jadis

lol where did you even find this one?

My parents are Russian piano nerds and I played sonatinas by Mozart, Clementi and Cimarosa as a little kid, but never heard of this guy.

Sort of agree with your main point, with quite a few caveats. Voted no too.

One caveat is that when people say "classical music" today, what they typically mean is bland, pompous and precious orchestral kitsch (often written by the British of all people, the country known in the 19th century as Das Land ohne Musik) that's closer to Hollywood soundtracks than anything "classical" I listen to these days.

SGR

I had some friends in college who were music majors and also ****ing nerds (yeah, I repeat myself). But I chose him because I wanted a classical composer that started with 'C' so I could mirror (M)iles and (C)oltrane. First one that came to mind.

Edit: ****. I double-posted again.