Forum: Classical
09-13-2007, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 10,675
I don't know about anybody else but...
You referenced something about Classical music which I find deplorable but it is good that you brought it up in your Who Listens post.
That is the snob element. I myself am a Neo-Classical...
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Forum: Classical
09-13-2007, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,349
Satie was one of France's greatest composers.
Erik Satie (born Eric in 1866 and changed his name on a whim else to sound more Germanic) was one of the most unusual composers who ever lived. A man so far ahead of his time that his true genius...
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Forum: General Music
09-13-2007, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 8,062
On the subject of video game music....
I'd like to plug one of the most remarkable video game composers of our
time Nobuo Uematsu who did the score for the Final Fantasy series et. al.
This largely untrained (but natural genius)...
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Forum: General Music
09-13-2007, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 5,804
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Forum: Classical
09-08-2007, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,893
I'm in general agreement with Demaag's post.
The Rock Album KISS Symphony is an example of a major symphony orchestra backing up KISS and orchestrating KISS songs. Don't get me wrong, I like metal and KISS is great, as KISS playing the music...
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Forum: Classical
09-07-2007, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 7,749
My favorite pieces by various composers.
There's no right or wrong in something subjective like this but I'll rattle off
a few favorites and this is coming from a former concert pianist and composer himself:
Bach: Tocata and Fuguge in D...
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Forum: Classical
09-07-2007, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,855
There's a reason for the fact you mentioned.
The piano is tuned so that an Eb and a D# are the same black key, likewise Gb and F# or Bb and A# etc. etc. A middle C played a rank beginner will sound essentially the same as one played by the...
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Forum: Classical
09-06-2007, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 90
Views: 24,445
Canon in D is indeed most excellent...but....
I'm a composer/ ex-concertist myself and I've always enjoyed Canon in D which has a melody that really sinks down deep and you find it playing in your head when you go to bed and wake up in the...
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Forum: General Music
09-05-2007, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,683
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Forum: Classical
09-05-2007, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 19,779
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Forum: Classical
09-04-2007, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 16,071
Yes there is and it's called Neo-Classical
Neo-Classical is used for different things: modernist classical, or modern music but in older styles like my own work which you can listen to at no cost at musicofthegods.com. The website is called...
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Forum: Classical
08-31-2007, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,855
Music that can free you from the troubles of life.
That's what Beethoven said in an aside during a performance of his last and greatest symphony the Ninth, which some critics regarded as in bad taste--putting a choir and soloists with orchestra for...
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Forum: General Music
08-22-2007, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,547
Why Heavy Metal is connected with Classical music.
As the owner and creator of Neo-Classical Jazz a website that contains over five hours of MP3s by yours truly, I'd like to post my thoughts on modern popular styles and their perceived connection or...
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