Top Three Classical Composers
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Topic: Top Three Classical Composers
Posted By: presdoug
Subject: Top Three Classical Composers
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 21:21
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For those that love classical music, who are your top three composers, in order of preference? mine are 1) Anton Bruckner -the greatest symphonist since Beethoven, and also the greatest writer of choral with orchestra compositions (his 11 symphonies and 3 great masses) 2) Hector Berlioz-ahead of his time, and a romantic genius-there is really only one Symphonie Fantastique-his overtures and other symphonies are just as astounding and original 3) Richard Strauss-the greatest composer entering the 20th Century-all of his tone poems are works of genius, especially Ein Heldeleben, which is always a wonderfull experience to hear |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 21:31
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Schoenberg Honegger J.S. Bach |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: April 14 2010 at 21:36
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1. Franz Liszt - invented the tone poem, the modern piano recital and made immeasurable advances in piano technique and chromatic harmony. 2. Hector Berlioz - Amazing orchestrator, expanded the orchestra significantly, brought program music to a whole new level. Check out his Romeo and Juliet Symphony. 3. Gioacchino Rossini - Best opera composer ever. Also, his overtures and instrumental works are incredibly tuneful and well developed. ------------- 
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 12:20
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1. Ralph Vaughan Williams
2. Ludwig Van Beethoven
3. Gustav Mahler ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 13:52
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- Fryderyk Chopin
- Johann Sebastian Bach (have you ever heard 'the art of the fugue' in the interpretation with new instumentation by Hermann Scherchen ?)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 13:56
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Shostakovich Bach Satie |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 15 2010 at 15:57
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lucas wrote:Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 11:27
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Shostakovich Schubert Bach ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 18:54
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Charles Ives Steve Reich Gyorgy Ligeti ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 19:19
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 23:09
Johann Strauss the YoungerMozartTchaikovsky |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 23:51
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My favorites are
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 17:13
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I'll be SO original: JS Bach WA Mozart Lv Beethoven Closely followed by A Bruckner D Shostakovich I love too many composers really.. My list is endless... But I choose my three original composewrs, the ones I've loved all my live since I was a child. ------------- 
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Posted By: Lizzy
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 17:19
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Mozart Beethoven Stravinski Then the Strauss's, but mostly Johann Jr, Mussorgski, Mahler, Tchaikovsky... ------------- Property of Queen Productions... 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 17:38
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Those Russian guys whose names end in "sky." 1. Tchaikovsky 2. Stravinsky 3. Mussorgsky ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 18:11
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For decomposing composers mine are Debussy, Holst, and Mussorgsky. For modern ones still alive: Reich, Glass, and Hackett. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 18:19
^I really doubt those three are still decomposing... I'm sure they're one with our mother earth now...  -------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 18:22
Monty Python did this Decomposing Composers song on their Contractual Obligation album. "You can still hear Beethoven, but Beethoven can not hear you."  Decomposing Composers by Monty Python
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Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: April 19 2010 at 20:40
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Stravinsky
Ravel
Mozart
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: April 20 2010 at 22:10
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I'm big fan of German composers that begin in "B".
1. Blind Guardian.
2. Beethoven
3. Bach
technique-wise did he contribute more than Chopin? Beethoven? Just curious.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: April 20 2010 at 22:14
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Stravinsky Ligeti Shostakovich Those are the three that came to mind first. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: progpositivity
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 16:46
1. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (aka 'Mendelssohn). 
2. Mozart
3. Dvorak (sorry I don't know how to put the symbols over the 'r' and 'a' in his name... ------------- Positively the best Prog and Fusion 24/7! http://www.progpositivity.com |
Posted By: tarkus1980
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 17:06
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Only three?
It would be Beethoven, Stravinsky and Bartok in some order, for me. Not far behind would be Mozart, Brahms, Bach, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, also in some order.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 17:41
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Posted By: tarkus1980
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 18:06
| Oh, I forgot Debussy. That was silly. |
Posted By: jeniffer
Date Posted: April 29 2010 at 23:45
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1. Bach 2. Chopin 3. Schubert ___________ http://www.audiomicro.com/free-sound-effects/ - Free Sound Effects |
Posted By: tarkus1980
Date Posted: April 30 2010 at 07:46
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The one slight reservation I have about Chopin is that he's a bit of a one-trick pony in terms of instrumentation. The man could write circles around most composers on the piano, but pretty much everything of his that's worthwhile is just solo piano music. Great composers should be able to write in several different forms, large-scale and small-scale, with good mixes of keys, strings and brass.
I'm not saying I don't like him a lot; just that he's a little narrow. ------------- "History of Rock Written by the Losers." |
Posted By: Dorsalia
Date Posted: May 01 2010 at 15:38
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There aren't very many classical composers.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: May 01 2010 at 20:26
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Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: May 03 2010 at 13:55
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: May 03 2010 at 14:25
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Impossible only to pick 3, Classical music spans so wide, in time and style.
Modern favorites.:
Dvorak, Scriabin, Debussy, Ives, Stravinsky
And the earlier once.:
Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Bruckner.
Ancient.:
Bach ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: May 03 2010 at 16:32
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: May 04 2010 at 15:08
Is it some kind of semantic point eg. There are plenty of composers of classical music but there aren't many classical composers (the composers themselves being classical constructs)?
I don't know. Either Dorsalia is being pedantic in the extreme or he is making a profound point that is impossible to decipher. ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |