio Monteverdi
Georg Friedrich Händel
Richard Wagner
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Music's golden tongue flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor."
Re: The Mt. Rushmore of Composers!
I think I am tentatively going to go with:
Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
But I feel like somehow I should have a more modern composer in there ... oh, what a sore test it is to come up with such a list!
Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
But I feel like somehow I should have a more modern composer in there ... oh, what a sore test it is to come up with such a list!
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us"
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