Exochina
13-03-2006, 17:56
I was watching the actors list on ch4 (uk) last nite, and i realised that you never see lists of high culture like plays and classical music etc.
So anyway, thats basically why i decided to do this. As i cant really find out anywhere else eg.lists on tv, i wanted to know what composers are popular with the public, ie. you lot.
I'll start with sum of my faves, and why i like em:
Olivier Messaien: I just love the eccentricity, the playfulness of the music, and particularly i like being able to follow what the music is doing, like in the turangalila symphony, theres almost no development of the musical material, so u always recognise what ur listening to, very pop music-like. I also like recognising the different aspects of his music that are based on bird calls.
Bela Bartok: Again, i like this composer for his eccentricity, his playfullness, his great, folky melodies, his wagnerian sense of romanticism and his expressionistic approach to orchestration and dissonance.
Arvo Part; kindof like a purified form of classical music. The music is generally static and doesnt really go anywhere. It manages to be serene and passionate at the same time.
Claude Debussy; i like the idea of there being something between tonality and atonality, between boring consonance and confusing dissonance. Debussy was the first composer i heard that presented this 'third option' to me. This is the main reason i got into him. Theres also something about his personality that really comes across in his music, something that gives his music a much more brutal, more intense, basically more interesting feel than that of a similarly styled composer such as ravel.
L. V. Beethoven; I mainly like the brooding intensity of his music, the piano sonatas in particular, although he also manages some sublimely sweet music eg. pathetique sonata 2nd Movt.
Frederyk Chopin; Pretty much holds the same appeal as beethoven, but more romantic, more chromatic.
Anyway, thats me pretty much done, who do you guys like?
So anyway, thats basically why i decided to do this. As i cant really find out anywhere else eg.lists on tv, i wanted to know what composers are popular with the public, ie. you lot.
I'll start with sum of my faves, and why i like em:
Olivier Messaien: I just love the eccentricity, the playfulness of the music, and particularly i like being able to follow what the music is doing, like in the turangalila symphony, theres almost no development of the musical material, so u always recognise what ur listening to, very pop music-like. I also like recognising the different aspects of his music that are based on bird calls.
Bela Bartok: Again, i like this composer for his eccentricity, his playfullness, his great, folky melodies, his wagnerian sense of romanticism and his expressionistic approach to orchestration and dissonance.
Arvo Part; kindof like a purified form of classical music. The music is generally static and doesnt really go anywhere. It manages to be serene and passionate at the same time.
Claude Debussy; i like the idea of there being something between tonality and atonality, between boring consonance and confusing dissonance. Debussy was the first composer i heard that presented this 'third option' to me. This is the main reason i got into him. Theres also something about his personality that really comes across in his music, something that gives his music a much more brutal, more intense, basically more interesting feel than that of a similarly styled composer such as ravel.
L. V. Beethoven; I mainly like the brooding intensity of his music, the piano sonatas in particular, although he also manages some sublimely sweet music eg. pathetique sonata 2nd Movt.
Frederyk Chopin; Pretty much holds the same appeal as beethoven, but more romantic, more chromatic.
Anyway, thats me pretty much done, who do you guys like?