Classical Composers

Heil, /prog/!

Could you please recommend me talented composers, who are a must to listen.

I know and totally love Frideric Handel, Georgi Sviridov, Willam Walton and Vaughan Williams.

No pretentious jewish crap, please. Jews know nothing about harmony.

>>10

That would entail knowing a combination of more esoteric things, like music theory.

But, common practice harmony and species counter-point could possibly be constructed as rewrite rules. Then, maybe, like a reverse engineered Schenkerian analysis, could possibly generate tonal (classical) music from a 'seed' (Key, leitmotif, etc.).

If you are really interested, try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_music