Mats Norrman tries for a bit of controversy:

>>A partial listing of incredible British composers (and a few very very
>>good ones) includes:
>>
>>Vaughan Williams, Holst, Moeran, Lambert, Brian, Walton, Tippett, Knussen,
>>Leigh, Alwyn, Rubbra, Simpson, Leighton, Lutyens, Runswick, Arnold, Finzi,
>>Howells, Grainger (Australian-English-American), Ireland, Jacob, Bernard
>>Stevens, Frankel, Searle, Bax, Berkeley, Maconchy, LeFanu, Davies, Bridge,
>>Warlock, Delius, and - oh, yes - Britten.
>
>That is not a list of incredible British Composers, that are all British
>Composers you know of, and could burp up between your coffee and your
>tea.:-(

As a matter of fact, they are not all the British composers I know.  I left
out quite a few, including Chagrin, Leigh, Maw, Bliss, Tavener, Patterson,
Michael Berkeley, Goehr, Wordsworth, Hadley, Doyle, Rutter, and the beat
goes on.  As for "incredible," I've heard them; I like them.  Your mileage
may vary.

Steve Schwartz