Posted on 12/05/2001 7:02:28 PM PST by Pharmboy
Ask the question this way: If you were stranded on a desert island with a CD player and a good sound system, what ten pieces would you take with you that were written before the 20th Century?
My list:
1) Beethoven's Appassionata sonata for piano
2) Bach's Partita Number 2 for solo violin
3) Mozart's Symphony Number 41
4) Wagner's Overture to Tristan und Isolde
5) Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 131
6) Chopin's Ballade Number 4
7) Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto (IMO the only worthwhile thing he ever wrote)
8) Schubert's Impromptus (all of them)
9) Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
and 10) Bach's Mass in B Minor
Thanks, Devere. I'm glad to learn that. I love his music. I think I'll love it even more now that you've educated me. ~S
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J.S. Bach and Handel would fill my top hundred.
When I was a teenager, I would have preferred Beethoven and Mozart. But I grew up.
In particular Beethoven's string quartet opus 131, from Pharmboy's list. I wrote a college paper on it. The piece was arguably an early peek at 20th century music.
Puccini’s Turandot
Sorry, not pre-1900, but maybe we’ll let you have it if you really do get stranded on a desert island (Puccini was born in 1858 but Turandot was written in the 1920s and premiered in 1926 after his death).
Maple Leaf Rag-Scott Joplin 1899
Allegri’s Misere Anyone who loves choral music should hear this, especially around Lent
Numero uno on my list. :)
I like Turkey in the Straw, and Camp Town Races
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Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Tops my 20th Century list. It was written in 1910.
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un-ping lol I can’t believe I’m commenting on a 6 year old thread! lol
Some threads get better with age...
It is inconceivable to not have some Brahms in that list.
Certainly "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away," by Paul Dresser. As a Hoosier, and as a resident of Dresser's hometown, Terre Haute, Indiana, I would be amiss to not include that selection. Especially with Jim Nabors singing it.
Other than the “Academic Festival Overture” and his violin concerto, I never muched liked him. I know, I know...several people I respect have told me I’m all wet on Brahms.
Wanna go with me to a karate party?
Wow...this thread was a blast from the past...Thanks for the post, and glad to hear from another Vaughn Williams fan...
And the cello section? They got to play the same 8 notes, 50-some times.
So he said Pachabel was haunting him, and he goes on to play some recent and recognizable songs that one can hear Canon's influence. Aerosmith, The Beatles, a Taco Bell jingle...
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