Geography

As a result of the list from the previous post, it seems safe to say that there are six major countries associated with the classical music tradition. These are Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Russia, and England. I will now list the top 5 composers for each country, and you can think about which list comes closest to your musical tastes (for me it's very close, but I'd have to go with Russia). One final note: I assigned composers to countries based on Merriam Webster dictionary entries. Sometimes, a composer is by consensus associated with one country even though he was born in another. An example is Handel, who was born in Germany but is considered an English composer.

Germany:

1. Bach
2. Beethoven
3. Brahms
4. Schumann
5. Mendelssohn

France:

1. Debussy
2. Ravel
3. Bizet
4. Saint-Saens
5. Gounod

Italy:

1. Verdi
2. Puccini
3. Vivaldi
4. Rossini
5. Donizetti

Austria:

1. Mozart
2. Schubert
3. Haydn
4. Mahler
5. Strauss II

Russia:

1. Tchaikovsky
2. Rachmaninov
3. Prokofiev
4. Shostakovich
5. Rimsky-Korsakov

England:

1. Handel
2. Elgar
3. Britten
4. Vaughan Williams
5. Purcell