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Hello Everyone! Sorry for not introducing myself. I'm a true buffoon when it comes to 'Internet Manners', (computer are difficult to me). I am mostly interested in symphonies for the reason of its vast yet logical nature. It seems to me that it is cognitive to have movements of different speed...

I'm not a knowledgable person when it comes to the organ. I remember cramming my ears with Bach fugues as a teenager. I only popped in to make a comment on Widor's toccata from the 5th, (the only peice in know from Widor). It's amazing how he brings out the theme with various methods. Truth be...

I've often been curious of whether or not a composer could be as taken by another composer, to complete engulf the substance of their style? Many seem keen, especially the scholarly, to continue the the legacy of Bach. But what about Bruckner or Mahler. I'm also interested in if it was possible...

I have a interesting point to make, at least I think I do. Many greatly skilled composers have thought of music as expressing what was too beautiful to put into words or anything earthly, that it was simply of the beyond. You can also make the point that whether it is program music or not...

My views about music are relatively simple. For starters I think many of the conductor and orchestra hypes fall under the Capitalist scheme of things, rather then any particular benefit to the listener, and I do not find myself always willing to go along with what is trendy. Second, I know what...

Some music seems extremely smooth, while other music, like that of Richard Strauss, seems to jump around into various direction. I would love to have a better understanding of the mans music, but find it difficult to completely absorb. I think the proper execution in listening, I haven’t quite...