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Who´s the best after Beethoven?

I dont agree. Beethoven didnt write the best piano music
48 (41.7%)
Schubert
5 (4.3%)
Mendelssohn
0 (0%)
Schumann
5 (4.3%)
Chopin
36 (31.3%)
Liszt
7 (6.1%)
Brahms
1 (0.9%)
Franck
1 (0.9%)
Scriabin
2 (1.7%)
Rachmaninov
7 (6.1%)
Other
3 (2.6%)

Total Members Voted: 115

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Topic: Second Greatest composer for Piano after Beethoven  (Read 21069 times)

Offline sevencircles

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Re: Second Greatest composer for Piano after Beethoven
Reply #100 on: December 01, 2006, 09:52:22 AM
Most overrated:Mozart

Most underrated: Schubert and Scriabin as a close second


Schubert was a better composer then Chopin but propably not for the piano.

Schubert was never very interested in playing the piano as well.
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Offline presto agitato

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Re: Second Greatest composer for Piano after Beethoven
Reply #101 on: December 07, 2006, 11:05:14 PM
Id like to revive this controversila topic
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Re: Second Greatest composer for Piano after Beethoven
Reply #102 on: December 19, 2006, 12:10:11 AM
Quote from: da jake on May 21, 2006, 04:45:07 AM
Liszt wrote too much crap.

How can you say that??? Liszt may not have been the greatest but he was pretty great.............................................................................................. .................................................................................
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Re: Second Greatest composer for Piano after Beethoven
Reply #103 on: December 19, 2006, 01:42:07 AM
1. Liszt
2. Rachmaninov (particularly the works with piano and orcherstra, but also the preludes, etudes and second sonata, and the transcriptions.  Not as numerous as Liszt, but certainly remarkably pianistic).
3. Bach (I love his music, but it is beyond the piano, otherwise easily #1)
4. Beethoven
5. Tie: Chopin & Scarlatti & Godowsky

A matter of personal preference.
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