Geographic composer abc game

[rojo]

Ok, following Krummhorn`s fine idea, the game here is alphabetical by country, and then the composer surnames A-Z once.

Although I find America should really be under U, for United States of America, we`ll start with it because I can at least think of an American composer whose name starts with A! :grin:

Leroy Anderson-

Here are a few of my favourite compositions by him- Sleigh Ride, Blue Tango, The Syncopated Clock, The Typewriter.

Next post should be an American composer, last name starting with B.

 

[giovannimusica]

David Babbitt - composed among other things *Magnificat* and *Resonent in Laudibus*

 

[Krummhorn]

Aaron Copland brilliant composer known more recently for some of the best movie music scores.

 

[acc]

Does the next one (starting with "D") have to be American, or just from a country starting with "A"?

Anyway, here's one of each: David Leo Diamond (from America) and Johann Nepomuk David (from Austria).

 

[giovannimusica]

Always covering the bases, eh Acc? :grin:

We were starting with America...

Duke Ellington - Take the *A* Train, Caravan, Sacred Service

 

[acc]

We were starting with America...

That's all right with me, Gio. But then, if I start the "B" series with a composer from, say, Burma, then all 25 subsequent composers have to be from Burma, too - right? :grin:

Stephen Foster.

 

[rojo]

Thanks for leaving me the easy one, guys. :grin:

George Gershwin

Favourites by him- Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto....

As to selecting Burma as the next country, please don`t! :grin: (nothing personal, Burma- just don`t know your composers )

 

[acc]

Howard Hanson (just love his symphonies!).

(Good grief - the next one is easy, again.)

 

[giovannimusica]

Charles IVES - Variations on *America*

 

[Krummhorn]

Scott Joplin - Rags
I've done "The Entertainer" in concert before - well received

 

[acc]

Gershon Kingsley (of "Popcorn" fame - I don't know why, but that piece hypnotized me when I was a kid).

 

[Krummhorn]

Ellen Jane Lorenz -

Could this be the first woman composer to make the list? The gals here should like that :grin: :grin:
There is a publishing company with the same last name here in the US. Not sure if this name is known by my colleagues in Canada or across the pond.

 

[giovannimusica]

Michael Haydn - wrote several Masses

 

[rojo]

Hi gio,

Are you sure Michael isn`t his first name?

 

[acc]

...and are you sure he's American? :grin:

I'll offer Edgar Meyer (born 1960).

 

[giovannimusica]

I confess to confusing the different threads - please accept my humble apologies.

:shake: :bawl:

 

[rojo]

Aw, don`t feel bad, gio Instead, try to come up with an N American composer- cuz I confess; I can`t!

 

[acc]

Maybe we can accept a movie composer in such hard cases: David Newman (e.g. Anastasia, The Ice Age).

 

[acc]

At loss for the next one?

HINT: what's the country of origin of many North-Americans of European descent?

 

[giovannimusica]

Dear Ms. RoJo,

Thanks for your empathy - thou art a blessed presence on MIMF

Gee, this game has gotten pretty hard as of late - yes, I love a challenge but now I must admit that I'm at a loss for American composers whose last names begin with *N*.

Cheers,

Giovanni