* There's a big asterisk that goes here - this is the European and North American "World." It's the music I know, I wish there were more women on it, but I don't for ONE MINUTE think that the rest of the non-Eurocentric world would concur with this list.

Classical-Music.com posted a pernicious list today: The 50 Greatest Composers of All Time.

#50 is Rachmaninov, #1 is Bach. I'm sure there is a lot of discussion about who is missing and who doesn't belong here, or in what order.

And anyone with well-considered lists of composers from the rest of the world, feel free to share.

(Considering that many of these composers take "folk tunes" as the basis for some of their biggest hits, the discussion can also travel in those directions.)

Also - that song title from The Mikado always bugs me - because the proper name should be "I have a little list," not "I've got." It would scan just as well. And Sullivan is missing from that list.