OK janexxx you win - for sharing first and last name initials I manage Domenico Scarlatti and Dmitri Shostakovich.

But I still like sharing a birthday with Sibelius, even if my little sister gets Beethoven.

QUOTE (Deborah @ Apr 7 2005, 06:17 PM)

But I still like sharing a birthday with Sibelius, even if my little sister gets Beethoven.

i share a birthday with Chopin

Does anyone know any composers who have the birthday the 6th August?

Does anyone know any composers born on the 12th of July? I don't know of any music-related people, but I do share my birthday with Julius Cesar!

QUOTE (Hulk @ Apr 7 2005, 05:32 PM)

Does anyone know any composers who have the birthday the 6th August?

6th August - Karl Ulrich Schnabel (1909 - 2001) apparently.

12th July - Anton Arensky, George Butterworth, Oscar Hamerstein II, Kirsten Flagstad, Gerd Albrecht, Richard Stoltzman, Roger Vignoles.

No, I'm none the wiser either!!

I'm an L too, but the only one I know out of the list is Liszt. The odd thing is, he's such a famous composer and I haven't heard or played any of his songs before.

Does anyone know if there's a site matching birthdays with composers? Mine's 16th May.

I don't think my initials can be matched up to any composers: J.S.J.L. - that is unless I myself become a famous composer!

Wobby

R - Reger, Ravel, Rachmaninoff


http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi

C

QUOTE (Wobby @ Apr 8 2005, 04:31 AM)

I'm an L too, but the only one I know out of the list is Liszt. The odd thing is, he's such a famous composer and I haven't heard or played any of his songs before. Does anyone know if there's a site matching birthdays with composers? Mine's 16th May. I don't think my initials can be matched up to any composers: J.S.J.L. - that is unless I myself become a famous composer! Wobby

• Pisk, Paul Amadeus (16 May 1893-12 January 1990 [which matches my birthday ])
  
• Martino, Donald (16 May 1931- )
  
• van Haren, André (16 May 1963- )
  

QUOTE (janexxx @ Apr 7 2005, 09:40 AM)

My initials are JSB...... Johann Sebastian Bach for me

Well, I get Jean Langlais (one of my favourite French organist/composers!)

On sharing birthdays....

I am proud and honoured to share mine with Nathan Milstein. Now if only I could play like him too.

Better go and practise my scales

Jane

QUOTE (davidyko @ Apr 7 2005, 09:11 AM)

mines "K", hmmm... Khachaturian (sp?) Kreisler, Kodaly, umm no really famous composers (no offense to them!)

Oh! I forgot Khatchaturian!

G for..........Gorecki um Grieg....any other Gs??!! and no, not Gilbert of Sullivan fame

Gade, Glass, Gershwin, Gounod, Ginastera, Grofe, I listed before.

I forgot Gorecki.

Of course! Glass (just bought a cd of his!), Gershwin and Gounod - haven't got a clue about the others but ill take your word for it! Thanks for broadening my knowledge of G composers!!

PS this may be a dumb q but how do you get the small blue writing underneath the main writing?!! i may be 23 by I dont like computers!!!!1

go to my controls(top right) and click edit my signature

QUOTE (noodle @ Apr 7 2005, 08:17 PM)

12th July - Anton Arensky, George Butterworth, Oscar Hamerstein II, Kirsten Flagstad, Gerd Albrecht, Richard Stoltzman, Roger Vignoles.

Thanks!

Mine's G. Ummmmmmmm... Gluck was a composer. As I intend to be. Rock on Gs.

H doesnt match anything does it

Handel, Hummel, Hindemith, Haydn

and Haydn. oops you said Haydn. oh well. ummmmmmm.

On sharing birthdays I've never forgiven myself coming into this world a day earlier than Stravinsky

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Mine's G. Ummmmmmmm... Gluck was a composer. As I intend to be. Rock on Gs.

Gretchaninov, Glazunov, Greig, Grainger, Glass, Gershwin, Gesualdo, Gade, Gabrieli Gliere, Goretsky .....

M

QUOTE (Alvin @ Apr 8 2005, 02:54 PM)

Gade, Glass, Gershwin, Gounod, Ginastera, Grofe, I listed before. I forgot Gorecki.

Glass??
are there's such composer??

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Apr 9 2005, 03:02 AM)

[Glass?? are there's such composer??

Yup, Philip Glass, minimalist.

Love his violin concerto

Jane

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On sharing birthdays....

I share mine (29th March), with Sir William Walton and Richard Rodney Bennett.

There are probably others, but I just haven't got around to finding out who they are yet

Back to surnames....

Mine's R for..........erm.......

Well i found someone in my music book called Johan Helmich Roman...anyone heard of him?!?!

or....Jean-Phillippe Rameau

Any of them two well known?

Most of the composers seem to be B's and P's and S's.

Rachmaninov!!!!!

great composer!

Thanks Natalie!!

QUOTE (woodwind @ Apr 6 2005, 03:24 PM)

Mine's O, as in Ockeghem, Offenbach, Orff and... erm, that's about it, really! Has anyone mentioned Janacek yet for J?

i'm glad someone did, i love Janácek.

oh, and i'm F just ike Franck and Fauré.

Hey...

Mines is McC.........(I'm Scottish so pretty much the entire country has the intitals McC or Mac)......and I doubt that many 'famous' composers/musicians etc will have theses initials.....(maybe some American who decided one day that their 13th cousin twice removed on their mother's side had a dog that was born in Scotland so decided to say they had scottish ancestry so they really should have a name beginning with Mac....don't get mestarted on that!)

Love Teabag

xxx

P.S. Sorry about the little rant above..2 double espressos tend to make me a bit mad....that is possibly why I am raving about surnames at quater past midnight!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Apr 9 2005, 05:54 PM)

Rachmaninov!!!!! great composer!

yeah, he's the one!!

I reckon his second piano concerto is the hardest in all piano music!!

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Mines is McC.........(I'm Scottish so pretty much the entire country has the intitals McC or Mac)......and I doubt that many 'famous' composers/musicians etc will have theses initials.....(

Hamish McCann ?

Maggie

ps know what you mean about the dog. My mum had a phrase that she used when she wanted to describe a really tenuous relationship ...
"your cat ran up our path"

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Apr 10 2005, 04:17 AM)

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Apr 9 2005, 05:54 PM) Rachmaninov!!!!! great composer! yeah, he's the one!! I reckon his second piano concerto is the hardest in all piano music!!

I can never get enough of Rach 2. It's always being played in my car at full blast being rewinded at certain parts because I find them so powerful I have to listen to them again. The tape is getting rather knackered now,so I might save up and replace the radio cassette for a CD player.

It does drive my family round the bend....they say," Oh No! Not this again..." I just reply, "Shut Up! Just listen to the music".

QUOTE (Teabag @ Apr 9 2005, 11:32 PM)

Mines is McC.........(I'm Scottish so pretty much the entire country has the intitals McC or Mac)......and I doubt that many 'famous' composers/musicians etc will have theses initials.....(maybe some American who decided one day that their 13th cousin twice removed on their mother's side had a dog that was born in Scotland so decided to say they had scottish ancestry so they really should have a name beginning with Mac....don't get mestarted on that!)

woah...... lol

Have to agree about Rach 2 - I just can't get enough of it! Ever heard it live? (Played by a really good pianist and orchestra - I recommend Simon Trpescki and the Royal Liverpool Philaharmonic Orchestra!) Such an experience!

Anne

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P.S. Sorry about the little rant above..2 double espressos tend to make me a bit mad....that is possibly why I am raving about surnames at quater past midnight!

The caffeine has worn off...finally! I think I was still on the internet buying dvd's and downloading music from iTunes at 4.30am this morning! At least I slept most of the day much to my mother and my body clock's dismay.......oh well........

Love Teabag

xxx

Mine's B like Beethoven, etc...

peace and love amy-jane xx

QUOTE (Jade @ Apr 9 2005, 05:53 PM)

Back to surnames.... Mine's R for..........erm....... Well i found someone in my music book called Johan Helmich Roman...anyone heard of him?!?! or....Jean-Phillippe Rameau Any of them two well known?

Rameau is the better known of these. Ravel is one of my favourite composers. I also like the music of Roussel and am currently practising the piano part of his "Andante et Scherzo" for flute and piano.

Other Rs include Rawsthorne, Rubbra and Reizenstein (all British).

so still no one's intial starts with "X" ??

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Apr 11 2005, 08:01 AM)

so still no one's intial starts with "X" ??

What kind of name would that be? And providing you found one person, the chance that there would be a famous composer with the same initial would be pretty slim!

QUOTE (kenm @ Apr 10 2005, 11:34 PM)

QUOTE (Jade @ Apr 9 2005, 05:53 PM) Back to surnames.... Mine's R for..........erm....... Well i found someone in my music book called Johan Helmich Roman...anyone heard of him?!?! or....Jean-Phillippe Rameau Any of them two well known? Rameau is the better known of these. Ravel is one of my favourite composers. I also like the music of Roussel and am currently practising the piano part of his "Andante et Scherzo" for flute and piano. Other Rs include Rawsthorne, Rubbra and Reizenstein (all British).

ok, thanks kenm!

QUOTE (july @ Apr 11 2005, 06:33 PM)

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Apr 11 2005, 08:01 AM) so still no one's intial starts with "X" ?? What kind of name would that be? And providing you found one person, the chance that there would be a famous composer with the same initial would be pretty slim!

I had a friend with a first name beginning with x.....Xanthia

Ok, I've just found out I share my birthday with Ruggero Leoncavallo. I've never heard of him, has anyone else??

QUOTE (maggiemay @ Apr 6 2005, 09:34 AM)

Did anyone else hear the programme om bbc radio 3 a couple of Saturdays ago when the presenter recommended a boxed set of cds which included "a whole hour of Scheidt" ? Wonderful moment. I bet he waited a long time for that opportunity!

Brilliant, just brilliant...*rofl*

We studied Scheidt at university in a pre-baroque history module!

QUOTE (noodle @ Apr 12 2005, 10:40 PM)

We studied Scheidt at university in a pre-baroque history module!

I think I attended similar lectures!

QUOTE (Jade @ Apr 11 2005, 09:36 PM)

Ok, I've just found out I share my birthday with Ruggero Leoncavallo. I've never heard of him, has anyone else??  :blink:

He wrote Pagliacci - very much a one work composer.

QUOTE (july @ Apr 11 2005, 06:33 PM)

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Apr 11 2005, 08:01 AM) so still no one's intial starts with "X" ??

Apparently theres a Greek composer called Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001). Birthday 29th May.

Goodness me...who is another Gemini then?