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10 Great English Classical Composers

1. John Dowland
2. William Byrd
3. Henry Purcell
4. George Frederic Handel (actually a German, but resided in England for a large portion of his life)
5. Edward Elgar
6. Frederick Delius
7. Gustav Holst
8. Ralph Vaughan Williams
9. Benjamin Britten
10. Malcolm Arnold
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  1. AlanTuesday, March 03, 2015

    Thomas Tallis
    Orlando Gibbons
    Henry Lawes
    Jeremiah Clarke
    Thomas Arne
    William Boyce
    Gerald Finzi
    Richard Rodney Bennett
    Arthur Sullivan
    Lennox Berkeley
    Peter Maxwell Davies
    Benjamin
    Butterworth
    Tavener

    The list goes on (I think they're all English).
    You can drop Handel easily.

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  2. John CalvinTuesday, March 03, 2015

    Who wants to drop Handel?

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  3. Gary BradyWednesday, March 04, 2015

    Presumably the only reason for dropping Handel is on racial grounds but then what about Holst? Delius alos spent a lot of time outside the country. I just wanted ten that I knew and broadly liked. Hence no Lawes, Finzi, Butterworth. I happened to listen to Classic fm the other Sunday night and they played nine English composers. As you say, there are loads.

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