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Poll Question: Your Favorite Classical Period Composer
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Points: 29625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 11 2009 at 13:41
Originally posted by pianoman pianoman wrote:

Ludwig from the classical period, but Debussy is my favorite composer.

Yeah, me too. 

I wasn't aware that there was a classical period for classical music.  Such a broad umbrella.  It was the prog of its day.  Then jazz came along...
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 11 2009 at 15:37
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by pianoman pianoman wrote:

Ludwig from the classical period, but Debussy is my favorite composer.

Yeah, me too. 

I wasn't aware that there was a classical period for classical music.  Such a broad umbrella.  It was the prog of its day.  Then jazz came along...
The Classical period is generally deemed to be the bit between Baroque and Romantic ... roughly 1730–1820 atw (according to wiki) - named "classical" in relation to the resurgence of classicism in the arts, and specifically neoclassicism (1765–1830 atw)
 
Beethoven was transitional from Classical to Romantic - Symphonies 1 & 2 are late classical, 2 to 9 are Romantic, Debussy is late Romantic/Early 20th Century. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the people picking Ludwig are picking him for his Romantic (period) music, not is Classical (period) music.
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Points: 1509 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 11 2009 at 17:26
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And, come on, Beethoven: the dude became deaf and still managed to compose music. How much ass does that kick?
 
Ya, you gotta feel for a guy who's passion was music and to then go deaf. Luckily he started out hearing or we would have never had his music to enjoy. These guys were so good, they could hear everything in their heads. They did not have the luxery of tape and playback. Up till Beethoven they were considered servants and often they composed music for people who were rank amateurs. That's why some of it seems so simple, but their better works are true masterpieces.
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2009 at 00:49
Originally posted by June June wrote:

And, come on, Beethoven: the dude became deaf and still managed to compose music. How much ass does that kick?
Albert Brooks once said: God Beethoven wrote the 9th symphony when he was deaf. Actually that may have been a plus.
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Points: 6521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2009 at 10:58
Turns out I only have Haydn's #94 and #101 symphonies.
 
All right, I'm putting them on... as soon as this Richard Thompson song is finished.
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Points: 1509 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2009 at 03:52
Originally posted by June June wrote:

Turns out I only have Haydn's #94 and #101 symphonies.
 
All right, I'm putting them on... as soon as this Richard Thompson song is finished.
 
'Surprise' symphony and the 'Clock' symphony both good ones from the London symphony set.
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2009 at 22:38
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Or think classical music means music with an orchestra and those weird string instruments.
I think anyone who is a serious music fan should know the difference between Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music.
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