Your Favorite Composer

[DrMusk]

Simple, who is your favorite composer?

Mine: John Williams then Danny Elfman - however I'm not familiar with all the older classic composers etc.

 

[Diemen]

Toughie. Overall Beethoven, though Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Liszt satisfy the pianist in me more.

 

[theSoulfulMofo]

Aaron Copeland
Composer Americana

 

[WinnieThePoo]

Chopin
Verdi

 

[JessicaAnn]

Mozart
JS Bach

 

[Blacksword]

JS Bach
Mozart, though I'm only familiar with a bit of his work

 

[Angela Harlem]

Tchaikovsky
Ravel

 

[Basstrap]

Howard Shore

 

[Mrs.Clayton]

Mendelssohn(did I spell that right?)
Verdi
Prokofiev(I really don't think I spelled that right)

 

[Bono's shades]

Beethoven
Tchiakovsky
Mozart
Dvorak

(I'm pretty sure I mispelled the first two. I'm just too lazy to get up and check).

 

[nbcrusader]

Beethoven
Tchiakovsky
Mozart
Copeland
Wagner
JS Bach

 

[DrMusk]

hey who has soulseek and classical music that i could "borrow" - and Im new with classical music, so where is a good place to begin? The old stuff? Beethoven?

 

[Laura M]

Handel
Beethoven
Mozart
Tchaikovsky

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

gotta go with wagner

 

[Bono's shades]

I forgot about Handel - I love "The Messiah."

 

[Angela Harlem]

hey who has soulseek and classical music that i could "borrow" - and Im new with classical music, so where is a good place to begin? The old stuff? Beethoven?

I'm very bad with names here, and not overly knowledgeable. A good place to start would be with well known pieces of music that way you can familiarise yourself with what you most likely already know and learn who composed what.
I've got Soulseek, but no classical music in my folders so I dont have anything useful to share lol.
A few suggestions to start off with are:
Greig - "In The Hall Of The Mountain King"
Carmina Burana (Carl Orff) - "O Fortuna" (you will definately know this one! It was in Excalibur and Jackass The Movie-the slow mo scene with the shopping trolley)
Ravel - "Bolero" (one of the greatest pieces of music ever ice skated to in all time!!)

Tchaikovsky's Ballets are also good. Familiar and exceptionally beautiful. Look for any in Swan Lake ("Dance of the Little Swans") , The Nutcracker ("Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy", "Dance of the Reed Flutes") or even Sleeping Beauty. Perhaps if you like Tchaikovsky also "Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture".