Topic: Classical stupidities

[Diletante]

Hi there.

Maybe you remember the time when you were new to classical music and had all these stupid ideas about it. Care to share them?

I remember that in my first concert (some months ago), when the orchestra started tuning (or whatever the word is), I actually thought they had started playing! I remember I thought: "wow, that doesn't sound good...". Then, after a while they stopped, the conductor walked in and I felt incredibly stupid.

But, hey, I didn't applaude between the movements! 

[Kullervo]

I used to think that composers writing tonal music in the 20th Century were "regressive". 

[Opus106]

I thought I'd never get Mahler. This was true till about a few weeks ago. The stupid thing about that was, I'd never listened to much of the symphonies. The sixth, only a couple of times, and that too from somewhere in the middle.

[Ugh!]

I thought there was nothing more to Stravinsky than Rite 

[The new erato]

I thought there was nothing more to Stravinsky than Rite 

and you found out you were wrong instead of rite?

[Kullervo]

You might even say it's sacre-legious.

[edward]

I first heard the suites from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet in the late '80s and they did nothing for me then....and then I finally listened to the whole ballet this year.

If there's a stupid competition, I win!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

This blinkered Wagnerian ignored (most of) Schumann's music until 2002 (age 41)...

[Ten thumbs]

I came straight out of nursery rhymes and thought Kuhlau a great master. My horizons were first stretched by a Myra Hess piano album. I wish I still had it.

[Novi]

I thought Bach's WTC was scored for keyboard and chorus. Seriously . I bought the Gould recording and remembering telling my sister that I didn't like it because there were monks chanting in the background or something.

[some guy]

I used to think that composers writing tonal music in the 20th Century were "regressive". 

Hahahaha, now there's funny.

[rappy]

I used to think that R. Strauss was not the greatest genius there has ever been.

 

When I was 14, I registered at GMG and asked why Romantic composers didn't write as many symphonies as Haydn and Mozart did.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I thought Bach's WTC was scored for keyboard and chorus. Seriously . I bought the Gould recording and remembering telling my sister that I didn't like it because there were monks chanting in the background or something.

I think that's funny, too.

[Kullervo]

Hahahaha, now there's funny.

Yes, especially if you look at my current favorites (Sibelius, Nielsen, Delius, Honegger).

The sad thing is that some people haven't grown out of it (cf. the Schonberg on Sibelius thread )!

[ChamberNut]

I never ever thought I could listen and enjoy Wagner.  I was wrong. 

Also didn't think I could ever enjoy Bartok's quartets.  Wrong again. 

[ChamberNut]

Here's another stupidity.

At first, I thought Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" was just the nickname of the symphony.   

[Opus106]

At first, I thought Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" was just the nickname of the symphony.  

Isn't it?

[ChamberNut]

Isn't it?

What I meant was that if Schubert had written S# 8 to it's completion (ie. 4 standard movements), would he have named it "Unfinished"?   

What do you mean, who's on first?

[Opus106]

What I meant was that if Schubert had written S# 8 to it's completion (ie. 4 standard movements), would he have named it "Unfinished"?  

Ah...

What do you mean, who's on first?

Was that a pop. culture reference? Sorry, I don't get it.

[Keemun]

Was that a pop. culture reference? Sorry, I don't get it.

Yes, here it is:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/VW_qa6swnOM" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/VW_qa6swnOM</a>