Posted on 08/27/2023 11:44:40 AM PDT by karpov
THANK You for posting this....love all the suggestions....I am sooooo tired of “country music” (I live in a small town)
“I fell in love with classical (Longhair) music as a kid.”
Same here, maybe only 8 years old.
It opened my brain and made me look at the world, and history.
GREAT movie.
“I fell in love with classical (Longhair) music as a kid.”
I did as well though I don’t recall the exact circumstance. I do remember that my parents gave me a complete recording of the opera Carmen at age 11 which then I proceeded to listen to once a week in its entirety for two years. 50 years later I was commuting between Southern California and Nevada late at night and a 1938 French recording of the opera was playing on satellite radio and I found I remembered every single note as I hummed along.
The love of classical music also impelled me to learn the piano and that broadened my musical horizons further.
Sat entranced yesterday and listed to radio broadcast of “Scheherazade” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff, performed by Dutch orchestra. Haven’t been that entranced in a long long time.
Tannheuser... :)
I’ve never matured enough to understand and appreciate the music of Wagner.
Nobody on this thread mentioned that classical music is now considered racist.
You folks are so insensitive!
;-)
Cracker music. Used to keep the other folk down.
Tannhauser is a good place to start, if one is interested in Wagner.
:)
Everyone. Indeed.
It is probably what you grew up with. When I was very young, my mother played the Metropolitan Opera on the radio nearly every Saturday, and I joined her in listening. She would tell me the plot. Our old one-sided windup Victrola records were mostly classical. A number of Gigli I remember plus instrumental. I never much cared for the popular singers of the day. Later I found some old-time American ballads that I liked, like “Oh Shenandoah.” The Norwegian singer Sissel has a nice version of it I like to listen with earphones to when my wife is on the phone or a conference call.
Aaron Copland 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo - III. Saturday Night Waltz (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu_Q9ijKx8c
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Me, too! I especially love the Baroque Era. Bach is my favorite composer.
Soli Deo Gloria!
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