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Classical
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 6:03 pm
by duchess of malfi
While I am certainly not an expert like Damelon or Fist & Faith, I love many pieces of classical music.
How many other people here are into classical, opera, or ballet??
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 9:45 pm
by Damelon
I wouldn't call myself an expert, like Fist and Faith. I just enjoy listening to classical music.
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:02 pm
by Fist and Faith
I'm torn between wanting to post about classical music, and NOT wanting 5 WGD's to go to anyone else for my post in a thread that
I would have created, had I seen the offer first, and got 50 WGD's for!! But since I love duchess to death, I'll post.
Damelon, remember that enjoying listening to classical music is the VERY most important thing. Of course, the great composers could listen to it in their heads just by looking at the notation, without ever hearing a performance or recording. But for the rest of us, studying music without listening to it is incomprehensibly silly.
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:13 pm
by Worm of Despite
Listen to John Williams's Born On The Fourth Of July, with the solemn horn at the beginning. His best work, I think! Pure instant classic--better than the movie!
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:40 pm
by duchess of malfi
Some of his stuff is very good. I love his CD American Journeys.
Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 11:30 pm
by MsMary
I grew up on classical music. My parents always played it. Two of my favorites are The Firebird Suite by Stravinski and Mahler's First Symphony. Both have some very dramatic moments in them.
I like a lot of other classical, those are the two that came to mind off the top of my head.
~MsMary~
Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 12:38 am
by danlo
Handel
Bach
Chopin
Dvorak
Strauss
Motzart
Beethoven
Vivaldi
Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 1:24 am
by Damelon
This thread has put me in a classical mood tonight. I'm listening to Mahler's 5th symphony. The adagietto in that symphony is my favorite orchestral slow movement.
Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 1:25 am
by Worm of Despite
Someone post a list of symphony lingo a beginner should know! For starters, what's an adagietto
Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 4:04 pm
by Damelon
The list is rather too long to post here but here is a link to classical music terms. pa.essortment.com/classicalmusic_rcec.htm
Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 11:41 pm
by Ryzel
I just listen to most kinds of music, including classical sometimes. But my definition of music is not broad enough to include everybody elses definition of music though.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 12:07 am
by Bannor
Vaughn Williams has always been my favorite classical composer. I really enjoy the French and English composers: it's generally lovely music (not into the marches). 
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 5:01 am
by phoebe
Frank Zappa. Hasn't anyone heard of him? Not the rock, as much as I loved that, I mean his Orchestral productions? The man was a musical Genius.
Not by any stretch of the imagination classical music, mind.
I will donate 15wgd to anyone who finds and listens to the cd Boulez conducts Zappa (The Perfect Stranger and other chamber works performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort), or his London symphony orchestra stuff!!
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 2:05 pm
by danlo
What about Keith Emerson (ELP) and Rick Wakeman (Yes) they composed some amazing stuff w/Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra...phoebe I'm in total agreement re: Zappa!
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 1:37 am
by phoebe
danlo wrote:phoebe I'm in total agreement re: Zappa!
Good boy danlo
I'm the drunken millionaire today.
Here, have some money...
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:59 am
by phoebe
30wgd? 50?
Ok, three thousand white gold dollars to the first person who listens to that album.
ANYONE????
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:25 am
by phoebe
Yellow Shark?
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:36 am
by phoebe
Seven thousand?? Come on!!
Ungrateful ****s!!
Ok 7000wgd to anyone who has the guts to fabricate a story that they have at least heard of Frank Zappa.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:23 am
by [Syl]
You mean the guy who named his kids Ommet (sp?) and Dweezil... and heck, what's his daughter's name... ah, yes. Moon Unit.
My mom mentioned his music a couple of times, but I've never really run across any of it.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 11:36 am
by Fist and Faith
I remember Yellow Sharks. I thought it was pretty good. When it came out, and we had it on in-store play, I told a guy I worked with that part of it reminded me of a piece called Ionisation by Edgar Varese. He told me that Varese had been one of Zappa's influences.