Who's your favorite classical composer?

bach, especially bwv 147in an abriged version reminding me of the clockwork:

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Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Hard decide for only one

Probably Mozart!

Gustav Holst!

Clearly J.S. Bach. Second place is hard. Maybe Schütz or Monteverdi.

Here's a small club that may appeal to readers of this forum:

https://www.chess.com/club/classical-composers

By the way, my favorite composer is probably Johann Strauss II. There are many good ones though. 

Romantic and Late Romantic composers: Mahler, Shostakovitch, Rachmaninoff, etc. 

Beethoven

bach, Mozart, Verdi, Schubert,schumann, chopin, liszt, rachmaninoff

puccini

https://www.chess.com/forum/category/off-topic

Mood dependent - Haydn and Khatchaturian

Tchaikovsky!

yeah!

i have no idea if paganini is classical or not.

A friend of mine used to quote his father and declare "Brahms is King!" They were big into classical music. When asked about other composers I like such as Strauss II, Bach, Wagner etc. then he would say, "oh yeah, those guys are okay too."

Beethoven is my personal favorite, I love the emotions of his songs and the strength of them.

If I had to choose, I'd probably say Chopin. But I'd rather not.

Btw, Prokofiev was pretty decent at chess (for a composer), and apparently played a draw against Capablanca in a simul.

Tchaikovsky .