TDCM: Review of the "F" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "F" Composers

1. Manuel de Falla
2. Giles Farnaby
3. Gabriel Fauré
4. Morton Feldman
5. Brian Ferneyhough
6. John Field
7. Irving Fine
8. Michael Finnissy
9. Gerald Finzi
10. Friedrich von Flotow
11. Lukas Foss
12. Jean Françaix
13. César Franck
14. Benjamin Frankel
15. Girolamo Frescobaldi
16. Peter Racine Fricker
17. Johann Jakob Froberger
18. Johann Joseph Fux

Nationalities

English 6
American 3
French 2
Austrian 2
Italian 1
German 1
Irish 1
Spanish 1
Belgian 1

Earliest
Composer - Giles Farnaby (c1563-1640)
Composition - Frescobaldi's Messa della Domenica (1635)*

*earliest dated composition

Latest
Composer - Michael Finnissy (b. 1946)
Composition - Finnissy's Verdi Transcriptions (1972-2005)

Total Compositions Sampled - 101

Top 5 Ranked "F" Composers

Ranked on a purely subjective personal enjoyment scale

César Franck (10/10)

Belgian, 1822-1890

Symphony in D minor

Gerald Finzi (10/10)

English, 1901-1956

Nocturne

John Field (9/10)

Irish, 1782-1837

Nocturnes

Manuel de Falla (9/10)

Spanish, 1876-1946

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Gabriel Fauré (8/10)

French, 1845-1924

Pelléas et Mélisande Suite