TDCM: Review of the "T" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "T" Composers

1. Tōru Takemitsu
2. Thomas Tallis
3. Alexander Tansman
4. Francisco Tárrega
5. Giuseppe Tartini
6. John Tavener
7. Deems Taylor
8. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
9. Georg Philipp Telemann
10. Mikis Theodorakis
11. Ambroise Thomas
12. Randall Thompson
13. Virgil Thomson
14. Michael Tippett
15. Ernst Toch
16. Thomas Tomkins
17. Giuseppe Torelli
18. Joaquín Turina

Nationalities

English 3
American 3
Spanish 2
Venetian 2
Polish 1
Japanese 1
Russian 1
German 1
Greek 1
French 1
Austrian 1
Welsh 1

Earliest

Composer - Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Composition - Torelli's 12 Concerti Musicali (1698)*

*Earliest dated composition

Latest
Composer - John Tavener (1944-2013)
Composition - Tavener's Protecting the Veil (1989)

Total Compositions Sampled - 81

Top 5 Ranked "T" Composers

Ranked on a purely subjective personal enjoyment scale

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (10/10)

Russian, 1840-1893

Piano Concerto No. 1

Randall Thompson (9/10)

American, 1899-1984

Alleluia

John Tavener (9/10)

English, 1944-2013

Song for Athene

Thomas Tallis (8/10)

English, 1505-1585

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Michael Tippett (8/10)

English, 1905-1998

Symphony No. 1