Your top 10 composers

[lol_nl]

I was just wondering, what's the top ten composers, so the 10 composers you like the most? I want to do a kind of survey :lol:. I'll give points to composers who are in the top ten, so if you put a composer at 1, it gets 10 points, at 2 it gets 9 points, etc. till at 10 it gets 1 point.
When you enter 10 names in random order, all get 5 points.
When you enter names without numbers, they automatically get 5 points each, even if you listed them.
If you start with 10. (..), 9. (...), I assume you mean 10 is no. 10 and no. 10 points, and 1. is 10 points.
Note: Please post your list before 15:00 GMT, Friday 28 July 2006.

Here's mine:

1. Chopin - 10
2. Schubert - 9
3. Liszt - 8
4. Beethoven - 7
5. Rachmaninov - 6
6. Debussy - 5
7. Schumann - 4
8. Prokofiev - 3
9. Haydn - 2
10. Bach - 1

Chopin is my favorite composers, I also like Schubert and Liszt, and my top 5 would include Beethoven and Rachmaninov. I like French music (Ravel would be no. 12 maybe, his works are wounderful), Schumann has written some works I really like, Haydn is my favorite classical composer (not counting Beethoven) and Bach is only because he is the best composer IMO, although not my favorite. I would put Brahms on 10 if Bach wrote pieces that sound like that but are not that good. Prokofiev is my favorite 10th century composer (not counting Debussy).
No place for Mozart, I don't really like his works that much. Some of his Sonatas are nice to hear, but his works tend to sound similar, even if you know them very well. The style is just very similar in all works I think. Haydn was more original I think. Don Giovanni is IMO his best work.
No place for Verdi, Puccini, Gluck, Purcell, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini etc., because I don't really like operas.
No place for Händel and Scarlatti, Händel because I don't like his keyboard works (although his orchestral music can be really good), Scarlatti could've been 11 maybe, I like his music, but just not enough for a top 10 place.
No place for Berlioz, Wagner, Bruckner and Mahler because they haven't written many piano works, and I don't like their style, I prefer the Brahms side.
I don't really like 20th century (although Shostakovich's first violin concerto is one of my favorites in that genre) and modern composers (I dislike Cage, Copland, Stockhausen, Xenakis very much).

Feel free to share yours.

P.S. Sorry for the guys who post at every forum, you have to see the same posts all the time  .

[invictious]

I can't put them in a list, because my fav composers vary according to my emotion etc etc.
The list is not only for piano works btw

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

Saint-Saens
Beethoven
Liszt
Dvorak
Chopin
Prokofiev
Scriabin
Rachmaninoff
Dvorak
Bartok

[chopinfan_22]

Here's my list.


1. Chopin
2. Beethoven
3. Liszt
4. Debussy
5. Schubert
6. Rachmaninoff
7. Ravel
8. Schumann
9. Mozart
10. Bach

[da jake]

Bach
Schubert
Chopin
Brahms
Mendelssohn
Scriabin/Prokofiev
Rachmaninov
Alkan/Liszt

[phil13]

Scriabin
Chopin/Medtner
Beethoven/Debussy
Rachmaninoff
Mendelssohn/Brahms
Faure/Sibelius/Gershwin

that's 11, but I can't narrow it down any more.

Phil

[franz_]

Rachmaninoff
Scriabin
Prokofiev
Beethoven
Liszt
Haydn
Grieg
Chopin
Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky



Not in that order.

[bella musica]

In no particular order:

Prokofiev
Chopin
Beethoven
Rachmaninoff
Debussy
Tchaikovsky
Schubert
Schumann
Brahms
Shostakovich

[apion]

1 Brahms
2 Beethoven
3 Prokofiev
4 Mozart
5 Wagner
6 Schubert
7 Bach
8 Mahler
9 Bruckner
10 Liszt

[jre58591]

this order changes all the time. this is list never permanent, either.

medtner
kapustin
alkan
chopin
rachmaninoff
liszt
ravel
bortkiewicz
messiaen
scriabin

now thats a list.

[pianistimo]

1. bach
2. beethoven
3. mozart
4. haydn
5. mendelssohn
6. dvorak
7. granados
8. scarlatti
9. barber
10. poulenc

11. leroy anderson
can't fit macdowell in - but i also equate him and schumann as poetic figures that i couldn't live without either.  if i were a singer they would be near the top.  also vaughn williams.

[chopianist123]

1 Chopin             
2 Mozart
3 Beethoven
4 Liszt
5 Schubert
6 Haydn
7 Bach
8 Rachmaninoff
9 Schumann
10 Handel/Vivaldi

[mike_lang]

1. Bach
2. Mozart
3. Beethoven
4. Brahms
5. Chopin
6. Schumann
7. Prokofiev
8. Rachmaninov
9. Schubert
10. Schoenberg

[xavierm]

1. Beethoven
2. Prokofiev
3. Schubert
4. Liszt
5. Chopin
6. Bartok
7. Scriabin
8. Rachmaninoff
9. Brahms
10. Ravel

perhaps

[Waldszenen]

In roughly descending order...


1. Brahms
2. Beethoven
3. Mozart
4. Chopin
5. Liszt
6. Mendelssohn
7. J.S. Bach
8. Schumann
9. Tschaikowsky
10. Schubert

[Kassaa]

1. Beethoven
2. Brahms
3. Chopin
4. Liszt
5. Schumann
6. Rachmaninoff
7. Prokofieff
8. Bach
9. Alkan
10. Medtner

In no particular order.

[cloches_de_geneve]

1. Schubert
2. Mozart
3. Chopin
4. Brahms
5. Liszt
6. Mendelssohn
7. Tschaikovsky
8. Bruckner
9. Debussy
10. Beethoven

(with Bach (#11), Dvorak (#12) Ravel (#13) Mahler (#14) Haydn (#15) following ...)

[ryguillian]

As they came to me (not a ranking),

0. Sorabji
1. Ligeti
2. J. S. Bach
3. Beethoven
4. Scriabin
5. Webern
6. Berg
7. Messiaen
8. Ives
9. Barraqué

[shasta]

1.   Mendelssohn
2.   Rachmaninoff
3.   Chopin
4.   Saint-Saens
5.   Albeniz
6.   Beethoven
7.   Mozart
8.   Bach
9.   Godowsky
10.  John Williams

[lol_nl]

Current Ranks:

1) Chopin - 108
2) Beethoven - 107
3) Liszt - 65
4) Rachmaninov - 62
5) Schubert - 61
6) Bach - 57
6) Mozart – 56
Brahms - 53
9) Prokofiev – 49
10) Scriabin - 39

Honorable Mentions: Mendelssohn (36), Schumann (27), Debussy (26)

[franz_]

Current Ranks:

1) Chopin - 108
2) Beethoven - 107
3) Liszt - 65
4) Rachmaninov - 62
5) Schubert - 61
6) Bach - 57
6) Mozart – 56
Brahms - 53
9) Prokofiev – 49
10) Scriabin - 39

Honorable Mentions: Mendelssohn (36), Schumann (27), Debussy (26)

Many people gave their top 10 but with no particular order....

[lol_nl]

Many people gave their top 10 but with no particular order....

Maybe I had a calculation error, but I think this is these are the right points.. When people their top 10 but with no particular order each composer gets 5 points..

[paulmt]

1. Beethoven
2. Mendelssohn
3. Schubert
4. Dvorak
5. Tchaikovsky
6. Mozart
7. Chopin
8. Liszt
9. Barber
10. Rachmaninov

[steve_m]

5

[jre58591]

wow, most of you guys really need to branch out.

[alejo_90]

1. Beethoven
2. Bach
3. Chopin
4. Rachmaninoff
5. Liszt
6. Vivaldi
7. Tchaikovsky
8. Mozart
9.  Schumann
10. Brahms

Best
Alex

[lol_nl]

The final results:

Pianostreet.com
1) Beethoven - 132
2) Chopin - 125
3) Liszt - 76
4) Rachmaninov - 75
5) Schubert - 74
6) Bach - 71
6) Mozart – 70
Brahms - 54
9) Prokofiev – 49
10) Mendelssohn - 45

Honorable Mentions: Scriabin (39), Schumann (34), Debussy (26)

In detail:

Beethoven - 7 + 5 + 9 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 8 + 10 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 10 (132)
Chopin - 10 + 5 + 10 + 8 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 10 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 5 + 8 + 8 + 4 + 5 + 8 (125)
Liszt - 8 + 5 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 7 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 6 (76)
Rachmaninov - 6 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 5 + 7 (75)
Schubert - 9 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 2 + 8 + 1 + 10 + 8 + 5 (74)
Bach – 1 + 1 + 10 + 4 + 10 + 4 + 10 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 9 (71)
Mozart – 2 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 9 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 3 (70)
Brahms – 7 + 4 + 5 + 10 + 7 + 2 + 10 + 7 + 1 (54)
Prokofiev - 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 4 + 9 + 5 (49)
Mendelssohn – 6 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 19 + 9 (45)

Scriabin – 5 + 5 + 20 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 5 (39)
Schumann – 4 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 2 (34)
Debussy – 5 + 7 + 7 + 5 + 2 (26)

Tchaikovsky – 5 + 5 + 2 + 4 + 4 (20)
Haydn - 2 + 5 + 7 + 5 (19)
Medtner – 9 + 5 + 5 (19)
Dvorak – 5 + 5 + 7 (17)
Alkan - 2 + 5 + 5 (12)
Saint-Saens – 5 + 7 (12)
Messiaen - 5 + 5 (10)
Ravel - 4 + 5 + 1 (10)
Bartok – 5 + 5 (10)
Wagner – 6
Albeniz - 6
Vivaldi – 1 + 5 (6)
Grieg - 5
Webern - 5
Berg - 5
Ives - 5
Barraqué - 5
Bruckner - 2 + 3 (5)
Stravinsky – 5
Shostakovich – 5
Rameau - 5
Sorabji – 5
Ligeti - 5
Kapustin - 5
Bartok - 5
Bortkiewicz – 5
Granados – 4
Barber – 2 + 2 (4)
Scarlatti – 3
Mahler - 3
Sibelius - 2
Faure – 2
Gershwin – 2
Godowsky - 2
Poulenc – 1


For the ones that wanna know, here are the results of the other forums:

Piano World Forums:

Chopin – 10 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 9 + 10 + 9 + 7 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 8 + 9 + 3 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 5 + 9 + 5 + 10 + 9 + 1 + 5 (189)
Beethoven – 7 + 5 + 5 + 9 + 10 + 5 + 9 + 8 + 10 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 10 + 8 + 6 (187)
Rachmaninov – 6 + 5 + 8 + 9 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 7 + 1 + 9 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 5 + 9 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 9 + 1 (145)
Bach – 1 + 2 + 10 + 8 + 8 + 1 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 10 + 7 + 9 + 1 + 10 + 4 + 7 + 10 (129)
Liszt – 8 + 5 + 8 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 4 + 10 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 10 + 5 + 9 + 6 + 7 + 9 (134)
Schubert – 9 + 5 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 1 (71)
Debussy – 5 + 5 + 7 + 7  + 5 + 4 + 8 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 2 (60)
Mozart – 5 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 5 + 9 + 8 + 5 + 3 + 10 (59)
Brahms – 6 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 8 (57)
Ravel – 9 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 7 + 3 + 8 + 7 + 5 (54)
Prokofiev – 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 3 (54)

Schumann – 4 + 2 + 10 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 8 + 5 (49)
Gershwin - 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 2 + 3 (39)
Tchaikovsky – 5 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 7 + 2 (36)

Shostakovich – 10 + 5 + 4 + 6 (25)
Albeniz – 5 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 10 (25)
Haydn – 2 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 4 (20)
Scriabin – 3 + 10 + 5 + 2 + 5 (25)
Dvorak – 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 (20)
Händel – 5 + 5 + 8 (18)
Granados – 1 + 5 + 8 (14)
Grieg – 5 + 1 + 3 + 5 (14)
Stravinsky – 9 + 5 (14)
Saint-Saens – 5 + 5 + 3 (13)
Joplin – 5 + 5 + 1 + 1 (12)
Bartok – 5 + 5 + 2 (12)
Wagner – 2 + 10 (12)
Samuel Barber – 10 + 1 (11)
Mussorgsky – 5 + 5 (10)
Yoko Shimomura – 10
Rimsky-Korsakov – 3 + 6 (9)
Mendelssohn – 5 + 3 (
Palestrina – 5 + 3 (
Mahler – 8
Alkan - 8
Richard Strauss – 7
Elgar – 7
Eugene Ysaye – 6
Vivaldi – 3 + 1 + 2 (6)
Griffes - 6
Poulenc – 5
Messaien – 4 + 1 (5) 
Vaughan Williams – 5
John Dowland - 5
Turlough O'Carolan – 5
John Field – 5
Verdi - 5
Puccini – 5
A. Nonymous – 5
Satie - 4
Bortkewicz - 4
Thomas Newman - 4 
Clementi – 4
Lowell Liebermann – 4
Kreisler - 4
Heller – 3
Copland – 2
Kabalevsky - 2
Faure – 2
Gesualdo – 2
Scarlatti – 1
Korngold – 1
Pat Weikle – 1 
York Bowen – 1

1) Chopin – 189
2) Beethoven – 187
3) Rachmaninov – 145
4) Bach – 129
5) Liszt – 134
6) Schubert – 71
7) Debussy – 60
Mozart – 59
9) Brahms – 57
10) Ravel – 54
10) Prokofiev - 54

Honorable mentions: Schumann (49), Gershwin (39), Tchaikovsky (36)


Pianosociety.com

Liszt - 8 + 9 + 8 + 9 + 10 (44)
Chopin - 10 + 8 + 10 + 8 + 4 (40)
Beethoven - 7 + 10 + 1 + 7 + 7 (32)
Rachmaninov - 6 + 1 + 9 + 10 (26)
Schubert - 9 + 6 + 5 (20) 
Bach – 1 + 3 + 10 (14)
Mozart – 5 + 4 + 3 (12)
Brahms – 4 + 6 (10)
Wagner - 9
Mahler – 8
Webern – 8
Nyman - 7
Alkan - 7
Mendelssohn – 2 + 5 (7)
Schönberg – 6
Ligeti - 5
Debussy - 5
Haydn - 2 + 3 (5)
Tchaikovsky - 4 + 1 (5)
Schumann - 4
Grieg - 4
Sibelius - 4 
Prokofiev - 3
Biber – 2
 
1) Liszt - 44
2) Chopin - 40
3) Beethoven - 32
4) Rachmaninov - 26
5) Schubert - 20
6) Bach – 14
7) Mozart – 12
Brahms – 10
9) Wagner - 9
10) Mahler – 8
10) Webern – 8

Honorable Mentions: Mendelssohn, Alkan, Nyman

Chopinmusic.com
Chopin - 10 + 9.5 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 5 (44.5)
Liszt - 8 + 10 + 4 + 5 (27)
Bach, JS – 1 + 7 + 9 + 5 + 5 (27)
Beethoven - 7 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 (27)
Mozart – 8 + 5 + 5 + 5 (23)
Schumann – 4 + 8 + 5 + 5 (22)
Schubert – 9 + 2 + 6 + 5 (22)
Rachmaninov – 6 + 7 + 5 (18)
Haydn - 2 + 6 + 5 (13)
Debussy – 5 + 2 + 5 (12)
Prokofiev – 3 + 5 (
Scarlatti – 3 + 5 (
Clementi – 1 + 5 (6)
Tchaikovsky – 1 + 5 (6)
Bach, CPE – 5
Copland – 5
John Williams – 5
Händel – 5
Hummel – 5
Vivaldi – 5
Corelli - 5
Shostakovich - 5
Brahms – 4
Scriabin – 3

1) Chopin - 10 + 9.5 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 5 (44.5)
2) Liszt - 8 + 10 + 4 + 5 (27)
2) Bach, JS – 1 + 7 + 9 + 5 + 5 (27)
2) Beethoven - 7 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 (27)
5) Mozart – 8 + 5 + 5 + 5 (23)
6) Schumann – 4 + 8 + 5 + 5 (22)
6) Schubert – 9 + 2 + 6 + 5 (22)
Rachmaninov – 6 + 7 + 5 (18)
9) Haydn - 2 + 6 + 5 (13)
10) Debussy – 5 + 2 + 5 (12)

Honorable mentions: Prokofiev, Scarlatti, Clementi

Da Speed Demon Community
Chopin – 10 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 9 + 9 (52)
Beethoven - 7 + 8 + 6 + 10 + 8 + 6 (45)
Rachmaninov - 6 + 3 + 7 + 10 + 5 + 10 (42)
Liszt - 8 + 4 + 9 + 7 + 2 (30)
Bach – 1 + 9 + 7 + 10 (27)
Alkan – 10 + 10 (20)
Schubert - 9 + 2 (11)
Scriabin – 4 + 7 (11)
Stravinsky – 10
Mozart – 10

Messaien - 9
Mendelssohn – 8
Sorabji - 8
Prokofiev - 3 + 5 (
Tchaikovsky – 7 + 1 (

Hamelin – 5
Ravel - 5
Debussy - 5
Schumann - 4 
Horowitz – 4
Brahms - 3
Haydn - 2
Ligeti - 1

1)   Chopin – 52
2)   Beethoven – 45
3)   Rachmaninov – 42
4)   Liszt – 30
5)   Bach – 27
6)   Alkan – 20
7)    Schubert – 11
7)   Scriabin – 11
9)   Stravinsky – 10
9)   Mozart – 10

Honorable Mentions: Messaien, Mendelssohn, Sorabji, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky