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offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2002-04-21 19:08 [#00187490]
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I don't like to call it classical because the Classical
period is merely one period of music... but it is a great
period -- some of its alumni include Haydn, Mozart and the
almighty Beethoven -- although some place him in the
Romantic period (at the very beginning.)

I am fairly fond of J.S. Bach -- he created a lot of
techniques in his fugue music form that are used in
electronica today, and all types of music, such as raising
an entire theme (a melody) to a different key, or playing
notes backwards or upside-down. (this is possible on music
sheets.)

I also enjoy the choral masses of Palestrina, even though I
am in no way a religious person. Rachmaninoff, a
post-impressionist, is one of my faves too. Those who enjoy
the piano tracks on Drukqs would enjoy him.

Who are everyone else's top 5 composers/ compositions?

COMPOSERS:
1. Beethoven - the Jesus of composing
2. J.S. Bach - the Moses of composing
3. Mozart - THE young prodigy
4. Berlioz - father of program music
5. Palestrina - obscure choral mass composer of the
Renaissance

TOP 5 WORKS:
1. Beethoven's 9th Symphony
2. Bach's Cantata 140
3. Palestrina's Sicut Cervus
4. Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique
5. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-21 19:11 [#00187497]
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i really like the "rite of spring" by Stravinsky.... J.S
Bach's fugue's are amazing, really hard to play aswell. Some
challenging music for double bass at last! I'm usually stuck
play LONG pedal notes.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-21 19:13 [#00187500]
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if u like the drukqs piano tracks u'll also love Erik
Satie... he got mentioned on this website's news section i
think.


 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2002-04-21 19:13 [#00187501]
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would Gustav Holst count


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2002-04-21 19:13 [#00187502]
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There was once an instrument called the Bariton that was a
bass and a guitar combined, but from what i know these don't
exist anymore.

Too bad, because Haydn wrote a LOT of concertos for these.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-04-21 19:20 [#00187515]
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This is pretty hard. I didn't even listen to Classical until
about 5 years ago, but now I have lots of favorites:

1 J.S. Bach
2 Mozart
3 Beethoven
4 Mendelssohn
5 Handel

1 Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (New World)
2 Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
3 Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
4 Handel - Messiah
5 J.S. Bach - Mass In B Minor



 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-21 19:23 [#00187524]
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I'm playing a mendelssohn piece on thursday. A Song Without
Words, its a piano piece that's been arranged for strings.

for my music homework I've got to find a piece that's in 5/4
time, and a piece that is highly descriptive, that
illustrates a scene or an object really clearly. Does
anybody hav any ideas? not strictly 'classical', just not
rock/pop/ordinary things...


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-21 19:24 [#00187525]
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baritone, i know wot u mean!


 

offline SPD from United States on 2002-04-22 04:57 [#00188368]
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Gustav Holst would most certainly count.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-04-22 05:15 [#00188379]
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I don't know too much orchestralor classical music, but I
can tell you that Hildegard von Bingen's (sp?) choral work
is absolutely amazing. Vivaldi's last works before he died
were recently recorded for the first time and they are
heavenly. Lastly, my favorite piece so far is Bach's Mass
in B Minor, particularly the Gloria section (movement?).
It's like the announcement of the arrival of the Cosmic
Royalty.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-04-22 06:04 [#00188432]
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r y u i c h i s a k a m o t o


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-04-22 06:20 [#00188449]
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explain, elaborate


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-04-22 06:30 [#00188454]
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aiaiiaa.....what a great topic =0)

i grew up with classical music and opera.....i was a snob
about music not listening to much else till way
later.....hehehe...tis the benefits of having an italian
mummy...=0)

anyway

top 5 composers in order
1. J.S. Bach
2. Mozart
3. Beethoven
4. Rachmaninov
5. Chopin

top 5 works
1. Bach's - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G
2. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
3. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
4. Rachmaninov - Raphsody on a Theme by Paganini
5. Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

** honorable mention to Robert Schumann....Scenes from
Childhood...so beautiful!! =0)


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-04-22 06:33 [#00188457]
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Sakamoto is a great composer...he's scored a lot of movies,
i recommend

Lost Child.....absolutely haunting =0)


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-04-22 06:35 [#00188460]
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The Brandenburg Concertos are beautiful. You've heard Mass
in B Minor?


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-04-22 06:35 [#00188461]
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Gloria is just... glorious!!!


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-04-22 07:34 [#00188507]
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aiiaiaiai

yes yes GLORIA........OH my one of my fav's as
well.....those voices lift the spirit like no other. =0) i
tried to stick with just orchestral pieces on my list, but
if we were talking opera or arias.....ahhahah
lets just say i could talk for DAYS!!!

i have the entire bandenburg concerto's on VINYL if you can
believe it, it was a gift from my O-Pa (grandfather) and
i've never been able to hear them because i have no RECORD
player....eheheh
i'll get one some day.

and yes.....Mass in B is amazing...i have to say it's my
favourite type of music..opera and classical.....and in a
way it's the stuff i'm most familiar with.


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2002-04-22 08:46 [#00188565]
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i'm into "post-classical" at the moment. composers like Tod
Dockstader, Philip Glass, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage,
Olivier Messiaen ans so on.....


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-04-22 17:03 [#00189297]
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Hehe, everyone puts Mozart, Beethoven and J.S. Bach in their
top 3...
If you're into choral music, check out Beethoven's Missa
Solemnis and Mozart's Requiem as well. Another piece that
isn't mentioned here that I really love is Wagner's Overture
zu Tannhauser.


 

offline SPD from United States on 2002-04-22 21:16 [#00189645]
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he played a bit of Dockstader at the LA ATP. "Traveling
Music" was part of his intro. whatta ya got by the Dock?

Steve Reich....word.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-04-23 17:56 [#00190878]
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hehe, I know little of the old-old-school music, so for me
it falls into one category. a friend of mine occasionally
makes me listen to his something from his massive collection
and his picks are always very magical.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-04-23 17:57 [#00190884]
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somebody else was telling me something about missa solemnis
the other day.... should probably listen i guess.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-04-23 18:11 [#00190912]
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allegre's miserere is quite stunning too - mozart heard it
once at the Vatican, and scored it in full from memory upon
his return home


 


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