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05-07-2013, 06:49 PM | #51 (permalink) |
Groupie
Join Date: May 2013
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High School Really
I had been playing music in school ensembles for a while but when I got to high school I joined a talented youth symphony and the moment I heard the symphony blast first note to the Phantom of the Opera theme I just melted at how great classical music could be, especially when we played March to the Scaffold which was definitely my favorite of the performance.
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05-19-2013, 11:30 PM | #52 (permalink) |
Groupie
Join Date: Mar 2011
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classical has never really got a hold on me, i have tried though,allbeit, through the classical albums of one of my favourite artists in Paul McCartney...but i still dont 'get it' at all...
maybe one day the penny will drop and i'll love classical music |
07-16-2013, 07:17 AM | #55 (permalink) |
Groupie
Join Date: Jul 2013
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I was more-or-less raised around classical music, and started swimming with the stream only faster (as Quentin Crisp would put it). Dad was definitely not a musician (although his brother was). However, for a non-musician, his appreciation of classical music was above-average. The light classics, anyway. As a former G.I., he always had a vague aversion to German music after Beethoven. To listen to Wagner would be especially unpatriotic. Mom played the piano somewhat, like every self-respecting young lady in her time (especially an upper-mid-westerner of German background) and kept at it just for pleasure. I must have been about 14 before I was confident that I could play better than she did. Naturally, a good middle-class home would also have a piano, in her view, and all the children would take piano lessons for a couple years at least. As I recall, all of my grade-school teachers could play the piano, too; it was almost taken for granted. How the times have changed.
One piece playing on the phonograph often when I was a little kid was Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 by Enesco. It's very bright and cheerful and easy to listen to. That wouldn't be a bad start. At age 10, by then fascinated by the organ, I discovered Dad's old "78" of the Piece Heroique by Franck and nearly wore it out. It was the first piece of organ sheet music I ever bought, and I tried to learn it (quite a hopeless task at that stage). It so happened that he had heard the college organist play it when he was in college, asked him what it was, and bought a recording when he could. Some thirty years later, I would became an eager student of that same college organist: nice circle of good karma. Last edited by Bacholyte; 07-16-2013 at 07:31 AM. |
07-27-2013, 11:53 AM | #57 (permalink) |
Psycho Hosebeast
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My parents were both classical fans and had (have) a very extensive collection. But I think what really did it for me was my first formal piano teacher (after my mom) was a big Chopin fan, so I started learning the easier pieces at a fairly early age. I still have a special love for them, especially the Nocturns.
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05-27-2018, 06:19 AM | #59 (permalink) | ||
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I've given classical music a chance once or twice in the past, but nothing has ever really stuck, so I'm bumping this without much to comment. Having said that, I've just noticed two posts on this page:- Quote:
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05-27-2018, 11:24 AM | #60 (permalink) | |
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McCartney's forays into classical are best ignored. Last edited by josht23musiclover; 05-27-2018 at 11:29 AM. |
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