![]() ![]() The Civil War’s rate of death, its incidence in comparison with the size of the American population, was six times that of World War II. The number of soldiers who died between 18, generally estimated at 620,000, is approximately equal to the total of American fatalities in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, combined. ![]() And heading back to the Renaissance, let’s not forget John Taverner (c1490-1545), who set so much in motion in the early 16th century, and Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), beloved by the one of the greatest pianists everGlenn Gould, among many others.In the middle of the 19th century, the United States entered into a civil war that proved bloodier than any other conflict in American history, a war that would presage the slaughter of World War I’s Western Front and the global carnage of the 20th century. Her fellow film composers such as Rachel Portman (b.1960), George Fenton (b.1949) and the ultra-versatile Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012) have similarly missed out. Infamously snotty about her peers, Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-83) herself seems to have received similar treatment from today’s musicians – not a single vote – despite some spikily inventive film scores. Heading into the early 20th century, concert hall favourites Frederick Delius (1862-1934) and Arnold Bax(1883-1953) are notable by their absence, as is the sublime songsmith Gerald Finzi (1901-56). ![]() With any poll such as this, the names who didn’t make it inevitably tend to raise as much of an eyebrow/scream of horror (delete as appropriate) as those who did.Īmong those who might consider themselves unlucky not to make the top 25 are the late-19th-century stalwarts Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) and Hubert Parry (1848-1918), whose operettas and choral music remain as popular as ever (plus Parry’s list of pupils reads like a who’s who of British composing). ![]() Close… but no cigar - some surprising non-appearances ![]()
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