Storytelling

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Composer categories

1) Canonical composers (early period), 2) Canonical composers (modern period), 3) Living composers, 4) Under-rated female composers, 5) Under-rated male composers, 6) Trailblazers, 7) Crossover composers, 8) Wildcards

Music subjects

1) Classical forms (sonatas etc.), 2) Landscapes and the seasons, 3) Love and relationships, 4) War and peace, 5) Religion and Christianity, 6) Pageantry and patriotism, 7) Folksongs and mythology, 8) Storytelling

 

David Bruce (1970-present) Gumboots

 

Dorothy Howell (1898-1982) Lamia

 

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Dido and Aneas: opera

 

Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Overture to “The Wreckers”