Under-rated male composers

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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

 

Arnold Bax (1883-1953)

Tone poems and symphonies. See also Landscapes and the seasons

 

George Butterworth (1885-1916)

Died in World War I before he could become a true great. See also Storytelling

 

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

The “African Mahler”. Raised by a white single mother, but still a classical sensation. See also Love and relationships

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Lost all three brothers and haunted by sadness … but the clarinet concerto! See also Classical forms