TDCM: Review of the "H" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "H" Composers

1. Reynaldo Hahn
2. Fromental Halévy
3. Iain Hamilton
4. George Friderich Handel
5. Howard Hanson
6. Roy Harris
7. Herbert Hamilton Harty
8. Franz Joseph Haydn
9. Johann Michael Haydn
10. Hans Werner Henze
11. Alun Hoddinott
12. Anthony Holborne
13. Joseph Holbrooke
14. Robin Holloway
15. Vagn Holmboe
16. Gustav Holst
17. Arthur Honegger
18. Francis Hopkinson
19. Herbert Norman Howells
20. Johann Hummel
21. Engelbert Humperdinck

Nationalities

English 5
American 3
German 3
Austrian 3
French 2
Irish 1
Danish 1
Scottish 1
Swiss 1
Welsh 1

Earliest
Composer - Anthony Holborne (c1545-1602)
Composition - Holborne's Pavans and Galliards (1599)*

*earliest dated composition

Latest
Composer - Robin Holloway (b. 1943)
Composition - Holloway's Concerto No. 4 for Orchestra (2004-05)

Total Compositions Sampled - 113

Top 10 Ranked "H" Composers

Ranked on a purely subjective personal enjoyment scale

Gustav Holst (10/10)

English, 1874-1934

The Planets

Howard Hanson (10/10)

American, 1896-1981

Symphony No. 7

Vagn Holmboe (9/10)

Danish, 1909-1996

Symphony No. 8 "Sinfonia boreale"

Herbert Hamilton Harty (9/10)

Irish, 1879-1941

An Irish Symphony

Franz Joseph Haydn (8/10)

Austrian, 1732-1809

Symphony No. 100 in G major "Military"

George Friderich Handel (8/10)

German, 1685-1759

Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks

Johann Michael Haydn (8/10)

Austrian, 1737-1806

Symphony No. 18 in C major

Engelbert Humperdinck (8/10)

German, 1854-1921

Maurische Rhapsodie

Johann Hummel (8/10)

Austrian, 1778-1837

Piano Concerto in A minor

Herbert Howells (8/10)

English, 1892-1983

Suite for orchestra "The B's"