Are there any living composers as talented as Beethoven?

File: Herbie.png (157KB, 427x639px)

157KB, 427x639px

Yes. Definitely.

brian wilson

Kanye dude

>>70397747
But that's Handel

>>70397777
/thread

>>70397747
Claire Elise Boucher. Beethoven wrote Fur Elise thinking about his reincarnation.

>>70397777
lucky 7's of immortality

>>70397747
>>70397777
>>70397785
>>70397853


>all these meme answers

Philip Glass and John Adams are the only correct answers.

Kanye West

>>70397747
why'd you post a picture of Wagner?

Bjork of course

>>70398029
>Philip Glass
Too much repetition and formlessness in his music.

> John Adams
Too pigeon-holed, by virtue of the fact that he only writes neo-classical music.

File: yeetoven.png (283KB, 492x277px) Image search: [Google]

283KB, 492x277px

https://soundcloud.com/gowherehiphop/yeethoven-kanye-west-beethoven-mash-up-full-concert-in-los-angeles-041616

File: modern shits.png (530KB, 2865x1991px) Image search: [Google]

530KB, 2865x1991px

>>70397747
These guys, except for the dead ones like Ives and Schoenberg (and now Rautavaara RIP)

Now please spend the rest of the thread to BTFO popular music fans who think their favorite producer / band is a "composer"

If you go to their wikipedia page, you will see their correct label, irregardless of what they technically do (even a 2 year old bashing a piano could technically be "composing music")

Lets go through a few of these:

>>70397747
>Mozart
was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era
>Beethoven
was a German composer and pianist.

>>70397770
>Herbie hancock
is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
So yes, herbie can play ITT

>>70397777
>Brian Wilson
is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer
*not a composer

>>70397785
>Kanye west
is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur
*not a composer

>>70397853
>Grimes
is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director.
*not a composer

>>70398696
>Bjork
is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer, DJ, and actress.
*not a composer

Its pretty black and white. Check their wikipedia, if they are not primarily listed as a composer, odds are they aren't.

>>70397802
It's Chopin you fucks
>>70400501
Just because you can mashup Kanye and Beethoven and have it sound good doesn't mean that Kanye is anywhere near as talented.

>>70400793
>If you go to their wikipedia page
Lol

>even a 2 year old bashing a piano could technically be "composing music"
Only if they also record it (either via staff notation or an audio recording.) And yes - even a baby would be technically classifiable as a composer in such a case.

>>70401230
>even a baby would be technically classifiable as a composer in such a case.
Makes it all the more funny that popular musicians can't write sheet music. Even a baby could technically be a composer

>>70401294
>popular musicians can't write sheet music
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0067920

Thus why relying on dogmatic distinctions for things is a mistake - it ends up biting you on the ass.