Who is the most popular or well known classical composer?

Top 10 Most Famous Classical Composers of All Time

• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
• Ludwig Van Beethoven (1170-1827)
• Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
• Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Who is the most performed classical composer?

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) In the eyes of many, Johann Sebastian Bach is the most accomplished composer who ever lived. Nearly 200 of the world’s leading composers voted him the Greatest Composer of All Time for BBC Music Magazine.

What is a classical composer?

A composer (Latin compōnō; literally “one who puts together”) is a person who writes music, especially classical music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

Who is the most performed composer?

1 John Williams, 2 Arvo Pärt, 3 James MacMillan, 4 Philip Glass, 5 John Adams, 6 György Kurtág, 7 Eric Whitacre (pictured), 8 John Rutter, 9 Thomas Adès, 10 Steve Reich.

Which country likes classical music?

If you’re looking for opera houses and community venues for classical music, your best bet would be Germany, France, and Eastern Europe, and perhaps the Middle East.

Who are Classic FM’s most loved living composers?

Karl Jenkins retains the top spot as Classic FM’s most loved living composer with his work ‘The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace’, still in the Top 20. Also well presented is the chart is Jon Lord, who moves up to No.3 on the top 10 living composers list. 1. Jenkins – The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (15) 2. Ungar – The Ashokan Farewell (19)

What are Your Top 10 favourite classical pieces of music?

1 Ravel 2 Berlioz 3 Bruckner 4 Mahler 5 Vaughan Williams 6 Barber 7 Debussy 8 Bartok 9 Stravinsky 10 Brahms

Who are the top 10 most famous composers of all time?

1 Sergei Prokofiev 2 Johann Sebastian Bach 3 Ludwig Van Beethoven 4 Maurice Ravel 5 Gustav Mahler 6 Heitor Villa-Lobos 7 Igor Stravinsky 8 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 9 Sergei Taneyev 10 William Byrd

What are Your Top 10 favourite piano pieces of all time?

1 Stravinsky 2 Brahms 3 Beethoven 4 Fauré 5 Debussy 6 Chopin 7 Dvorák 8 Glass (sorry!) 9 Janácek 10 Barber