Classical Music
Classical Music
In this thread, we can all talk about everything and anything that involves classical music!
A sample of one of the many classical songs I like : Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours
A sample of one of the many classical songs I like : Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours
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Traditionally, classical music has been split into four different time periods:
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Coincidentally, my preference falls exactly in that order. Thumbs up: Telemann, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi. Thumbs down: Stravinsky, Copeland, Glass.
Composers like Mozart and Beethoven, who most people think of when speaking of classical music, are about even for me. I listen to it a lot, but I'm not a diehard fan of the Classical and Romantic eras.
Baroque on the other hand...
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Coincidentally, my preference falls exactly in that order. Thumbs up: Telemann, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi. Thumbs down: Stravinsky, Copeland, Glass.
Composers like Mozart and Beethoven, who most people think of when speaking of classical music, are about even for me. I listen to it a lot, but I'm not a diehard fan of the Classical and Romantic eras.
Baroque on the other hand...
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[gasps] What? Dr. Watson, you gave Aaron Copland a thumbs down? How can you do something like that? Don't you love the Babe Song? And the one that I always get stuck in my head but don't know the name to?
I like Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, and Copland, of course.
I like Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, and Copland, of course.
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When your mother and father play NPR 24/7 when you're little, and when you watch a lot of people playing classical music on PBS, and when you do a lot of ballet, it really grows on you.
When I was three, I heard one of The Four Seasons on the radio and starting yelling, "It's 'Valdi, Daddy! Listen! It's 'Valdi!" And even before that, my dad and his brother (my uncle) were listening to some song on the radio, and I was adamant that it was 'Taco Bell's Candace". My dad was kind of rolling his eyes and trying to convince me that it wasn't Pachelbel's Canon in D, but was some modern song, when the DJ came on and said, "That was [whoever] with [their song], based on Pachelbel's Canon in D."
I think that's when my parents decided I was destined to play Classical music
When I was three, I heard one of The Four Seasons on the radio and starting yelling, "It's 'Valdi, Daddy! Listen! It's 'Valdi!" And even before that, my dad and his brother (my uncle) were listening to some song on the radio, and I was adamant that it was 'Taco Bell's Candace". My dad was kind of rolling his eyes and trying to convince me that it wasn't Pachelbel's Canon in D, but was some modern song, when the DJ came on and said, "That was [whoever] with [their song], based on Pachelbel's Canon in D."
I think that's when my parents decided I was destined to play Classical music
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That's pretty funny, Rachael! And impressive that you would know so much about classical music at such a young age. I like classical pretty well, like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, the faster movement. Most people who aren't into classical might have only heard the first part (reeeeally slow and quiet), but the fast part is a lot cooler (IMO) than the slow part.Rachael wrote:When I was three, I heard one of The Four Seasons on the radio and starting yelling, "It's 'Valdi, Daddy! Listen! It's 'Valdi!" And even before that, my dad and his brother (my uncle) were listening to some song on the radio, and I was adamant that it was 'Taco Bell's Candace". My dad was kind of rolling his eyes and trying to convince me that it wasn't Pachelbel's Canon in D, but was some modern song, when the DJ came on and said, "That was [whoever] with [their song], based on Pachelbel's Canon in D."
I think that's when my parents decided I was destined to play Classical music
I had a piano teacher once who told me about her son's piano recital in college. He was playing the Moonlight Sonata, and when he got to the really quick movement guess what happened! The piano (which was on rollers to make it easier to move) started rolling away from him! But he didn't stop playing. He stood up and chased the piano around while he finished the music! Afterwards, someone (I think it was his instructor) told him that was the fastest they had ever heard the piece played!
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Pianokitty, the piece you are speaking of is probably Mozart's Jupiter Symphony. The Symphony no. 41 is known as the Jupiter Symphony, a title not granted it by its creator. Rather, the title seems to have originated, ironically enough, in London, thanks to the impresario Johann Peter Salomon, who would later bring Haydn to England. The nickname seems to have been inspired by a sense of Olympian grandeur in this, Mozart's largest and most complex symphony. It is a long step beyond the angelic grace usually associated with Mozart's name. Here, he calls upon a more robust spirit, hinting at the grand Romantic symphonies that would come with Beethoven. The symphony is Jupiter-like in another way, too, for it is frequently jovial, as if the Greek god himself were laughing heartily in the celebratory key of C major. Mozart's Forty-first Symphony proved inspirational to many composers, especially Haydn, who modeled his 95th and 98th symphonies on the Jupiter. Yet the most succinct reflection on the work's importance is found in the critiques of Robert Schumann, who in 1835 wrote "about many things in this world there is simply nothing to be said --- for example, about Mozart's C-major symphony with the fugue, much of Shakespeare, and some of Beethoven." It is perhaps significant that Schumann does not merely equate the Jupiter with Shakespeare and Beethoven. Rather, he places this piece above many of those master's efforts.
Hope this helps!
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Hope this helps!
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Great! I see some of you also appreciate classical music! Let's also post some of our favorite classical music! I'm posting 30-second samples
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite - In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite - In The Hall Of The Mountain King
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Handel, yes. Hallelujah Chorus
Did any of you ever hear whether it's true that Handel was blind when he composed Hallelujah, but that he said he thought he had seen all heaven--and Jesus? That would be so cool if it's true!!!!
Did any of you ever hear whether it's true that Handel was blind when he composed Hallelujah, but that he said he thought he had seen all heaven--and Jesus? That would be so cool if it's true!!!!
God bless you, in Jesus' name!!!!
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The third movement of "Moonlight Sonata" is my favorite too.Kris Doyle wrote: I had a piano teacher once who told me about her son's piano recital in college. He was playing the Moonlight Sonata, and when he got to the really quick movement guess what happened! The piano (which was on rollers to make it easier to move) started rolling away from him! But he didn't stop playing. He stood up and chased the piano around while he finished the music! Afterwards, someone (I think it was his instructor) told him that was the fastest they had ever heard the piece played!
I like some classical music. Like Dr. Watson, I tend to like baroque especially some works by Bach and Handel, but I also like plenty of classical stuff like some Mozart and Beethoven and a little romantic like some Chopin.
"The Messiah" is a great one to listen to! I heard it earlier today!
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I like Classical, but I can't really name any songs that I like.
Isn't that from an AIO ep.?
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