While not being able to put specific words to them, I can see brilliance in many parts of classical and baroque era works, particularly in all of Bach's work which are my favorite by far, but I often find many pieces from such composers filled with lots of awkward transitions or somewhat boring filler.
An example being La Folia by Vivaldi, the part at 7:36 just harshely changes the entire tone of the song out of complete silence which I just find a bit odd. I find the smooth transitions in this much more modern musical piece quite more enjoyable by comparison. The way it goes from a playful tone to those archpeggiators(learned what these were from the comment section) to that fast-paced metal tone all so seamlessly I find brilliant.
I haven't looked Bach since!
I was looking into the whole “Beethoven is actually black” conspiracy. It got me wondering about black composers throughout history, which led me to Joseph Boulogne, but not much else. So who is your favorite (non-modern) black composer?
I love the intense melancholy austerity of Gregorian chanting and a lot of Medieval music in general, but I prefer instrumental music over chanting, so I'm looking for something early Classical.
If there are any composers of instrumental music who you think fit this bill that came before or later than this era, feel free to let me know about them too. Nothing *too* modern though. (ie. No Hollywood/videogame soundtrack stuff.)
There are so many other great names out there that I haven't listened to as much. I've enjoyed some works by Vivaldi and D. Scarlatti but have yet to venture out into other Baroque composers.
Any composer/piece recommendations aside from Bach and Handel are greatly appreciated.
What I mean is are there any websites where you can look up a baroque composer and see an entire list of their compositions? Because I am finding new baroque composers all the time and I have no idea what they have composed and what they offer and where I should start from.
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I have a decent knowledge of classical music, though I'm no expert, so some of this might be wrong. But as I've heard it, classical and baroque music relied on a strict set of rules without much variation. It was all very mathematical and stuck to a narrow method of music theory. That's why, when Beethoven created music that sounds almost archetypal to us, they said he was "blurring the line between music and noise." I'm not saying that classical music couldn't be evocative. The Requiem certainly is. But there were certain things that music could and couldn't do.
So my question is whether Mozart or other composer, pre the Romantic movement, would be able to appreciate 19th century music? Would they understand the more emotive compositions or dismiss it as avart garde experimentation?
Hello cellists! Im doing a catalog of works by female composers but i can't find any cello pieces for this two periods :( if you know any piece or a catalogue of cello works by woman composers please comment here. Thank you very much!
Here's the lead up to the offending passage.
The B in the top voice is perfectly prepared, sounded, and resolved. No problems here.
The C in the lower part, however, is a diminished 5th above the bass which is not prepared. Even if the F sharp is treated as a passing note, the C isn't consonant above the preceding G in the bass either. The last note heard which is consonant with a C is the E two bars before, but the harmony there is decidedly E minor. It's almost as if the C is introduced a beat early; if it started in the next bar, it would be prepared, sounded, and resolved according to normal suspension practice. Is it very long anticipation, or is there any music theory justification for this dissonance?
I'm obviously being tongue-in-cheek, and the dissonance sounds gorgeous of course, but it would be nice to know if there's a reason.
I myself am a pianist and after listening to a lot of Bach's works for organ, I now believe that they're definitely some of the best music he wrote. My problem is that I've seen and played some transcriptions of his organ music for piano and I just think it sounds a little empty since a single pianist can rarely play everything that Bach wrote (mostly because of the pedals, but also because of the piano not being able to hold notes as long as the organ does) What are your opinions on transcriptions of organ works for piano, and do you know any particularly good ones? As for me, I've been feeling that the organ is really it's own thing and the piano can't really approximate it's qualities.
I’m looking for music written in the 1600s. Im making my way through music history and have seen how influential Bach was, but I’m looking for music that came right after the medieval and Renaissance movements.
i love the baroque era of music so... who is your favourite baroque composer? I personaly love bach and vivaldi.
There are so many other great names out there that I haven't listened to as much. I've enjoyed some works by Vivaldi and D. Scarlatti but have yet to venture out into other Baroque composers.
