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Title: The Best Composers Come From.....
Post by: smithreeseii on March 20, 2010, 02:18:21 AM: ....what country/region? (Matter of opinion, of course)
Title: Re: The Best Composers Come From.....
Post by: horowitzian on March 20, 2010, 02:19:31 AM: Russia! ;D

However, on a more serious note, I don't see how one could declare that one region produces the 'best' composers. :-\
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Post by: smithreeseii on March 20, 2010, 02:27:12 AM: As i said above, it is a matter of opinion. Where do your favorite composers come from.
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Post by: vviola on March 20, 2010, 02:29:37 AM: Certainly not Italy. I would rather have the Germans than those of any other country.
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Post by: stevebob on March 20, 2010, 02:31:39 AM: Quote from: smithreeseii on March 20, 2010, 02:18:21 AM
....what country/region? (Matter of opinion, of course)

Europe. :)
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Post by: smithreeseii on March 20, 2010, 02:33:07 AM: Well I don't think that narrows anything down SteveBob....
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Post by: stevebob on March 20, 2010, 02:38:34 AM: Dang, I was originally going to say Planet Earth. :)
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Post by: horowitzian on March 20, 2010, 02:38:45 AM: Quote from: smithreeseii on March 20, 2010, 02:27:12 AM
As i said above, it is a matter of opinion. Where do your favorite composers come from.

All over the place, actually...just a small sampling would include Rachmaninoff, Bortkiewicz, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Barber...That would be Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Hungary, France, and the USA.
Title: Re: The Best Composers Come From.....
Post by: horowitzian on March 20, 2010, 02:40:47 AM: Quote from: stevebob on March 20, 2010, 02:38:34 AM
Dang, I was originally going to say Planet Earth. :)

Hehehehehehe, you won the thread.... ;D
Title: Re: The Best Composers Come From.....
Post by: smithreeseii on March 20, 2010, 02:41:47 AM: Ok, I'll admit that this question has some flaws, but I just wanted to post something... ;)
Title: Re: The Best Composers Come From.....
Post by: ahinton on March 20, 2010, 06:08:55 PM: Scotland, of course, Everyone knows that!

The serious answer, however, is surely "their mothers".

Best,

Alistair
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Post by: pianisten1989 on March 20, 2010, 07:14:13 PM: Most of the really good ones comes from the earth ;D
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Post by: thalbergmad on March 21, 2010, 12:19:04 AM: Poland
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Post by: thalbergmad on March 21, 2010, 12:57:28 AM: Quote from: ahinton on March 20, 2010, 06:08:55 PM
Scotland, of course, Everyone knows that!

Possibly, but all the good ones emigrated.

Thal
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Post by: Bob on March 21, 2010, 01:38:57 AM: Educated places? Places that can support that kind of work.
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Post by: point of grace on March 24, 2010, 05:47:48 PM: Cold lands!!
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Post by: Bob on March 26, 2010, 03:32:32 AM: From other composers and other musicians? :) I think that's generally true, having the family background like that.
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Post by: slow_concert_pianist on March 26, 2010, 05:13:39 AM: Lots of places. However ignorant people don't appreciate it.....

Hey, look at the biased responses to this thread :-[