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Posted on 03/01/2006 7:54:55 PM PST by Reaganesque
I was sitting here tonight listening to Mozart's Requiem and I got to thinking: what do I consider to be the best work of music ever? For my part, Mozart's work really does the trick for me when I need to be re-energized. Therefore, I believe that his Requiem is the greatest work of all time. There just isn't another work that is as powerful and passionate. When the chorus sings the final "Amen" at the end of "Lacrimosa" I get the feeling that he knew it was the last thing he would ever write. It gives me chills at times.
Other favorites are:
Handel's Messiah
The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
This is almost an impossible question to answer IMHO because it's so undefined. Best classical work? Best jazz work? Best rock work? Best country work? Best pop work? Best Broadway show tunes work? Best operatic work? Personally, I could give you a top 20 and wouldn't even make a microscopic scratch in the surface of what I think would be contenders for this title.
Which Metheny composition are you referring to?
(Gravy) On my Mashed Potatoes Give me (gravy) Come on and treat me right (gravy) You're the greatest So gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme gravy tonight
ROCKYTOP!
Neil Diamond's Jonathan Livingston Seagull--or maybe--The theme from Victory at Sea.
It's been said that the 4th mvt. of the 9th is actually the weakest of the four movements. Beethoven didn't really have a knack for writing for the human voice.
Miserere Mei by Allegri is certainly the music of the angels in heaven!
Yep.
It is, without question, the greatest work of music ever.
I couldn't agree with you more.
I'm nowhere near Neil Young. I'm a chick.
"Good Old Rocky Top, woo! Second in the SEC!"
First Circle, what a great tune!!! Have you heard 'The Way Up' (all 68 minutes) yet?
Thanks! There was a story behind it, as with some others I posted. I was traveling around with Lee Greenwood and some other stars promoting a series of concerts at the time the song became popular.
One of our "stops" was an appearance at the Republican National Convention in Dallas. It didn't matter how many times I heard him sing it, my eyes welled up every time -- and when you're in a place like that, or my hometown/city at the time, where literally *everyone* DOES "stand up" when he sings, "I'd gladly STAND UP next to you and defend her still today" - believe me, you'd STAND UP, too, for the men who died who gave that right to you!
I probably should not have written the song title that way, though, because I was just humming opening verses to myself. I *should* have written
GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!!!
Really, what everyone is doing here is naming "favorites" instead of "the greatest," because again I think it's almost impossible to name a "greatest." That being said ... how 'bout Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" for classical ... how 'bout the Sinatra album "In The Wee Small Hours," which IMHO shows his greatness more than any other of his albums, although I do love the swinging stuff ... how 'bout Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" from Broadway, although I'd also have to take "Guys and Dolls" to a desert island because that is sheer perfection in musical theater ... how 'bout the Beatles album, British version of course, "Hard Day's Night," because Sgt. Pepper, Rubber Soul, Revolver, etc., get all the attention, but you look at the track list for that album and there is not one weak note in any of the songs ... how 'bout Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens from jazz, simply because that was the starting point and a direct line can be drawn from that music to Jimi Hendrix and anyone else who actually got in the forefront and soloed on an instrument.
"I'm nowhere near Neil Young. I'm a chick."
How long have you been hooked up with Neil then? ;-)
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