# Frank Zappa - World's Greatest Composer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-zappa-worlds-greatest-composer/16289 "2000-04-20T14:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-zappa-worlds-greatest-composer/16289/21 "2000-04-23T22:34:00Z")
Actually, I think he is a more respectable composer, properly, than he is given credit for. He is considered in a more serious light by many in Europe-- he has a couple of albums with the London Symphony and some modern orchestras in Germany, et al, have performed his work. He is at least good enough to be taken seriously over there. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-zappa-worlds-greatest-composer/16289/22 "2000-04-23T23:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Sweet Basil: > 'Nuff said. > > Sweet Basil Hey, I know this is mostly tongue-in-cheek. But seriously - how do _you_ know Zappa is the World’s Greatest Composer? How familiar are _you_ with Sibelius’ 4th Symphony? I think Sibelius is the World’s Greatest Composer. (They named the reportedly the world’s best music-notation software after him. See? See? [http://www.sibelius.com](http://www.sibelius.com) ) So he _is_ the World’s Greatest Composer…because I said so! 😉 You can have the thread back now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-zappa-worlds-greatest-composer/16289.md?page=1)