All genres of classical music is fine. Electronic, musique concrete, atonal, neo-romantic... Hit me with it.
Does anyone know what happened to the composers tier list video? Can't seem to find it anymore.
I mean pieces that are not considered exceptional, but you absolutely adore them, and count them among your favorites?
I have at least three:
Sonatine (for solo piano), by Maurice Ravel. The first two movements are gorgeous to my ears, and the last movement is truly stimulating to me. Ravel himself was fond of this piece, so I guess I'm in good company.
Concertino (for flute and orchestra), by Cecile Chaminade. I think this piece contains some of the most beautiful chord progressions in classical music, and the finale excites me to tears.
Andante and Hungarian Rondo (for bassoon and orchestra), by Carl Maria von Weber. It's always compared to his Bassoon Concerto, and unfavorably so, but don't like the concerto as well as the other. The rondo especially grabs me--its folksy sound almost makes me laugh, and it's so darned catchy.
So what about all of you? What minor pieces do you have as much love for as some of the same composer's major pieces usually get?
I think there were names mentioned in some interviews, but I can't find them. I'd be curious to listen to contemporary classical music (of which I know nothing) that sounds like gybe.
As Angus Young has admitted, AC/DC generally sticks to a certain style - hard rock with a small number of chords per song, to the point where both fans and detractors joke about all their albums sounding the same. Similarly, if you pop in a random Nirvana or Rolling Stones song you have some idea what to expect. On the other hand, a classical composer like Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and even Wagner will frequently have works that sound wildly different from one another in genre, instrumentation, and structure even if there are common elements that go into them. So, are there any great classical composers that have a consistent sound to them in the way that AC/DC does, and is it a bad thing to have a style?
I'm a neophyte with classical music, but I enjoy it when I'm in a classical bent. But unless the music is spelled out to me, like Beethoven's 9th, I have no clue what the composer is trying to express, only how it makes me feel. I'm listening to Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2 & 3, performed by the amazing Khatia Buniatishvili, and it sends me to the clouds. But I haven't the motivation currently to research each piece that speaks to me.
Are there large themes that composers are trying to express, and Orthodox/somewhat rote expressions through sound that composers use to describe certain feelings? Sorry if my question is offensive to the passionate classical music listeners.
So this is what I have below. Are these about correct? I've also included several composers who I have yet to categorize and would welcome your input. Thanks! This is a great community. So many supportive people encouraging my immersion.
Classical Rossini
Classical Mozart
Classical Tchaikovsky
Baroque Bach
Baroque Schubert
Romantic Beethoven
Romantic Bizet
Romantic Brahms
Romantic Bruch
Romantic Chopin
Romantic Debussy
Romantic Delibes
Romantic Dvorak
Romantic Korsakoff
Romantic Liszt
Romantic Mendelssohn
Romantic Offenbach
Romantic Rubenstein
Romantic Strauss
Grieg
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Puccini
Ravel
Saint Saenss
Rachmaninoff
Vivaldi
Grofe
ELI5. What are the different theories on growth? (classical,neoclassical,endogenous,marxist,post-keynesian?,austrian?). Can an economy restricted of monetary resources achieve growth?
The primary audience is people who are unfamiliar with classical music, so you guys probably will know a lot of the stuff that I try to explain, but I'm open to any comments/critiques. Link: https://ashih91.wixsite.com/theclassicalremixer/post/a-classical-composer-tier-list-part-1
OR: how a man who's been dead for 170 years continues to cause nationalistic slap fights, pointless internet arguments, and homophobia
#"It's pronounced sho-pahn, darling": introducing our main man
Born in 1810 in a tiny hamlet just outside Warsaw, Frederic Chopin was a Polish piano composer of the Romantic era who found renown across Europe for his talent, as well as for breaking all the rules and creating new ones, in the process pioneering a range of genres and formats that frankly I’m nowhere near musically-educated enough to describe. However, it’s his personal life that guaranteed he would be romanticised for all time. Sullen, introverted, sensitive, tortured… add in the fact that he died tragically early at the age of 39 years old, and you have a recipe for immortality.
When it comes to the classical music canon (no, not the one by Pachelbel), our angsty boi is one of the heavyweights. Even if you aren’t into classical, you’ve almost certainly heard at least one of his compositions before. You know THE iconic funeral march? That’s a Chopin original, baby. The marketing campaign for Halo 3 used Chopin to great effect. Pick any of the performances from Your Lie in April, and there’s 50-50 odds it’ll be Chopin. If you’re a pianist, it’s basically the law that you have at least one of his pieces in your repertoire (mine’s Raindrop Prelude, yes I know I'm basic as hell).
Basically, ol' Freddy’s a big deal in classical music. He’s also a big deal in Poland (here's a game you can play at home: type "famous Polish people" into Google and see who pops up first). Fun fact: at one point, Chopin was printed on Polish currency. Here’s another fun fact: the country named its main airport after him. And here’s one more for the road: he’s basically the patron saint for Marzuka and Polonaise, two genres inspired by - what else? - Polish folk dance.
Okay, so how the hell is someone who died 170 years ago still causing drama to this day?
Forced out of the closet after 170 years? Chopin might h
... keep reading on reddit ➡I would like to watch WW2 movies in chronological order of events, is there a movie list someone could share?
Also which movies are a total work of fiction and should be skipped?
Summary of results:
- First hit work on average appears at 31, best hit at 41, and last at 50
- the earlier your career begins, the earlier it ends and vice versa
- 37 is avg age of maximum productivity
- Greater quantity is directly correlated with greater quality
- More precocious composers are also more eminent
- music lessons on avg begin at age 9 and composition at age 17
- average amount of musical preparation is between 17 and 22 years with a range of 0 - 48
- average amount of compositional preparation is between 10 and 14 years with a range of 0 - 43
- classicist bias - composers from earlier eras rated higher
- Composers with long careers who change styles are more eminent - eg. Beethoven early middle and late period
I'm a neophyte with classical music, but I enjoy it when I'm in a classical bent. But unless the music is spelled out to me, like Beethoven's 9th, I have no clue what the composer is trying to express, only how it makes me feel. I'm listening to Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2 & 3, performed by the amazing Khatia Buniatishvili, and it sends me to the moon. It's so amazing to sit and simply listen. But I haven't the motivation currently to research each piece that speaks to me.
Are there large themes that composers are trying to express, and Orthodox/somewhat rote expressions through sound that composers use to describe certain feelings? Sorry if my question is offensive to the passionate classical music listeners.
