(July 1, 2015 at 3:00 am)Alex K Wrote: ...
But I could never hate our funny neighbors. After all they gave us Charpentier, and Lully, Ravel, Fauré, Dupré, Berlioz, Baguette, Croissant, Sirop de Menthe, Bordeaux, Camembert...
They can keep Satie though.
It is good that you have the ellipsis, or I would have to chastise you for omitting Champagne, one of the pinnacles of civilization. The French language has a beautiful sound to it, with even a French accent in English sounding great. They also introduced their evil overlords to Madame Guillotine, which is another reason to love the French.
Regarding composers, though, by far, the very best are Germanic composers, followed by Italians, then French.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.