The Top 10 Jewish Composers

1. Gustav Mahler: Late-Romantic Austrian composer.
2. George Gershwin: Composers of classical and popular music. Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess.
3. Aaron Copeland: Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man.
4. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein: American composer. Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music.
5. Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, On the Waterfront, Candide.
6. Arnold Schoenberg: Austrian and American composer. Known for innovations in atonality.
7. Stephen Sondheim: American composer. Sweeny Todd, West Side Story, Gypsy, Sooner or Later.
8. Irving Berlin: White Christmas, There’s No Business Like Show Business, G-d Bless America.
9. Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah, Dance Me to the End of Love.
10. Danny Elfman: Composer for Tim Burton Movies. The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, Alice in Wonderland.

* Honorable Mention: Kurt Weill, Walter Braunfels, Anton Rubinstein, Marvin Hamlisch. (Although Felix Mendelssohn was proud of his Jewish ancestry, he was a practicing Lutheran.)

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