New Classical Fan, Who are some great composers?

[Teo]

chopin bach beethoven mahler greig elgar thcaikovsky brahms liszt shubert handel

Tchaikovsky I think is the right spelling. Great list there..

The big answer to this question is: if they are in the category of classical composers, they are great. Even ones I (or you or anyone) am not crazy about like Gould or atonal experimental ones.

For a newby something like Mozart should be good, Satie or Schubert maybe, other ages, other types and moods. As mentioned before, Vivaldi was even before Bach and Handel - both born 1675 while Antonio Vivaldi was born 1640, a generation before! Then lesser known people like Bellini who Chopin loved!

Also any given composer can have completely different pieces. Like Beethoven's soft little Bagatelles but don't forget his wicked sonatas and symphonies!

There are so many diverse qualities.. I'm only just now learning a Rachmaninoff Rach2Adagio35.mid and I have a new feeling about Sergei since working on his piece!

Great topic! Thanks for this opportunity to share!

Love and *LIGHT* *BEING*,
Teom