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Classical music

What do you think about classical music?

  • It's fine

    Votes: 15 50.0%
  • It's OK

    Votes: 6 20.0%
  • It will do

    Votes: 3 10.0%
  • It's obsolete

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • It sucks

    Votes: 1 3.3%
  • It's snobbish

    Votes: 1 3.3%
  • It's top shelf

    Votes: 11 36.7%
  • I don't care

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • I don't know

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • Other

    Votes: 4 13.3%

  • Total voters
    30

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Hey, folks :)

What do you think about Classical music?
 
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Why isn't there a, "its amazing" option?

I've been brought up on Bach, Haydn, Mozart and the like, and its better than the crap we have today.
 
Usually when that crap is on NPR, my opinion is usually "where did I put my ipod? I want to listen to something I like."
 
Always like Classical music...
 
To the gentleman who referred to the advanced structural and theoretical considerations of the European musical tradition, as 'crap', might I suggest a passing acquaintance with the musical forms he is denigrating so roundly.

'Classical music' is probably rather too wide a designation to be meaningful in any specific sense, but we all know to what is being referred in general. If one is to be punctilious, the Classical period ran from circa 1750 to 1820 AD. It was preceded by several earlier forms, including the Mediaeval, the Renaissance, and the Baroque. And it was followed by the Romantic, the late Romantic, and Contemporary serious musical forms. The Classical period was probably the most defining era for the western musical tradition, and many basic musical forms became highly developed, from sonata form, to symphonies and opera. One of the great legacies of western civilisation is what we term Classical music. The surviving range of works is vast, and dwarfs any other musical traditions, and the complexity of its structure is truly awesome.

By way of comparison, a popular song creates a single mood - be that happiness, nostalgia, or sadness. A symphony, tone-poem, or concerto creates an entire range of emotions. To discount one of the most important musical experiences of mankind - stretching back over centuries - as 'crap' is to truly expose one's ignorance. To do so on a public forum is even more incredible. :shock:
 
Why isn't there a, "its amazing" option?

My bad, I guess you should stick with the "top shelf" option. :)

I've been brought up on Bach, Haydn, Mozart and the like, and its better than the crap we have today.

I agree, Mozart rules over Justin Bieber. :lamo ;)
 
Who is your favorite composer? Mine is Paganini.

Well, I'm kind of a dilettante but I'd say Vivaldi, Chopin, Bach. Paganini is excellent too. :2wave:
 
To the gentleman who referred to the advanced structural and theoretical considerations of the European musical tradition, as 'crap', might I suggest a passing acquaintance with the musical forms he is denigrating so roundly.

'Classical music' is probably rather too wide a designation to be meaningful in any specific sense, but we all know to what is being referred in general. If one is to be punctilious, the Classical period ran from circa 1750 to 1820 AD. It was preceded by several earlier forms, including the Mediaeval, the Renaissance, and the Baroque. And it was followed by the Romantic, the late Romantic, and Contemporary serious musical forms. The Classical period was probably the most defining era for the western musical tradition, and many basic musical forms became highly developed, from sonata form, to symphonies and opera. One of the great legacies of western civilisation is what we term Classical music. The surviving range of works is vast, and dwarfs any other musical traditions, and the complexity of its structure is truly awesome.

By way of comparison, a popular song creates a single mood - be that happiness, nostalgia, or sadness. A symphony, tone-poem, or concerto creates an entire range of emotions. To discount one of the most important musical experiences of mankind - stretching back over centuries - as 'crap' is to truly expose one's ignorance. To do so on a public forum is even more incredible. :shock:

To each their own. :shrug: By the way, I love your comment, I found it quite funny :)
 
I can excuse people thinking it sucks if they are very young . Classical music is beautiful and like all music it can be very emotional.
 
I can excuse people thinking it sucks if they are very young . Classical music is beautiful and like all music it can be very emotional.

You are being commendably generous, and it is a common misconception that 'classical' music only appeals to old people. I am no longer really young, but not yet old, and it has been my fave musical genre since I was like 9 or 10. I think the appeal of classical music (to all ages) is that it is both beautiful and complex. One of the things serious music (especially of the Romantic era) does is create and resolve tension in a way not possible with simpler musical forms. Listen to Der Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde for a prime example of that. The classical sonata form of exposition, development and recapitulation, found in all concerti, symphonies, etc. enables this resolution which human animals find very satisfying. This is often enhanced by the use of chromatic scales, as in Der Liebestod.

Which is not to say that other musical traditions do not have their own unique value (I like a very wide range of music), it's just that 'classical' music is the Big Daddy of them all. :lol:
 
Who is your favorite composer? Mine is Paganini.

I am more a Romanticist than a Classicist, so my faves are Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mahler, Sibelius, Verdi, and of course, the Classicist genius Mozart. But I must admit that I am studying music and the piano, so my exposure is much greater to composers such as Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt.
 
I like it if i force myself to. Otherwise i prefer different instrumental types of music, like scotch/irish folk.
 
I like it if i force myself to. Otherwise i prefer different instrumental types of music, like scotch/irish folk.

LOL, you cannot force yourself to like something. What you mean is you force yourself to listen to it. Folk music can be very beautiful and emotive, and many folk tunes are incorporated into more complex musical forms. I too like traditional folk music (not country and western) very much. But really, good music is good music, no matter what the tradition - it is just that more complex music can be more satisfying to some people.
 
I lost the name of my favorite composer when I transferred some songs of a dead ipod. I wish someone could help me identify them. =\
 
Hey, folks :)

What do you think about Classical music?

I like it.I like the Door, Led Zeppelin, Kansas and many others.:mrgreen:
 
When we talk of Classical Music, don't forget about American composers such as Aaron Copeland and George Gershwin.

Why would we forget about American composers? They are as much a part of the great European musical tradition as any other. Copeland was totally awesome (who can object to Appalachian Spring?) but I don't much care for Gershwin's work (individual taste operates as much with classical music as any other,) and another American fave is Louis Gottschalk (have you heard The Dying Poet?).
 
Powerful and wonderful music -listen and appreciate

Marche Slave Op. 31 by Tchaikovsky.

 
It's worth mentioning the classical soundtracks. Even techie, futuristic movies rely on them, this one for example:



;)
 
Classical music covers a very broad range of music, some good, some bad. If I never hear Beethoven again it will be too soon, but I can always listen to Stockhausen or Glass.
 
Games can have great classical soundtracks too, and you can't beat Jeremy Soule:

 
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