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This is not a list of personal favorites, but is based on objective criteria (see below).

  • 1 Debussy, Claude
  • 2 Ravel, Maurice
  • 3 Rachmaninov, Sergei
  • 4 Strauss, Richard
  • 5 Prokofiev, Sergei
  • 6 Shostakovich, Dmitri
  • 7 Mahler, Gustav
  • 8 Stravinsky, Igor
  • 9 Britten, Benjamin
  • 10 Sibelius, Jean
  • 11 Gershwin, George
  • 12 Vaughan Williams, Ralph
  • 13 Bartók, Béla
  • 14 Poulenc, Francis

Based on number of recordings available for composers born after 1860. This is an objective "cloud" measure of popularity: people think it worthwhile to make a recording and others to buy it. Number from arkivmusic is in third column. Can shorten it: e.g. exclude those not living after 1930 (exit Debussy, Mahler) or 1940 (exit Ravel). A later birth date (1870 or 1880) can be used, but this raises anomalies: most of Sibelius famous work (symphonies, violin concerto) is post 1900; Strauss wrote his most famous and popular work (four last songs) in 1948. Two observations. The twentieth century is dominated by the Russians and the French. Also, the Brits d better than I thought: Britten and VW are popular around the world. Germans have to rely on the late romantics and have not created anything music wise to replace this.

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Hello, please don't add parent categories to articles as you did on the Strauss song pages ... Category:Songs by Richard Strauss is already in the German songs and Lieder categories so the latter do not need to be directly added to the page. I've undone all your similar additions. Thanks! Graham87 13:35, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

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A few questions, - confessing that I am new to the piece ;) - Why is that a Choral composition? It looks like a cantata to me, with the choir not even playing a key role. The German Wikipedia says "Kantate". - Can you source it for DYK (just section "forces", - we have also an article Divisi), - the "huge orchestral sauce" should be known better? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 28 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi Gerda Arendt. The Proms introduced me to it 18 months ago. Yes, Cantata is the correct terminology: thanks for that. The "huge orchestral sauce": the only source I can find for this is Suzanne Lodato (as referenced). I have added her reference to the Allgemeine Zeitung along with the German (perhaps you can access this online?). Divisi is not the right term here. The sections are divided throughout the piece (like first and second violins): divisi happens when a single section is temporarily divided into two. And thanks for your contributions to the various pages I created - Habe Dank!Byronmercury (talk) 16:14, 28 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you quality articles on compositions such as Befreit and Zueignung, "concentrating on Strauss this year", for detailed background and an exquisite choice of images to illustrate poetry and music, for a clear economic user page, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Nice to see his First Symphony! What do you think of: you nominate it for DYK, and I watch it? (You click on Main page, in the upper left, then on "Nominate an article" below the DYK section, follow the instructions, - it's rather easy.) - Have the rose that I picked to illustrate the above, with thanks ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:42, 24 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Gerda Arendt! I have been wanting to do this for a while. Sure, why not - I will nominate it as you suggest. Just have a couple of things to do more and then it should be fit. Feel free to edit it in th emeantime.Byronmercury (talk) 08:39, 25 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Gerda Arendt! My first self nominate on DYK: I hope I followed the instructions correctly. Anyway, lets see what happens. I will review another DYK.Byronmercury (talk) 15:59, 25 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Good, you did a lot right! Next time, use your username unchenged, and don't get rid of the question mark at the end, - I hope I fixed it ;) - I think we wait a while if somebody else reviews it, I feel a bit biased. No date connection, no deadline. If you ask me, I'd drop the year at the beginning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:53, 25 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

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