TDCM: Review of the "O" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "O" Composers

1. Jacques Offenbach
2. Stephen Oliver
3. Carl Orff

Nationalities

German 1
French 1
English 1

Earliest

Composer - Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Composition - Offenbach's Grand Concerto for cello in G major "Concerto militaire" (1848)*

*Earliest dated composition

Latest
Composer - Stephen Oliver (1950-1992)
Composition - Nilsson's The Lord of the Rings (1981)

Total Compositions Sampled - 10

Top Ranked "O" Composer

Ranked on a purely subjective personal enjoyment scale

Carl Orff (8/10)

German, 1895-1982

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