Does anyone here listen to classical music?
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I listen to quite a lot of classical music (as in Baroque, Classical, Romance, and such). Really though, what counts as classical music? It's kind of a vague term. It's not arrangement, because otherwise you'd have pop songs that use orchestrial instrumentation counting as classical when most people would not label it so. It's not compositional conventions either, because even Baroque and Romance are widely divided by conventions of composition.
Anyway, I tend to like quite a variety, though I can't say I care much for baroque as a whole. While there are quite a few standout compositions, most of it just seems so formulaic. You hear one harpsichord playing a basso continuo, you've heard a good 80% of them.
Obligatory list of favorite composers:
- J.S. Bach
- Wolfgang Mozart
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Antonin Dvorak
- John Adams (the composer)
- James Horner
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Yasunori Mitsuda
On a side note, is it just me, or does Strobe by Deadmau5 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUgfiesTuw] sound a lot like baroque, compositionally? I kind of want to hear what it'd sound like on period instruments...
Anyway, I tend to like quite a variety, though I can't say I care much for baroque as a whole. While there are quite a few standout compositions, most of it just seems so formulaic. You hear one harpsichord playing a basso continuo, you've heard a good 80% of them.
Obligatory list of favorite composers:
- J.S. Bach
- Wolfgang Mozart
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Antonin Dvorak
- John Adams (the composer)
- James Horner
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Yasunori Mitsuda
On a side note, is it just me, or does Strobe by Deadmau5 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUgfiesTuw] sound a lot like baroque, compositionally? I kind of want to hear what it'd sound like on period instruments...
I mean from Renesance to Modern. That includes Baroque, Classical, and Romantic.coolkirb said:
Although movie and video game soundtracks aren't really "classical", I'll accept them. I will not accept "just orchestral instrumental music".
Well, where to begin.. Classical music has been a part of me since I was born, listening to Dad's records and CDs etc as a kid. Playing the piano since I could reach the keys, always being classically minded. My favourite composer is DEFINITELY Beethoven. I also appreciate the work of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Chopin, sometimes Bach, I'm sure I've forgotten someone. I get to play a lot of classical music as I am a member of the local orchestra (playing the double bass), I love it 
So in answer to your question, yes, I love classical music to bits and pieces. Being 17 years old, it sometimes gets me on the end of a few teases here and there, but I've grown used to it
So in answer to your question, yes, I love classical music to bits and pieces. Being 17 years old, it sometimes gets me on the end of a few teases here and there, but I've grown used to it
I'm also 17, and I just make fun of anyone who teases me about it.arrapippol said:So in answer to your question, yes, I love classical music to bits and pieces. Being 17 years old, it sometimes gets me on the end of a few teases here and there, but I've grown used to it
Yessir I do listen to classical music. Its great when I'm studying and don't want distracting words. My favorite composers are Yiruma and Stravinsky. If you haven't heard Yiruma, I highly recommend him. He is a contemporary Korean pianist and his music is stunningly beautiful. My personal favorites are "Kiss the Rain" and "River Flows in You". And Stravinsky is just downright amazing, the Firebird Suite is one of my favorite songs of all time in any genre.
Im basically a huge fan of piano music and anything that is really fun or emotionally moving. I don't really go for the more complicated pieces; Baroque era, Mozart, Bach. I can appreciate them as a musician, but for listening I like mainly things that have been composed on this end of the 1800's.
Just a theory, but do you agree that those who play musical instruments are more likely to listen to classical music?
Im basically a huge fan of piano music and anything that is really fun or emotionally moving. I don't really go for the more complicated pieces; Baroque era, Mozart, Bach. I can appreciate them as a musician, but for listening I like mainly things that have been composed on this end of the 1800's.
Just a theory, but do you agree that those who play musical instruments are more likely to listen to classical music?
Oh yeah and though they arent technically "classical", I like movie scores, because to me they do so much in the way of telling a story and creating emotions, what I personally feel music is all about.
1st, I do not like Yiruma. His pieces bore me to tears. And Stravinsky is great.Meg Galuardi said:
2nd, I also like piano music, especially post 1800. No offence to Mozart, but his sonata's don't leave any impressions on me. I prefer the Romantic era piano with Chopin and Liszt.
3rd, It really depends. I play piano and love classical music, and I have friends in band who like classical music, but I have one friend who doesn't listen to it and he plays clarinet. My cousin and sister both play guitar; he likes metal and she likes pop. And my other cousin wants to take up piano again, but only so she can play Lady Gaga songs.
Yes I do listen to classical music - I listen to almost all types of music, except Gangsta rap and country. What music I listen to depends on the mood I'm in, and sometimes classical music is the only music that fits that mood.
I have to say that I like Bach more than any other composer, ever. I also like Wagner. Yeah, yeah, I know, his music has been tainted by the fact that the Nazis used it a lot, but that doesn't mean the music wasn't any good. I mean, the Nazis also wore pants, but that doesn't make all pants evil. Wagner was probably an unpleasant man to be around and yes, some of his music does contain VERY uncomfortable racial overtones, but the music was still fundamentally pretty good. You don't have to be a nice man and a good artist at the same time - Wagner was probably a pretty horrible man, with horrible views, but he made good music. The notes themselves aren't political or racist - you can't have a racist flute or a racist violin.
I mean, the Soviet Union was a pretty awful government - no where near as evil as the Nazis, but pretty evil still considering what the Soviet Union did in Afghanistan (2~3 million Afghans dead) and Prague (Crushed the Prague Spring) - but the USSR's Anthem is still pretty damn nice to listen to. The Roman Republic and Empire were both also pretty gosh-darn awful people - waging wars for the sole purpose of profit and glory, enslaving millions, and even, according to some, committing genocide in Gaul, but their literary works and plays are still performed and read by many today.
What I'm trying to say here is that Evil people can still make pretty good music. Wagner's music was used by evil people (the Nazis) and Wagner himself was probably a bit racist (although to be fair, almost everyone during his time was a racist), but his music, in and of itself, is still pretty good.
I have to say that I like Bach more than any other composer, ever. I also like Wagner. Yeah, yeah, I know, his music has been tainted by the fact that the Nazis used it a lot, but that doesn't mean the music wasn't any good. I mean, the Nazis also wore pants, but that doesn't make all pants evil. Wagner was probably an unpleasant man to be around and yes, some of his music does contain VERY uncomfortable racial overtones, but the music was still fundamentally pretty good. You don't have to be a nice man and a good artist at the same time - Wagner was probably a pretty horrible man, with horrible views, but he made good music. The notes themselves aren't political or racist - you can't have a racist flute or a racist violin.
I mean, the Soviet Union was a pretty awful government - no where near as evil as the Nazis, but pretty evil still considering what the Soviet Union did in Afghanistan (2~3 million Afghans dead) and Prague (Crushed the Prague Spring) - but the USSR's Anthem is still pretty damn nice to listen to. The Roman Republic and Empire were both also pretty gosh-darn awful people - waging wars for the sole purpose of profit and glory, enslaving millions, and even, according to some, committing genocide in Gaul, but their literary works and plays are still performed and read by many today.
What I'm trying to say here is that Evil people can still make pretty good music. Wagner's music was used by evil people (the Nazis) and Wagner himself was probably a bit racist (although to be fair, almost everyone during his time was a racist), but his music, in and of itself, is still pretty good.
I get agrivated at this too. Too many people talk about how Wagner was a Nazi (which makes no sence chronologically). His music was great, so we can't let the Nazis win!Korolev said:
Also, you're right about how artist's aren't always nice. People thought Beethoven was crazy yet he produced some of the greatest pieces of music. People like Brahms, yet he spent his free time shooting stray cats in the face with arrows.
First: To each his own I suppose.AlAaraaf74 said:
Second: Agreed. Most definitely. (Too many notes! haha)
Third: Well, I'm not saying that everyone who plays an instrument likes classical music, I'm just suggesting that I think its likely that a higher proportion of musicians like classical music than non-musicians.
Sure. A few things I've listened to recently that I liked
Bach Brandenburg Concerto 3, 4, 5, especially 3
Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G Minor
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (I even learned how to play some of this! It's pretty damn hard)
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Dvorak New World Symphony
Chopin Grand Polanaise Brillante
Bach Brandenburg Concerto 3, 4, 5, especially 3
Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G Minor
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (I even learned how to play some of this! It's pretty damn hard)
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Dvorak New World Symphony
Chopin Grand Polanaise Brillante
Not always. A good example to mention is his Sonata No. 32. Movement 1 is dramatic and aggressive. Movement 2 is twice as long and very calm.Sariteiya said:
I very much enjoy classical, of a great many varieties. I really like stuff that's heavy on strings, violin and cello sound so beautiful. I'm not particularly keen on classical piano, though - piano sounds fantastic in rock, but I find it kinda bland in classical.
I don't necessarily listen to a whole lot of "classical" work, but I do enjoy composers who generally work within the western realm of musical composition which was the vanguard (or at least of notable popularity in Europe and here in 'merica) between the early 1800's and the early 1900's.
Interesting opinion; I prefer piano over strings. No offence, but how do you find this bland?:lithium.jelly said:
One of these days text will be easier to understand....maybe.frizzlebyte said:
Holy crap you could be a long lost twin! I'm so into the tech world, job hazard, that it catches people off guard when I mention that I'm really into the arts and am classically trained-must be funny to see when I'm digging through cables. Half of my family is totally into music, the other half is musically retarded, their words not mine, and how that happened I will never understand.
It's confusing to me how people find it hard to understand non-pop music, it's one of those things that I ponder every once in a while, and see what I can come up with. To me it does seem sad because it's like they're missing out on so much stuff that has been done before and is so fascinating that you can see where it came from in terms of pop music. And I think that it's the perfect way to go, get a basic understanding/appreciation of classical music and then see how it influences your favorite style of music, it can get pretty crazy how that can go.