TDCM: Review of the "W" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "W" Composers

1. Richard Wagner
2. William Walton
3. Peter Warlock
4. Carl Maria von Weber
5. Anton Webern
6. Thomas Weelkes
7. Kurt Weill
8. Jaromir Weinberger
9. Egon Wellesz
10. Eric Whitacre
11. Charles-Marie Widor
12. Henryk Wieniawski
13. John Wilbye
14. John Williams
15. Malcolm Williamson
16. Hugo Wolf
17. Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
18. Hugh Wood

Nationalities

English 5
American 4
Austrian 3
German 2
French 1
Polish 1
Australian 1
Italian 1

Earliest

Composer - John Wilbye (1574-1638)
Composition - von Weber's Symphony No. 1 (1806)*

*Earliest dated composition

Latest
Composer - Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Composition - Whitacre's The Sacred Veil (2022)

Total Compositions Sampled - 93

Top 5 Ranked "W" Composers

Ranked on a purely subjective personal enjoyment scale

John Williams (10/10)

American, b. 1932

Star Wars

Richard Wagner (10/10)

German, 1813-1883

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Eric Whitacre (10/10)

American, b. 1970

This Marriage

Charles-Marie Widor (10/10)

French, 1844-1937

Symphony No. 3

Carl Maria von Weber (10/10)

German, 1786-1826

Symphony No. 2