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Old 11-21-2004, 07:30 PM   #1
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Composers with the Most Recognizable Styles

I guess I'm wondering what composers people think have the most developed and unique "voice" or compositional style.

My picks are:

Philip Glass (the obvious choice)

Morton Feldman

George Gershwin

Maybe Steve Reich, but not including any of his early music
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Old 11-21-2004, 08:19 PM   #2
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Top 10 (( for me and my limited classical knowledge anyway! ))

Bartok
Stravinsky
Berg
Debussy
Liszt
Schoenberg
Beethoven
Wagner
Mozart
Bach
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Old 11-21-2004, 08:23 PM   #3
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bach and mozart? i can't tell them apart for the life of me. i should have put debussy and schoenberg though
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Old 11-22-2004, 12:47 AM   #4
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All the greats, be they musician/composer and no matter the genre, have their own recognizable style/sound.
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Old 11-22-2004, 12:50 AM   #5
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come on, humor me. which ones sound the least like anyone else
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Old 11-24-2004, 09:38 PM   #6
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Phillip Glass :P
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i'd say, maybe... zoltan kodaly. good composer who wrote in the early to mid 20th century. thing about him i've noticed is that he regularly incorporated elements of jazz in his works to a lesser degree than gershwin, but nonetheless reflecting the changes in popular music at the time. (opus#4 and opus#8 for cello)

or... toru takemitsu who i've just begun listening to recently, and who had a freeform almost controversial writing philosophy (ala john cage) and frequently uses natural sounds in his recordings. very distinctive. (rain-tree sketch for piano)
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Old 12-22-2004, 05:34 AM   #8
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Erik Satie ( i would think)
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bach and mozart? i can't tell them apart for the life of me.

That's pretty bad, blah.
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but listening to more of each would certainly help that.... you have to train your ears to listen to classical music (imo), and it wouldn't hurt to have a connoisseur nearby to highlight the finer points. same goes for jazz and wine tasting.
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