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The Most Overrated Composers

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The Most Influential People of the Cold War

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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Franz Liszt

Maurice Ravel

Claude Debussy

Gabriel Fauré

Musicians Who Would Make the Best Artists

The Greatest Pianists Ever

The (Male) Singer You Most Wish You Could Sound Like

Books

The greatest satirical novels are novels which tell a story and a message at the same time. Humour, irony and hyperbole are prevalent in many of these books. The value of satirical novels lies not only in their power to make a dent in human societies but also in their influence on readers' minds and how they perceive the societies in which they live.&nbsp;Yes, smartypants, I know Animal Farm and Ah Q are novellas, but they qualify for the list as well!

The Scholars

Candide

Fortress Besieged

Animal Farm

The Bureaucracy Exposed

Flower in a Sea of Sin

The Greatest Satirical Novels Ever

Book

The Greatest Women in Music, 1980s to Today

Songs

The Best Music To Burn In Hell To...

General

Emil Gilels

Best Pianists Ever | List of Top Piano Players of All Time

The Most Musically Gifted Children of Musicians

People We Wish Were Still Alive

The Greatest Romantic Era Composers

Classical

A nocturne is about as peaceful as a piece of music can be. It is intended to be evocative of the night, but poses no restrictions on the form - Chopin's first nocturne, for example, sounds like a waltz, while the second one sounds more like a song. Chopin is probably the best-known nocturne composer, while Field was the one who started it all. Liszt's third Liebestraume is another example of a very famous nocturne. Which composers wrote the best nocturnes? Let's find out!

John Field

The Best Nocturne Composers

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Some composers are undeservedly worshipped. They aren't necessarily bad, just overrated. Strauss Jr., for example, was a nice composer, but only around Joplin level and doesn't even compare to greats like Beethoven and Chopin. Tchaikovsky was also an awesome composer, probably one of the top 20 composers of all time, but for some reason, he's worshipped at the same level as Mozart and Beethoven. (Of course, some are just downright bad: the likes of Yiruma and Einaudi are destroying music.) Here's a list of overrated composers.Note: If you intend to put up Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert or JS Bach, I don't think Ranker will be responsible for damages. ;)

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Certain piano pieces have been done to death. Many of them are perfectly good pieces, such as Moonlight and the Entertainer, but too much of a good thing inevitably becomes a bad thing. If you hear anyone talking endlessly about these pieces, there's a good chance he or she pretends to know a thing about music when he or she doesn't know anything at all.Please only list pieces that are (at least partially) famous because of the piano. Examples of works that should not be listed:-Pavane by Faur&eacute; - although originally for the piano, it's the orchestrated version that's famous -Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman&nbsp;by Mozart - only famous because of Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars and the Alphabet Song; few people can play the variations in their heads.Examples of works that can be listed: -Ragtime Dance by Joplin - originally has lyrics, but that version is long forgotten -Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov - Although many versions are known, including the original and violin arrangement, Rach's piano arrangement is one of the best-known versions -Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Liszt - the orchestral version is famous, but not as known as the original piano version -Toccata and Fugue by Bach - everyone's heard that on the piano, right?Rule of thumb: Do you think someone who knows nothing about classical music has heard it played on the piano before? If the answer is yes, list it!*Also, CONCERTOS COUNT!*

The Most Recognisable Piano Pieces

Song

Music

A list of all the music genres. Just to be fair, it includes the all-time best genres (e.g. waltz, concerto) to the horrible ones that makes our ears bleed (e.g. techno, heavy metal). Make sure the good ones float and the bad ones sink!

Everyone's Favourite Music Styles

The Coolest Fictional Objects You Most Want to Own

Fails

Knockoffs have become a fact of life nowadays. It seems that no number of police raids will curb the ever-rising trend of cheap counterfeit products. The black market is so prosperous that the knockoff brands are getting less and less believable... This list is to celebrate the worst knockoff brands ever.There are favourite classics like the many Starbucks, Nike and Adidas knockoffs, along with a few you may never have heard before.I took these pictures from many websites. About half are from knockingoff.com; others are from other sites.

The Greatest Knockoff Fails

Summer

As some sort of a sequel to Beau Iverson's list (http://www.ranker.com/list/the-13-most-historically-important-perverts-of-all-time/beau-iverson), I've decided to compile this list of 14 other allegedly awesome people who were really perverts in their private lives.Your opinion on Lewis Carroll, Charlie Chaplin, and Lord Byron will never be the same.A lot of Googling involved here, and some of the sites used may not be accurate. If I made a mistake, please make a Disquz comment so I can correct it!

13 Great People Who Were Also Perverts

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The Best Classical Composers

Athletes

People We Loved to Hate in 2012

Current Politics

The Cold War was a period of confrontation between the two superpowers of the world, the United States and the Soviet Union. During the war, the USA and the USSR used different ways to expand their influence and reduce the other's. The influence of this 'war', although not a violent one, continues to be felt today. Many people affected this war. Among them, which people are the most important?

Pope John Paul II

Lists about life for soldiers and civilians alike during the Second Great War, which raged around the world from 1939-1945.

WWII

History

The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/actors-who-should-play-wwii-world-leaders/eric-vega" target="_blank">Second World War</a> was by far the biggest war in human history. A lot of people participated in this total war. Which people are the most important?

Gotthard Heinrici

The Most Influential People of the Second World War

There are great ways to start an essay. You can catch your teacher's eye and get an A+ for it. Unfortunately, great ways don't come that easily. In fact, for most of us, yours truly included, they don't come at all. Therefore, sometimes we just have to stick to the oldest and lamest ways to do it.

8 Lamest Ways to Start an Essay

Dead Musicians You Most Want to See Perform as Holograms

It's easy to say the world wouldn't be where it is today without the significant events that transpired throughout the 20th century. These important historical events, such as World War II, Sputnik, and the invention of the internet, truly shaped our world and paved the way for the 21st century and beyond. While all these events changed the world, some can be seen as more important than others—but which ones?Check out the list of 20th&nbsp;century historical events below and vote up the ones you feel are most significant, and vote down any that seem less important.&nbsp;Of course, you can also add any events that aren't already on the list.&nbsp;

Space Race

The Most Important Historical Events of the 20th Century

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Humans are not emotionless, cold-blooded animals. Those whom we call cold-blooded were, deep down inside, just like the rest of us, only they have been blinded by money, fame, anger, or whatever that's pulling their strings. Sometimes, when someone dies, we have to feel sorry for them, even though we may not know them personally, even if we do not even know their names.Some great folks have died without any regrets. Nonetheless, most of them are not so lucky. Zhuge Liang, a man who had led to the rise of Shu Han and witnessed its slow decline, died without seeing the Han Dynasty revived. Yue Fei was killed just before he could restore the Song Dynasty to its former glory. Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea with the little Song Emperor in his arms. Tan Sitong died in 1898, the reforms having died in the womb. Sun Yixian died in 1925, over twenty years too early to have the chance to see a unified Chinese Communist republic.

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