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Classical composers associated with countries

Posted by John C. - Aussie (A) on November 10, 2004 at 15:21:44

It was interesting on our recent Scandinavian etc tour to see what music was associated with some of these countries.

FINLAND - Sibelius (no rival there)

NORWAY - Grieg (ditto)

SWEDEN - wait for it, ABBA!!!! No composer comes to mind

RUSSIA - Tchaikovsky (and Shostakovich last century)

POLAND - Chopin

AUSTRIA - Mozart (although some would claim Strauss)

GERMANY - Beethoven (and Wagner)

Here on it gets murky so some personal choices which you might care to correct:

FRANCE - Berlioz

ENGLAND - Delius or Elgar (or Britten in more recent times)

ITALY - Verdi

USA - Copland???

AUSTRALIA - Granger (or Sculphorpe in modern times)

????

All this is so subjective with tastes varying a lot, but your take?

John

Interesting times

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