TDCM: Review of the "V" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "V" Composers

1. Edgard Varèse
2. Ralph Vaughan Williams
3. Giuseppe Verdi
4. Tomás Luis de Victoria
5. Henri Vieuxtemps
6. Heitor Villa-Lobos
7. Antonio Vivaldi

Nationalities

French 1
English 1
Italian 1
Spanish 1
Belgian 1
Brazilian 1
Venetian 1

Earliest

Composer - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Composition - Vivaldi's 12 Violin Sonatas (1709)*

*Earliest dated composition

Latest
Composer - Heitor Villa-Lobos (1678-1741)
Composition - Varèse's Ecuatorial (1961)

Total Compositions Sampled - 28

Top 5 Ranked "V" Composers

Ranked on a purely subjective personal enjoyment scale

Ralph Vaughan Williams (10/10)

English, 1872-1958

Sinfonia Antartica

Heitor Villa-Lobos (10/10)

Brazilian, 1887-1959

Symphony No. 3

Henri Vieuxtemps (9/10)

Belgian, 1820-1881

Violin Concerto No. 1

Antonio Vivaldi (9/10)

Venetian, 1678-1741

Four Seasons

Giuseppe Verdi (8/10)

Italian, 1813-1901

Requiem