Other composers in the Top 5 include Russian iconoclast Igor Stravinsky in second place Ludwig van Beethoven, hugely influential composer of the most famous piece of classical music ever written, is positioned third, ahead of the prodigious and prolific Austrian Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at four Claude Debussy, famed for his lyrical melodies, poetic piano works and exquisite chamber music, completes the list at five.įive living composers make the list. Learn how to play like Bach in our Play Bach digital special Want to learn how to play Bach? Download our digital special, Play Bach, here. The resulting Top 50 is a fascinating list which includes a wealth of international leading composers throughout history, from the 12th century to the present day. Each Top Five needed to be measured against the same strict criteria: originality, impact, craftmanship and, finally, sheer enjoyability. To create the Top 50, BBC Music Magazine asked 174 of today’s best-known composers to each put forward the five composers they rate as the greatest ever. The avant-garde composer Mauricio Kagel famously quipped that ‘not all musicians believe in God, but they all believe in Johann Sebastian Bach.’” Great musical minds as diverse as Beethoven, Chopin, the Master of Jazz, Boulez – and countless others – are unthinkable without Bach’s legacy. Up to Bach, musical works disappeared after a premiere or, at least, after a composer’s death. It is a synthesis of past music and the creations of his own time as well as a bold vision of the future. Download here.Ĭomposer Unsuk Chin comments, “Bach’s music displays great emotions and fiery temperament while being the highest conceivable summit of composition as an intellectual art. Born in Eisenach, Germany, he is best known for works including The Well-Tempered Clavier, Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ, Air on the G String (famously used for the Hamlet cigar adverts), Goldberg Variations, Brandenburg Concertos and many more.Ĭanadian classical pianist Angela Hewitt speaks of her love for Bach inside issue 66 of Pianist. A major figure of the Baroque era, the German JS Bach (1685-1750) is one of the most sublime creative geniuses in any form of the arts, a composer whose music is revered equally for its technical mastery, brilliant complexity and sheer exquisite beauty.
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