TDCM: Review of "A" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "A" Composers

1. Adolphe Adam
2. Isaac Albéniz
3. Tomaso Albioni
4. Hugo Alfvén
5. Charles Henri Valentin Alkan
6. William Alwyn
7. George Antheil
8. Anton Stepanovich Arensky
9. Thomas Arne
10. Richard "Tony" Arnell
11. Malcolm Arnold
12. Juan Cristóstomo de Arriaga
13. Daniel Auber
14. Louis Aubert
15. Georges Auric 

Nationalities

French 5
English 4
Spanish 2
American 1
Russian 1
Swedish 1
Venetian 1

Earliest
Composer - Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Composition - Albinoni's Oboe Concerto's (c1722)

Latest
Composer - Richard "Tony" Arnell (1917-2009)
Composition - Arnell's Symphony No. 6 (1992-94)

Total Compositions Sampled - 79

Top 5 ranked "A" Composers

all rankings on subjective personal enjoyment 10 point scale

 

Charles Henri Valentin Alkan (10/10)

French, 1813-1888

 

 

Concerto for Solo Piano, Mvt. 1 (1857)

 

Hugo Alfvén (9/10)

Swedish, 1872-1960

 

 

Swedish Rhapsody No. 1: "Midsommarvaka" (1903)

 William Alwyn (9/10)

English, 1905-1985

 

 

 Symphony No. 3 (1955-56)

Malcolm Arnold (9/10)

English, 1923-2006

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Symphony No. 1 (1949)

 

Richard "Tony" Arnell (8/10)

English, 1917-2009

 

 

Symphony No. 2 (1942-44)