Classical Top Five

If most will concede Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and Brahms as " the given" top 4, who would you choose as number 5?

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petg60 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,486 posts 03-10-2021 at 09:35am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Make it six with Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi. G
lowrider57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,396 posts 03-10-2021 at 10:24am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Remove Brahms, insert Haydn. #5... Schubert. Later composers will be influenced by the top 5.
walt8489 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11 posts 03-10-2021 at 10:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sorry, but how can Mahler, Sibelius and Stravinsky be left out. So, have to remove Haydn and probably Brahms.
jasonbourne52 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,863 posts 03-10-2021 at 12:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete WAGNER UBER ALLES! The favorite composer of that notorious Austrian with the toothbrush mustache!
jasonbourne52 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,863 posts 03-10-2021 at 12:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I agree with tlayman18 that Haydn deserved inclusion in the Top Five. He practically invented the Classical Symphony - 104 of them, eh!