Even if the type of music is not widely known or considered a 'genre' per se - examples welcome.
Especially interested in answers that incorporate non-"western" music history (which I consider Classical music to be in origin - correct me please if I am wrong) - but all answers welcome.
Thanks!
The vast majority of people/posts I come across online say that romantic composers and music are their favourites
I'm getting a dog soon and I'd like to play them some music. I want to know if there are any eras of classical music that dogs have the most positive response to. I have a pretty vast Chopin repertoire right now but I'm willing to learn pretty much anything as long as this quarantine keeps me in the house.
I'm mostly looking for answers from people with personal experience doing this, and for any extra tips that could be useful. I'm also looking for non piano pieces that I can pull up on my phone for the speaker.
Comment your favourite era below or upvote someone else’s comment if they’ve already said it ! e.g. baroque, or something more specific like Impressionism. Hopefully this could sorta work like a poll ?
edit; when in humantiy/history*
& if you wanted to link any songs representative of proposals or weddings during this era or nearby eras feel free to
but it'll unlikely be representative of proposals or weddings in current day society, maybe it woul we'll see
just link youtube spotify etc and will take a listen
songs representative of proposals or weddings:
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are based on the lyrics/words, and at minimum, the surface-level meaning of the lyrics/words
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are not necessarily the same as generic luv songs with generic lyrics/words
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are rare. these songs are few & rare cos ppl produce other songs about other things in societies
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songs representative of proposals or weddings are happy & represents high points
just link youtube spotify etc and ill take a listen
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feel free to mention why song/lyrics you mentioned is representative of proposals or weddings
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why is the song you're mentioning representative of proposal or weddings that it should be listened to it?
i initially did the rounds of ask cos i heard a friend was gonna have a wedding, so i thought it'd be fun, and that she could just get some song ideas
From a symphony I think? Not sure though. Pretty sure it's quite famous but I can't remember what key it's in so I'm lost.
Vocaroo- from what I remember
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Mine, personally, is late Baroque to early Classical (basically until the end of the use of Basso Continuo). I like it because: the harpsichord is still used (one of my top 3 favorite instruments), the compositions are never overly anything (unlike, say, the Romantic era, where you can get some over-the-top compositions/motifs), and I find the compositions to be rather...how do I put...utilitarian(?), in that every note and every instrument is used to its full effect and performs its role in the composition elegantly and simply (there's less "this instrument will ALSO play the tonic").
What song is this - YouTube
Sped up vocaroo provided by u/001guy001 Vocaroo | Online voice recorder
Yes, downvote me for opening myself up to being entirely wrong and asking a question on a relevant forum.
This might be a long shot. I took AP Music Theory in high school and for practice we often used a piece that sounded very similar melodicaly to Chopin's Butterfly Etude. However, it was a bit slower and sung by a female in a language other than English. Might have been from an opera. Very Mozart-esqe. Any ideas anyone? I've searched through YouTube playlists of AP music theory music and have come up empty.
I currently subscribe to Popcast, Switched On Pop, and Anthony Fantano (The Needle Drop)...what else would I like?
I'm just talking common practice music. And don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Classical music, but I feel like the eras just before and after are more interesting. Baroque has a great emphasis on polyphony, cumulating with Bach. I don't consider Handel or Vivaldi to be on the same level, but I like their music. But then the classical era feels like a regression to more basic music that in comparison feels bland. The Bach sons? Haydn? Boccherini? Clementi? They're not bad...but they don't feel engaging. Then Mozart comes with music that feels more substantial, and then Beethoven breaks everything and we get Romanticism, followed by the multiple overlapping styles in modernism etc to today.
Am I spoiled by the knowledge of how later composers will do more with the basic foundations that the classicists laid out?
Edit: To elaborate on my own personal tastes, I find minor or "second rate" composers from the other eras to be more enjoyable than minor/"second rate" Classical composers
Edit2: I don't think the classical era is bad, I just find it less engaging than the others.
When I hear people talking about music in the classical era, they typically divide it into two genres. However, I can list a good 20 modern genres off the top of my head. Are there more genres now or am I just uneducated in classical genres?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSQYHsHJx6A&t
The piece is played at the first and last 30 seconds of the video.
I've tried Shazam and ACRCloud (which I'm not so sure they can work with classical music). This is either a cantata or chorale of some sort. I couldn't seem to find anything other than, O Fortuna (part of Carmina Burana) by Carl Orff. It's quite similar, but not the answer though.
The best I could find was a pop remix of the same piece without any attribution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umpDpDogKTc
Your help is very much appreciated. Thank you!
People dont listen to it just because they dont know how good it can be ...its one of those thing that people hate because they were told to hate it... there's something for every style....and I'm not talking about only classical but also baroque, romantique etc. Want some hard stuff ? Mozart got your back Want epic gaming music? Go listen to verdi's requiem Something sad and melancholic? Some chopin , liszt or bach Bref there are well enough composer for you to find your taste and its just a matter of finding what you like
Jerry: A Calvin Harris concert, huh?
George: He’s got more than just the radio hits, Jerry! He’s a real artist.
Elaine: Radio hits? I’ve never heard of him!
Jerry: Oh of course you have, he’s everywhere.
Elaine: Huh. Can’t understand why.
Jerry: It’s ubiquitous. It’s on all the time!
George: Hey! It’s more than just background music!
Elaine: It’s pushing play on a computer!
George: There’s a lot more than that! There’s a lot of skill that goes into writing those songs!
Jerry: You know who Calvin Harris is.
Elaine: You can download it all from the internet, you know. The computer does all the work!
Jerry: Summer? We Found Love? Feel So Close?
Elaine: I don’t listen to pop radio, it isn’t good! How can you people stand that garbage?
Kramer and Newman Enter
Kramer: You said the same thing about Syndergaard last year!
Newman: Pah! The mad words of a fool.
George: Plus his shows have such a great energy!
Kramer: Oh you’re not going to another show…
Jerry: Calvin Harris
Kramer: You’re acting like you’re in a social scene you know nothing about! You’re being disingenuous!
George: Would you relax, I just like the music.
Kramer: You don’t know the first thing about the music!
Newman: Ah, the petty squabbles of the masses. I’ll take REAL art any day.
Elaine: Thank you!
Newman: Why, to even think of this… Calvin Harris in the same thought as Paul Dukas…
Jerry: Dukas, huh? That’s a pretty… obscure composer, Newman
Newman: Well, some of us have an appreciation for the finer things, and can bother to learn about someone besides Beethoven
Jerry: Wasn’t he the one that wrote the song from Fantasia? The one with… Micky Mouse?
Newman: If you mean the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, then yes
Jerry: You know if I recall correctly, your favorite piece of music yesterday was A Night on Bald Mountain. Also a Fantasia.
Jerry takes a step towards Newman
Newman: Great art is simply great art, Jerry
Jerry: And your favorite symphony, Beethoven’s Sixth
Continues to back Newman into a corner
Newman: I fail to see your point
Jerry: Why don’t you name me another one of your favorites that wasn’t in a cartoon.
Newman: Do you think I need to prove myself to you?
Jerry: Oh, far from it! Why don’t I swing by your place, and you can play me a few of your favorites?
Leans in intensely
I’d love to just talk classical music with a connoisseur for a while.
Newman (visibly anxious, quickly): I’d like that a lot, but I’ve really gotta be going
George: You
... keep reading on reddit ➡Assuming classical music as music from the classical period composed between about 1750 to 1820, what was the reaction to lyrical composers during the later impressionist period who combined poetry and lyrics with music of that time?
Today it is nigh impossible to go throughout your day without humming or thinking about a song, let alone the intrusive melodies that just won't go away.
Do we know of anyone actually documenting this all the way back to the first classical symphony?
