Name The musician/singer

Very good, LL! He was not well known during his lifetime but is well represented both in the concert halls and conservatories today. He was eccentric, unique, and ahead of his time. But his music is very listenable (in contrast to, say, Elliot Carter's). His symphonies are lovely, as is his first string quartet. You can probably find them on YouTube or somewhere.

He had a strong New England spirit in his music-- rather the Robert Frost of composers..

Good clues. I just don't know the man.

Don’t you Google? Rodrigo is the composer.

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Good one. I believe LensLady had the last correct one, so it's her go...

Thanks, Doc.

A century after this European composer was born in the 1800's, a renowned Anerican rock band popularized one of his pieces. His music was used in movies as well.

Johann Strauss?

No. French.

Would you believe-- I'm just now trying to teach myself on piano Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1? I can play the recognizable famous parts, but I'm not good enough to play the whole thing as written. Maybe I'll transpose and arrange it for my level...

I guess several of his pieces have been used by contemporary writers/musicians. At the time the advanced chords of Satie, Debussy and Ravel were completely new and a little avant-garde. But today they sound natural.

Arguably the most famous American composer of today. He also conducts...

This is a short excerpt from the band that popularized Satie, and this melody was also heard in several films . Perhaps we were both thinking of him, because this sort of minimalist, almost hypnotic tune fits the type of languid, slow moving summer days we are having now. A good accompaniment to floating in a rowboat down a lazy stream , without bothering to move the oars; or setting on a porch with some congenial folks and watching the grass grow til the fireflies twinkle the night.

Can't place your composer. though the face seems familiar. Spookie may know.

I enjoyed the BS&T's music, and also your description. To my taste, as lovely as their variations are, the tempo is a little too slow.

As far as the above composer/conductor, in later years including today, his hair and beard are white-- which is the way he appears in jillions of photos. He's widely known for his film scores.

Aha....can it be John Williams.?

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To stay on topic: Lenslady is correct haha.

Yes. I sneakily tried to disguise him a little by using a young picture. Good one. Your go...

Doc may be the only one who knows this guy, tho not sure he likes this genre - this guitarist was one of the first to be popular in a style that is commonplace now

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Need more on this guy

A wild guess Ronnie James Dio?

Could that clue be anymore vague?

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