Name that Composer

Paganinni?

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Yeah, that was too easy. Soon as you say "great violin player" for a composer it's like 90% going to be Pagannni. Hmm... I'm not too good at this

All right, someone else take a shot.

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Okay, here...I'll shoot. I'm gonna post a classical one in a minute...but first I wanna do a contemporary composer...just to see if people are up to date (or are really good researchers. lol)

I was born in 1958, in Monroe, Louisiana and joined the faculty of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music in 1991, where I'm currently Professor of Composition. From 1991 to 1998 I also became Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. I'm best known for my concert band works, most of which have become repertoire standards.

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"La musique est ma vie et ma maniere..."

~Francesca Lee Williams~

"A great man once told me that love has a funny way of screwing you over. But after years of consideration, I realize, he lied. I'm more in love than I've ever been before, and than I ever will be. Hopefully this time, it'll be real."

Okay...here's a classical composer to look at:

I was born in Germany, 1685
Though born in Germany, I probably made most of my name for myself in London, England where he came to dominate the English music-making “scene”. I composed a large number of operas, but these did not tend to do so well, prompting me to shift to the oratorio form.

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"La musique est ma vie et ma maniere..."

~Francesca Lee Williams~

"A great man once told me that love has a funny way of screwing you over. But after years of consideration, I realize, he lied. I'm more in love than I've ever been before, and than I ever will be. Hopefully this time, it'll be real."

Handel, right? Isn't he the one that got in a bit of trouble for hanging out in England for so long?

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It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius. - Joseph Haydn

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -
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Good job...have you got the modern one yet?

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"La musique est ma vie et ma maniere..."

~Francesca Lee Williams~

"A great man once told me that love has a funny way of screwing you over. But after years of consideration, I realize, he lied. I'm more in love than I've ever been before, and than I ever will be. Hopefully this time, it'll be real."

I don't know this one without "cheating" (ie, looking it up). I'll let someone else have a go at it before cheating and researching it.

BTW, this is a good, though somewhat expensive "music appreciation" class (it's helped me a lot for music history):

http://www.teach12.com/ttc/assets/c...s%20and%20Music

I didn't take any music classes at university...should have.

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It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius. - Joseph Haydn

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -
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Why did you take this away from us?

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Who with the what now? Francesca thought it would be a good game to play so I started a thread for it.

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It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius. - Joseph Haydn

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -
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Okay, I hope Loren dosen't mind..

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