Your favorite Composers

[Thenardier]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:37pm

So, who are they?

Mine are:

Schonberg (with Boublil, of course)
Yazbek
Wildhorn
Kander (and Ebb- combo)
Bock
Herman

I am tired now, and can't think....

EDIT: Wow, I must be tired:

....Sondheim

Updated On: 3/24/05 at 10:37 PM

[staticradar]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:42pm

Sondheim
Finn
Jason Robert Brown
Kander and Ebb
Porter

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:43pm

Like your list a whole lot

Add to it Galt McDermot - more to follow

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:43pm

Sondheim
Kander and Ebb
JRB
Michael John LaChiusa
William Finn
Ahrens and Flaherty
Guettel
Ricky Ian Gordon
Cole Porter

[little_sally]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:45pm

Sondheim
Jason Robert Brown
Maury Yeston
William Finn
Aherns and Flaherty

Updated On: 3/25/05 at 10:45 PM

[Mattio98]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:45pm

Same as MEF except add Lippa.

[Mattio98]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:46pm

...and Krieger

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:48pm

Pretty much everything they've ever written:

Stephen Sondheim (except THE FROGS, BOUNCE, and FORUM)
Maury Yeston
Jason Robert Brown
Michael John LaChiusa
Richard Rodgers
Irving Berlin
George Gershwin
Cole Porter
John Kander


Only select shows:

Charles Strouse (BYE BYE BIRDIE, ANNIE)
Sherman Edwards (1776)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (CATS, SUNSET BOULEVARD, SONG AND DANCE)
Meredith Willson (THE MUSIC MAN)
Frederick Loewe (BRIGADOON, MY FAIR LADY, CAMELOT)
Galt McDermot (HAIR)
Frank Loesser (HOW TO SUCCEED...)
Jule Styne (PAL JOEY, GNTLMN PREFER BLONDES, GYPSY, BELLS ARE RINGING, FUNNY GIRL.)


Only a few songs:

Frank Wildhorn (from THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL)
Jerry Herman (from HELLO, DOLLY! and MAME)
Andrew Lippa
Jeanine Tesori

Updated On: 3/24/05 at 10:48 PM

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:48pm

Gershwin
Porter
Bernstein
Rodgers
Sondheim
Tesori
JRB
LaChiusa
Finn
Flaherty
...Handel
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 10:48 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:50pm

Sondheim
JRB
Lippa
Schonberg and Boublil
Wildhorn

[rent1988]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:01pm

jason robert brown, sondhiem, rogers & hammerstein, frank loesser, cole porter, george gershwin...yeah pretty much everything everyones already said

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:07pm

Why not change this thread topic to 'List Anyone Who Has Ever Composed A Broadway Musical.'

[DestinyBeckoned]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:21pm

I'm going to stick with just 3:
Bernstein
Kander
Jason Robert Brown

Not that the rest listed aren't great and fantastic, those three just happened to be my favorites.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:22pm

Because JohnPopa, this isn't "name GOOR composers" it's name your personal favorite(s)...

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:28pm

Jim Steinman
Daniel Sturman
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stephen Sondheim

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:28pm

To John Popa

Missing In Action from the list

Stephen Schwartz
Erwin Drake
Walter Marks
Charles Strouse
Frank Loesser

Next question ?

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:30pm

Leonard Bernstein at his peak.

I mean Candide...that's a DAMN good score right there.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:31pm

Richard Rodgers is my all-time favorite.

[mattvcrewse]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:37pm

Sondheim
Loewe
Rodgers
Burton Lane
Mozart
Aaron Copeland
Alan Menken
J.S. Bach is the LORD of melody
Updated On: 3/25/05 at 11:37 PM

[amasis]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:44pm

I love the work of a lot of composers mentioned here. But top personal favorite: Sondheim.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:48pm

Not in order:
jason robert brown
sondheim
Aherns and Flaherty
Claude-Michel Schonberg
Jonathan Larson
and I SOMETIMES like Andrew Lloyd Webber

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:51pm

im a BIG composer fan, i could rattle off a long list so ill just give you the short version
Sondheim (all around fav)
JRB (new fav)
coleman (current obsession)

[Adoannie925]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:54pm

Kander and Ebb, Finn, Weill, and Sondheim.

[Mattio98]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:56pm

Okay I've gotta make my own:

Sondheim
Kander and Ebb
JRB
Michael John LaChiusa
William Finn
Ahrens and Flaherty
Yeston
Cy Coleman
Leonard Bernstein
Cole Porter
Lippa

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 12:02am

1. SONDHEIM! the Mozart of musical theatre!
2. Stephen Schwartz
3. Alan Menken
4.Styne
5.Berlin
6. Webber
7 JRB
8 Wildhorn
9 Elton John
10 R&H