Richard Morrison (Music columnist of The Times) raised this topic in the October issue of BBC Music magazine.
He comments that Wagner is a pretty certain nomination because he is both loathed and loved. Others he mention are Chopin, with adoring fans but others plain bored with his music and Berlioz who inspires markedly different reactions from people.
Not sure who I would nominate although Boulez would be high on the list. He is a great conductor but I really do not like his compositions.
The link below shows some surprising names nominated as being over rated. I would not nominate any of those listed.
Ruth Mariners discusses Brahms as a marmite composer here: http://bachtrack.com/22/296/view/512
Who would be on your list?
John
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Topic - Who are your Classical "Marmite" composers? - John C. - Aussie 15:50:50 09/12/14 (45)
- Well, they are not 'classical' period composers - Timbo in Oz 22:56:36 09/14/14 (0)
- This is a Marmite thread - madisonears 18:48:01 09/14/14 (2)
- You're right, of course. - rbolaw 05:58:07 09/16/14 (0)
- Aww - c'mon! These threads are fun! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 20:59:19 09/14/14 (0)
- Interesting examples but most are not Marmites - Tadlo 07:39:33 09/14/14 (0)
- A fascinating heap of responses reflecting a wide variety of tastes - John C. - Aussie 15:51:08 09/13/14 (0)
- A sea of Marmite - Amphissa 10:42:49 09/13/14 (4)
- Agreed. - rbolaw 13:35:32 09/13/14 (3)
- RE: Agreed. - Amphissa 10:45:03 09/14/14 (2)
- RE: Agreed. - rbolaw 15:52:16 09/14/14 (1)
- RE: Agreed. - Amphissa 19:49:11 09/14/14 (0)
- Could the answer possibly be... - Jim Treanor 10:34:15 09/13/14 (0)
- Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Bizet, Puccini, Debussy, Beethoven, J.S. Bach - rbolaw 08:09:43 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: Bizet - amioutaline? 05:11:35 09/13/14 (0)
- Messiaen Glass Reich Adams Webern Delius - pbarach 04:59:10 09/13/14 (0)
- Charles Ives. He's the unanswered question! - genungo 04:26:49 09/13/14 (0)
- Definitely Mozart - andy evans 02:17:34 09/13/14 (6)
- Since a lot of writers consider Mozart THE GREATEST. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:49:05 09/14/14 (4)
- RE: Since a lot of writers consider Mozart THE GREATEST. . . - Tadlo 06:54:27 09/14/14 (3)
- Yup - I'd give him a pass on most of what you mentioned too - Chris from Lafayette 10:01:09 09/14/14 (0)
- Mozart was the best composer of his time... - genungo 08:13:18 09/14/14 (1)
- We might agree, but Haydn was a bit hard on himself! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:02:23 09/14/14 (0)
- I think when you get older you have a much larger repertoire of stuff you don't like. - John N 12:38:59 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: Who are your Classical "Marmite" composers? - learsfool 23:37:06 09/12/14 (1)
- Liszt was so great! - Chris from Lafayette 00:39:48 09/14/14 (0)
- RE: Who are your Classical "Marmite" composers? - Todd Krieger 23:00:49 09/12/14 (0)
- Surprised that . . . - risabet 19:56:24 09/12/14 (1)
- The thing about Hindemith. . . - Chris from Lafayette 21:58:51 09/12/14 (0)
- As you might guess from some of my previous posts. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:58:57 09/12/14 (16)
- Really? Shosty? I love his 7th! (nt) - kuma 12:50:12 09/13/14 (3)
- I love the endings of his works.... - andy evans 03:03:16 09/14/14 (0)
- Yeah - That falls under the category, "gulty pleasure" for me - Chris from Lafayette 00:32:12 09/14/14 (1)
- Guilty Pleasure... - kuma 17:47:57 09/14/14 (0)
- RE: As you might guess from some of my previous posts. . . - Jim Treanor 09:39:26 09/13/14 (0)
- The meaning of Marmite - PAR 02:34:48 09/13/14 (3)
- Thanks! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:25:33 09/14/14 (0)
- The Aussie Equivalent is Vegemite - also distasteful to others - John C. - Aussie 16:09:40 09/13/14 (0)
- Yep, Marmite refers to a "You either love it or hate it.".. - Ivan303 05:02:35 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: As you might guess from some of my previous posts. . . - John C. - Aussie 17:58:33 09/12/14 (2)
- Oh yeah - Britten - Chris from Lafayette 21:51:02 09/12/14 (1)
- Never liked much of anything of his... - Ivan303 07:35:19 09/13/14 (0)
- +1 (or should that be a -) for Shostakovich - TGR 17:28:06 09/12/14 (3)
- RE: Shostakovich.... - Ivan303 05:20:05 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: +1 (or should that be a -) for Shostakovich - ahendler 17:55:30 09/12/14 (1)
- Believe me I have invested the time - TGR 10:23:12 09/13/14 (0)