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In Reply to: You never understood classical music posted by josh358 on July 3, 2012 at 17:16:31:
Perhaps, however I did study classical composition and orchestral arrangement in high school. In our final in my "Instrumental Ensemble" class we had to write a classical work, mine was entitled "Suite in A Minor for 12 instruments, Op. 1".I don't like piano reductions of any works in any kind of music, with jazz at the very least I prefer piano, bass and drums however I prefer jazz quartets or larger and my favorite jazz is big band and dixieland. I also don't like piano reductions in rock, blues or world music. And for me I feel percussion is mandatory for really "feeling" the beat! Besides I love percussion instruments in all types of music.
Back when I still enjoyed classical music written after about 1810 or so, not all composers but I did find several hundred composers I liked at least a few of their works. I preferred "program music" and very little "absolute music". No matter how much I listened to most of the German composers you mentioned, it never clicked! If that was all that I was allowed to listen to, something sure would click which would be the barrel of a gun to my forehead. As to my ears even when I liked classical music most absolute music was pure hell.
I mostly preferred Russian, North American, South American, Latin American, Spanish, French, English, Norwegian, Swedish and other non-German composers.
Here are some articles I've written over the years that explain with I loved about classical music:
The Basic Power Orchestral Repertoire or Classical music for folks who don’t like Classical music
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue35/classical_music.htmThe Classical Divide: Absolute versus Program Music
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue53/music.htmI like jazz, blues, bluegrass, country, classic rock, modern rock, pop, folk, world music from the folk/traditional/pop/rock genres of Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Latin America, South America, Africa, Ireland and other nations as well as traditional Jewish and Arabian folk music. However I don't like everything in a given genre, I pick and choose and these are genres I which I will be looking for future music.
Classical music is the only music I ever quit liking, so it is possible I have been kidding myself for 38 years as my absolute favorite classical music was based on popular music forms such as jazz, blues and folk music from around the world. I discovered I like the original versions better than the "art music" classical versions.
As Peter Green said "Oh, Well"
Edits: 07/03/12
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- RE: You never understood classical music - Teresa 18:15:55 07/03/12 (10)
- RE: You never understood classical music - Mali 07:41:36 07/04/12 (1)
- I think the story line helps the composer compose exciting music. - Teresa 20:50:52 07/04/12 (0)
- RE: You never understood classical music - josh358 06:07:55 07/04/12 (7)
- You bring up interesting--even important--concepts, yet your understanding is incomplete, therefore misleading - willkayakforfood 10:11:18 07/04/12 (6)
- RE: You bring up interesting--even important--concepts, yet your understanding is incomplete, therefore misleading - josh358 12:18:27 07/04/12 (5)
- Perfect pitch is a nonsense in the context of equalised temperament - Timbo in Oz 16:12:23 07/05/12 (1)
- RE: Perfect pitch is a nonsense in the context of equalised temperament - josh358 17:02:14 07/05/12 (0)
- RE: You bring up interesting--even important--concepts, yet your understanding is incomplete, therefore misleading - Raymond Leggs 15:55:04 07/04/12 (2)
- Graet work happens in all genres, but the =se are almost universally multimple close mono-miked recordings - Timbo in Oz 16:40:08 07/04/12 (0)
- RE: You bring up interesting--even important--concepts, yet your understanding is incomplete, therefore misleading - josh358 16:27:11 07/04/12 (0)
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