Choose Your Three Favourite Composers!- Page 3

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 4:34pm

Sondheim
Porter
Ahrens and Flaherty

Honorable Mention:
Jerry Herman
Jeanine Testori
Kander and Ebb

[James885]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:01pm

My favorites in no particular order:

Stephen Sondheim ( how could I not include him?)

George Gershwin (Porgy and Bess is one of my absolute favorites)

Leonard Bernstein (love Candide and West Side Story)

Honorable Mention:
Alan Menken
Stephen Schwartz
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Alain Boubil
Claude-Michal Schonberg

[gustof777]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:19pm

1. Steve Sondheim- seriously, THE greatest living theater composer...the mans work is so thrilling and i love his shows and worship the ground he walks.

2. JRB- lyrical genuis and the reality of his shows and the layers in his music makes you love his stuff! It's incredibly and I'm DYING for his next show!

3. MJL- sorry...i know he's not everyones favorite but i really love his score and how goes there and when you watch his peices the music soars. I think his stuff is harder to appreciate on recording but the power of something like Marie Christine is undeniable!

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:32pm

The first three to come to mind (and not necessarily in this order) are:

Jerome Kern
George Gershwin
Cole Porter

Richard Rogers and ALW will elbow their way into that group at any point in time.

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:36pm

Jonathan Larson
Andrew Lippa
Jason Robert Brown

[lac77]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:38pm

Stephen Sondheim
Leonard Bernstein
George Gershwin

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 8:13pm

1. Leonard Bernstein
2. Andrew Lloyd Webber
3. Stephen Flaherty

Honorable mentions:
Jonathan Larson
David Yazbek
Richard Rodgers
Frederick Loewe
John Kander
Boubill/Schoenberg

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 8:19pm

Jason Robert Brown
Michael John Lachiusa
Stephen Sondheim

Honorable mention goes to Jonathan Larson, unfortunately not enough of his work exists for me to really decide if he is a favorite or not.

And how JRB isn't on every single person's list blows my mind. I think he is so bloody brilliant.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 8:21pm

Stephen Sondheim
Jason Robert Brown
John Kander and Fred Ebb

[renthead08]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 8:38pm

Jonathan Larson
Stephen Sondheim
Jason Robert Brown

Honorable Mentions:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Leonard Bernstein
George Gershwin
Stephen Schwartz

[gumbo2]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 8:41pm

Tough, but at the moment I'd go with

Sondheim
JRB
William Finn

And close behind are are Ahrens and Flaherty, Cole Porter, Gershwin, and Rodgers.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 8:50pm

Michael John LaChiusa is my absolute favorite.
Stepehn Sondheim
Jason Robert Brown


I can't not mention Leonard Bernstein, Jeanine Tesori, and Jonathon Larson (limited work to judge on, but I absolutely love every bit of it), though.

[Jon]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:16pm

Not possible - I have to give four:

Sondheim, Bernstein, Gershwin, Rodgers

[luvliza89]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:18pm

Cole Porter
Kander and Ebb
Sondheim

No hesitations.

[little_sally]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:18pm

Sondheim
JRB
Yeston

I really love Aherns and Flaherty's work as well, and I'm beginning to fall in love with and appreciate LaChiusa.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:20pm

1. Sondheim
2. MJL
3. ALW
Honorable mentions to JRB and K&E

[timote316]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:34pm

Jason Robert Brown
Kander and Ebb
Ahrens and Flaherty

[hortonhearsasam]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:41pm

Composers working today:
Michael John LaChiusa
Jeanine Tesori
Ricky Ian Gordon

(Honorable mentions: Marvin Hamlisch, William Finn, Adam Guettel, Stephen Flaherty, Henry Krieger)

Classic:
George Gershwin
Richard Rodgers
Irving Berlin

(Honorable mentions: Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, Cy Coleman) Updated On: 2/26/06 at 09:41 PM

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 10:04pm

Stephen Sondheim
Jason Robert Brown
Adam Guettel

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 10:10pm

1. John Kander
2. Cy Coleman
3. Stephen Sondheim

[MissMonika]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 10:13pm

George Gerswhin
Stephen Sondheim
Jonathan Larson

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 10:19am

Sondheim, Strouse and Kander

Honourable Mention:
Coleman, Rodgers, Herman, Loesser, Lane, Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, ALW, Schmidt, Kern, Shire and so many more...

[children&art]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 10:25am

Sondheim
LaChuisa
Ricky Ian Gordon

[bschneid76]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 10:34am

1. Jule Styne
2. Steven Sondheim
3. Jerry Herman

[ThunderCat8]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:39am

Jason Robert Brown
Jonathan Larson
Boublil & Schonberg

With Sondheim making up my other third place!