I write poetry and have composed music with the help of a clavinova and a DUO10. I have published a collection of poetry. Two of the poems have been set to music for a choir. So far no group has taken up the challenge to sing them. If you access my website, and click on to "Writing", you will find my music pieces. 
I'm afraid that my tastes in music are not eclectic - I think that is the right word. Mainly I like classical music in the broadest sense - up to the present day, so long as there is some recognizable sound which is not noise. My favourite composers, if I were to choose any, are Mahler, Beethoven, Elgar, Shostakovich, Gorecki, Part, Vaughan Williams, Brahms, Walton. There may be others, but that will give you some idea. I like particular pieces of music, such as "The Dream of Gerontius", "The Glagolitic Mass" by Janacek, Symphony no. 2 (The Resurrection by Mahler, Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 1 by Rachmaninoff, and others. 
For me music is an essential part of life - like breathing. Life would be a very dull existence without it. 

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