callit4 said:
No one has said Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? He died way to young. It's not like anyone is making good classic music anymore (in my opinion of course).
To a certain degree I agree, but there are some things you should note. First of all, he really wasn't famous for his compositions, but for his skill at his age. When he died he was forgotten by nearly everyone for 60 years until someone decided to classify his music. He was a rich person and he offered a lot of money for any sheet music Mozart made. Problem is that a lot of people knew this, so they decided to make their own music and sign it as Mozart's. Some sheets were actually from other composers! This person who classified his music was a rich person who admired Mozart, but he wasn't a musician, so he couldn't really tell which were his compositions and which weren't. Up until now there are some compositions that has been regarded as fake (the quite unimportant ones, don't worry)
Mozart became remembered not because his compositions or his Requiem (which is his best work in my opinion), but because someone was buying his music sheets for classifying in all over Europe.
Now, a classical composer that i do want to see alive again is Rachmaninov. For me, he is the best composer ever conceived, and sadly one of the most depressive and tragic ones. Actually today it's his birthday, and five days ago was his death.
Another special mention is Chopin.