Your Favorite Composers’ Favorite Composers
by Emily E. Hogstad Pop star Chappell Roan has adopted a slogan for herself that has become famous: “I’m your favourite artist’s favourite artist!” Who’s the equivalent in the classical music world? Have you ever wondered who your favourite composer’s favourite composer was? Sometimes it’s hard to tell from the historical record. Lots of great composers didn’t have a single favourite composer, or they never recorded their thoughts using those words exactly, so listeners are left to make educated guesses. But even if we can’t always know their favourite, we can usually guess at their favourites. And a couple of names appear again and again… Read on to find out who! © classicalregister.com Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) When he was twenty years old, Johann Sebastian Bach set off on a 400-kilometre (250-mile) hike to the city of Lübeck. His object was to hear the nearly 80-year-old organist Dieterich Buxtehude . Bach met him, heard his music perform...