Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
No probs, mate...
What is your favourite composer?
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Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
No generic questions....
Hi to all !
Generic questions like who's the best, the favorite ect (best to be the common reference point) drive me to confusion and to absolute silence, since it's hard to answer with ease. one can have hundreds of best people all in 1st place cause any one of them give to him/her a specific emotional and/or intellectual stimulation - ejoyment - nirvana - happiness (and so on) at a specific time and place according to one's experiences, loses, hits, memories (and so on).
I say, it would be better for our forum, in my humblest opinion, if we pose our threads more specific in time/era/ genre of music - even inside the same genre (ie jazz has many eras - so who's your best on witch must go in perfect pitch with time/style era...).
In our contemporary lives our mood changes in milliseconds, so we found ourselves listening to Mozart then to Linking Park to Bach to Ellington to Dio to Williams to Beethoven to Beatles to Genesis to Pink Floyd to Beyonce' to W.Nelson to Sinatra to Pederezcki to Metallica and to an infinite loop (I would add Jean-Paul Verpeux here - we know him now in the living years!).
So much data to a modern person living in 2010.
Think that : How many composers did Bach had as reference ? 10 ~ 20?
How many are for us today to study in depth? Millions...
As I want to be part of this thread about composers (bein' myself one) and considering this is the Classical music forum , I have to answer in terms of classical era of music. And to consider what is the meaning of the word composer.
Composer of what? Any instrument, orchestra, chamber?What time?
Paradigm : if one selects Chopin as his/her favourite, means favourite piano composer and not a symphonic music one. Unless he/she listens only to piano music...kinda impossible nowadays, but if so, he/she must say it before posting - voting.
So, my vote. Best of all classical composers (all instruments /orchestra/opera ect) : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Devine inspiration, freedom spirit, joy of life, humor when in big trouble, deep knowledge of any object, music from heavens....
2nd runner up Franz Schubert : the real face of life in every aspect,
3rd Peter Ilytch Tchaicovsky : the passion of mankind.
There's nobody in 4th place 'cause a hundred or so follow, all to this place....
My all time inspiration is Dmitri Shostakovitch, but he's not a classical composer, so he cannot be an answer, as are Bach and Bux.
Maybe I get some of you my friends tired/bored with my long (as very often) post, but this is how I am
Cheers
Panos
Hi to all !
Generic questions like who's the best, the favorite ect (best to be the common reference point) drive me to confusion and to absolute silence, since it's hard to answer with ease. one can have hundreds of best people all in 1st place cause any one of them give to him/her a specific emotional and/or intellectual stimulation - ejoyment - nirvana - happiness (and so on) at a specific time and place according to one's experiences, loses, hits, memories (and so on).
I say, it would be better for our forum, in my humblest opinion, if we pose our threads more specific in time/era/ genre of music - even inside the same genre (ie jazz has many eras - so who's your best on witch must go in perfect pitch with time/style era...).
In our contemporary lives our mood changes in milliseconds, so we found ourselves listening to Mozart then to Linking Park to Bach to Ellington to Dio to Williams to Beethoven to Beatles to Genesis to Pink Floyd to Beyonce' to W.Nelson to Sinatra to Pederezcki to Metallica and to an infinite loop (I would add Jean-Paul Verpeux here - we know him now in the living years!).
So much data to a modern person living in 2010.
Think that : How many composers did Bach had as reference ? 10 ~ 20?
How many are for us today to study in depth? Millions...
As I want to be part of this thread about composers (bein' myself one) and considering this is the Classical music forum , I have to answer in terms of classical era of music. And to consider what is the meaning of the word composer.
Composer of what? Any instrument, orchestra, chamber?What time?
Paradigm : if one selects Chopin as his/her favourite, means favourite piano composer and not a symphonic music one. Unless he/she listens only to piano music...kinda impossible nowadays, but if so, he/she must say it before posting - voting.
So, my vote. Best of all classical composers (all instruments /orchestra/opera ect) : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Devine inspiration, freedom spirit, joy of life, humor when in big trouble, deep knowledge of any object, music from heavens....
2nd runner up Franz Schubert : the real face of life in every aspect,
3rd Peter Ilytch Tchaicovsky : the passion of mankind.
There's nobody in 4th place 'cause a hundred or so follow, all to this place....
My all time inspiration is Dmitri Shostakovitch, but he's not a classical composer, so he cannot be an answer, as are Bach and Bux.
Maybe I get some of you my friends tired/bored with my long (as very often) post, but this is how I am
Cheers
Panos
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Br. Panos,
You are never tiring/boring - You bring light, life, and pizzazz to MIMF. Please, don't ever stop sharing.............Ok?
Cordially yours,
CD :tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:
You are never tiring/boring - You bring light, life, and pizzazz to MIMF. Please, don't ever stop sharing.............Ok?
Cordially yours,
CD :tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
Thanks br CD. I'll never stop sharing. I promise.
Cheers and no tears
Panos
Ps. What's your favorite pizza? (unofficial MIMF inspired thread...)
Cheers and no tears
Panos
Ps. What's your favorite pizza? (unofficial MIMF inspired thread...)
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
It was a hard choice between Schubert and Beethoven.
Who's gonna say that he's not one of the greatest of all times?
My inspiration (Shostakovitch) had as his inspiration LvB.
But there's something with him I read in Stravinsky's "Musical Poetry". He says that LvB was the greatest arranger and master of variations, but he hadn't the gift of melody, as for example Verdi.
This is a hard statement, but the more I study LvB the more I intent to agree with Igor....
( the first thing in music is melody)
Studing the piano since 5&1/2 years old (I'm 48 now) I played a lot of Beethoven and he's in my heart forever.He was a furious passion.
He had as inspiration Mozart and Bach (JS and Emmanuel).
So, you see the chain?
Cheers
Panos - Beethovenized
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
OK, Beethoven St Qts got to be the best, his piano sonatas also have to be the best, sure Schubert is lyrical to the Nth degree and his Lieder Top Notch, I also think that Shostakovich was the next evolutionary step up from LvB, I love his Sym and St Qts.
I am just expressing my very subjective view on their music.
I am just expressing my very subjective view on their music.
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
...and you're just OK with me.As I walk the path I reccon that in many aspects of life everything is subjective. It's very hard to be objective when coming to art....:crazy:
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I agree absolutely G7, it amazes me that so many arguments evolve on line over such personal perspectives, but having said that it is always interesting and instructive to listen to other points of view, informed or not
Even if they are a load of Bo//aks
that is my attempt at humor:cheers:
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
I agree absolutely G7, it amazes me that so many arguments evolve on line over such personal perspectives, but having said that it is always interesting and instructive to listen to other points of view, informed or not
Even if they are a load of Bo//aks
Yes. One can recieve some little treasures from someone not considered by the majority as great/master....and authentic objective accepted status.
As I can judge from your avatar you've got a great sense of humor ! at least to my taste....:cheers:
Hey,...just came up : did we forget Haydn? Does enybody mentioned already?
Corno Dolce
Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
My favorite pizza? Funny you should ask - I love vegetarian pizza and just a plain old tomato and cheese w/ basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and cardamom - very thin crust please for both pizzas. Calzone made w/ veggies.........
Drooooooooooooolllllllllllll.............
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
You forgot coriander !!! You must never eat your tomato without it !
Anyway, your pizza will be ready and delivered within 30 minutes, if not, is free of charge (I'm not Spiderman....):nut::lol:
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Actually I prefer Haydn to Mozart, mostly.
Contratrombone64
Admiral of Fugues
I'm amazed I missed this thread, my favourite?
I don't have a favourite but I do have one I listen to more than most: Johann Sebastian Bach.
I don't have a favourite but I do have one I listen to more than most: Johann Sebastian Bach.
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
You are slipping, this is not at all like you
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
Come on David, leave Grand Master out of this... Could you give us someone else, please ?
Contratrombone64
Admiral of Fugues
Why? it adhers to the intent of the thread beautifully!
No other composer do I admire so much through the breadth of their output, but the following come in my next tier:
Edward ELGAR
Antonin DVORAK
Pul HINDEMITH
Giuseppe VERDI
Igor STRAVINSKI
Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
Haydn is one of the most serious composers of all time, but has something conservative inside... that kick is missing....
Amadeus, on the other hand, has the gift, the hard work, the power, the revolution and , as Dio would say, "Die young".....
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I really hate to make lists, they change as my moods change all I can give are the composers that I am drawn back to time and time again: the old war horses, LvB, Bach, Handel, Choral music, look, it pointless going on I will finish with a list that says more for who I miss than include.
G7 Haydn had something that Mozart never seemed to acquire perhaps he did not want to, you say serious but maybe depth it is just that sound, I suppose that is not a good explanation
G7 Haydn had something that Mozart never seemed to acquire perhaps he did not want to, you say serious but maybe depth it is just that sound, I suppose that is not a good explanation
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Ghekorg7 (Ret)
Rear Admiral Appassionata (Ret)
David now you're playin'...
As you see on my first (long) post on this thread I left Bach out of competition. He stands alone on top of all....
JHC I agree with change of mood and the long list of beloved composers.
I believe we're lucky to have them all and you know what? One life is not enough to study them....
As you see on my first (long) post on this thread I left Bach out of competition. He stands alone on top of all....
JHC I agree with change of mood and the long list of beloved composers.
I believe we're lucky to have them all and you know what? One life is not enough to study them....