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The Greatest [Top Ten Composers of all time revealed!]
NY Times Blog ^
| January 21, 2011
| ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Posted on 01/23/2011 1:38:09 PM PST by Pharmboy
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To: little jeremiah
Vivaldi and Handel are both greats, too. Gabrieli should be mentioned. Coreli. So many that had no models to draw from and that pioneered musical harmonies and forms that we still use today.
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posted on
01/23/2011 6:40:45 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Liberals suck all the joy out of America. Make them stop.)
To: crazydad
You get no argument from me. :-)
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posted on
01/23/2011 6:48:35 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: The Comedian
The long version of Whole Lota Love is sheer genius. But Tommy is at least a rock opera. What say you?
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posted on
01/23/2011 6:52:09 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: Lauren BaRecall
Absolutely. Though George did work with others as well. But Ira was the BEST!
To: Gapplega
Oh yeah! I LOVE “Danse Macabre”! All those bones rattling!
To: libh8er
But as a composer, Mozart has no equal. Theres Mozart, and theres everybody else.Worth repeating.
Vivaldi must be on the list.
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posted on
01/23/2011 7:19:08 PM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: Lauren BaRecall
I saw a PBS special on Copeland (American Masters ?) and I could not believe the way the commentators were fawning all over him, and then they would play an excerpt. snore.
He was what he was. But not deserving of worship! But then of course, he was a reported homosexual, so they JUST HAD to present him as the greatest genius of all time.
That’s PBS for ya.
To: Lauren BaRecall
The long version of Whole Lota Love is sheer genius. But Tommy is at least a rock opera. What say you Yeah, agreed, but The Who weren't...how do I put this...
Universal.
Zep tapped into a transcendent melodic vein. Strum shields and all.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
01/23/2011 7:41:06 PM PST
by
The Comedian
("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
To: Irishgirl
I'm playing a particular disk of Barber's music quite a bit recently. It's Marin Alsop leading the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in
1. Overture to Sheridan's School for Scandal. Whatta hoot! Similar in structure and intent to Bernstein's Candide overture, Barber's comes several years before.
2. Barber's 1st Symphony. Recorded a lot, but I hear fascinating details in this reading I haven't heard elsewhere. Then again, my first exposure to this work was in a transcription for concert band, back in the 60's.
3. First Essay for Orchestra. A major piece from the thirties. By that time, Toscanini was a Barber exponent and premiered this piece.
4. Finally, a very interesting Second Symphony. Barber composed this at the end of WW II, and it probably reflects on his experience in the Army Air Corps/Force. He suppressed the piece after initial performances for reasons known only to him. Thankfully, it was later restored (I presume after his death) from the orchestral parts. Stuffed with unusual effects; but the middle movement has the most heartbreaking elegiac passage in music (I count Barber's own Adagio a close second.) A symphony I am glad was rescued in the name of posterity.
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posted on
01/23/2011 7:52:36 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
To: Desdemona
Really, if you look at this list, it's more a list of composers who changed the game. Each was the initiator of a specific style. In that case, could Palestrina be put on the list?
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posted on
01/23/2011 7:56:54 PM PST
by
TotusTuus
("Prince of Music")
To: paulycy
When I was a teenager back in the old days I had a huge Deutsche Grammphone record collection. I wonder what happened to it. I had a miserable life, so I would just sit and listen and live in the music.
I also had Mothers of Invention, Beatles, Fugs and John Mayall...
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posted on
01/23/2011 8:09:55 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: left that other site
Ira was very gifted in his own right, and continued to be successful after George died.
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posted on
01/23/2011 8:36:22 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: The Comedian
Interesting take. Thanks.
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posted on
01/23/2011 8:44:25 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: little jeremiah
If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it.
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posted on
01/23/2011 8:46:44 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: InternetTuffGuy
Your posts have been exquisite, and I’m enjoying them greatly. :-)
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posted on
01/23/2011 8:49:11 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: Pharmboy
I can’t believe the NYTimes is making such a big deal about a bunch of dead white guys.
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posted on
01/23/2011 8:50:55 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Half of all Americans are above average. Politicians come from the other half.)
To: Lauren BaRecall
Exactly.
I also like real old fashioned Appalachian mountain music, and Indian ragas, and gamelan...
I play plain ol’ guitar though.
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posted on
01/23/2011 8:54:20 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: left that other site
Upon reading your post, the possibility occured to me that he may have been a progressive.
Bingo!
And that's why PBS and all the rest did their fawning for lo these many years. His music stunk, but he was one of *them*.
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posted on
01/23/2011 9:17:04 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: little jeremiah
That’s a fascinating mix!
I don’t know if I’ve ever heard any authentic Appalachian mountain music, but a good banjo can get me revved up!
BTW, I heard a song in church that sounded like it came from an old Black Spiritual. I was so surprised to discover in the publication notes that the tune was an old Welsh folk song. Isn’t that something! I seem to recall reading somewhere that a lot of that stuff is related.
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posted on
01/23/2011 9:29:44 PM PST
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Eric Cantor is my current congressional heartthrob.[v. Hoyer, re House Schedule, CSpan 1/20/11])
To: Revolting cat!
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