In Reply to: Who are your Classical "Marmite" composers? posted by John C. - Aussie on September 12, 2014 at 15:50:50:
Can't forgive him the banal melody in L'Arlisienne
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Who are your Classical "Marmite" composers? - John C. - Aussie 15:50:50 09/12/14 (45)
- Well, they are not 'classical' period composers - Timbo in Oz 22:56:36 09/14/14 (0)
- This is a Marmite thread - madisonears 18:48:01 09/14/14 (2)
- You're right, of course. - rbolaw 05:58:07 09/16/14 (0)
- Aww - c'mon! These threads are fun! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 20:59:19 09/14/14 (0)
- Interesting examples but most are not Marmites - Tadlo 07:39:33 09/14/14 (0)
- A fascinating heap of responses reflecting a wide variety of tastes - John C. - Aussie 15:51:08 09/13/14 (0)
- A sea of Marmite - Amphissa 10:42:49 09/13/14 (4)
- Agreed. - rbolaw 13:35:32 09/13/14 (3)
- RE: Agreed. - Amphissa 10:45:03 09/14/14 (2)
- RE: Agreed. - rbolaw 15:52:16 09/14/14 (1)
- RE: Agreed. - Amphissa 19:49:11 09/14/14 (0)
- Could the answer possibly be... - Jim Treanor 10:34:15 09/13/14 (0)
- Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Bizet, Puccini, Debussy, Beethoven, J.S. Bach - rbolaw 08:09:43 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: Bizet - amioutaline? 05:11:35 09/13/14 (0)
- Messiaen Glass Reich Adams Webern Delius - pbarach 04:59:10 09/13/14 (0)
- Charles Ives. He's the unanswered question! - genungo 04:26:49 09/13/14 (0)
- Definitely Mozart - andy evans 02:17:34 09/13/14 (6)
- Since a lot of writers consider Mozart THE GREATEST. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:49:05 09/14/14 (4)
- RE: Since a lot of writers consider Mozart THE GREATEST. . . - Tadlo 06:54:27 09/14/14 (3)
- Yup - I'd give him a pass on most of what you mentioned too - Chris from Lafayette 10:01:09 09/14/14 (0)
- Mozart was the best composer of his time... - genungo 08:13:18 09/14/14 (1)
- We might agree, but Haydn was a bit hard on himself! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:02:23 09/14/14 (0)
- I think when you get older you have a much larger repertoire of stuff you don't like. - John N 12:38:59 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: Who are your Classical "Marmite" composers? - learsfool 23:37:06 09/12/14 (1)
- Liszt was so great! - Chris from Lafayette 00:39:48 09/14/14 (0)
- RE: Who are your Classical "Marmite" composers? - Todd Krieger 23:00:49 09/12/14 (0)
- Surprised that . . . - risabet 19:56:24 09/12/14 (1)
- The thing about Hindemith. . . - Chris from Lafayette 21:58:51 09/12/14 (0)
- As you might guess from some of my previous posts. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:58:57 09/12/14 (16)
- Really? Shosty? I love his 7th! (nt) - kuma 12:50:12 09/13/14 (3)
- I love the endings of his works.... - andy evans 03:03:16 09/14/14 (0)
- Yeah - That falls under the category, "gulty pleasure" for me - Chris from Lafayette 00:32:12 09/14/14 (1)
- Guilty Pleasure... - kuma 17:47:57 09/14/14 (0)
- RE: As you might guess from some of my previous posts. . . - Jim Treanor 09:39:26 09/13/14 (0)
- The meaning of Marmite - PAR 02:34:48 09/13/14 (3)
- Thanks! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:25:33 09/14/14 (0)
- The Aussie Equivalent is Vegemite - also distasteful to others - John C. - Aussie 16:09:40 09/13/14 (0)
- Yep, Marmite refers to a "You either love it or hate it.".. - Ivan303 05:02:35 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: As you might guess from some of my previous posts. . . - John C. - Aussie 17:58:33 09/12/14 (2)
- Oh yeah - Britten - Chris from Lafayette 21:51:02 09/12/14 (1)
- Never liked much of anything of his... - Ivan303 07:35:19 09/13/14 (0)
- +1 (or should that be a -) for Shostakovich - TGR 17:28:06 09/12/14 (3)
- RE: Shostakovich.... - Ivan303 05:20:05 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: +1 (or should that be a -) for Shostakovich - ahendler 17:55:30 09/12/14 (1)
- Believe me I have invested the time - TGR 10:23:12 09/13/14 (0)
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- RE: Bizet - amioutaline? 05:11:35 09/13/14 (0)